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Policemen stand guard beside razor wire outside Gaddafi stadium before the second Twenty20 Cricket match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Lahore, Pakistan, May 24, 2015. Zimbabwe is the first test-playing nation to tour Pakistan since a 2009 terror attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore left the driver dead and several players injured. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

Order from Chaos

Terrorism in Pakistan has declined, but the underlying roots of extremism remain

Friday, January 15, 2021

Protesters and militia fighters carry an Iraqi flag outside the U.S. Embassy during a protest to condemn air strikes on bases belonging to Hashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces), in Baghdad, Iraq January 1, 2020. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily

Order from Chaos

How Iraq’s economic crisis affects its traditional and non-traditional security sector

Marsin Alshamary

Friday, January 15, 2021

NO FILM, NO VIDEO, NO TV, NO DOCUMENTARY - Counter protesters face off with protesters as several far-right groups, including militias and white supremacists, rally Saturday, August 15, 2020, in Stone Mountain, GA, USA, while a broad coalition of leftist anti-racist groups organized a counter-demonstration. Photo by Jenni Girtman/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS/ABACAPRESS.COM

Order from Chaos

White supremacist terrorism: Key trends to watch in 2021

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, January 15, 2021

PA via ReutersStock photo of WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Telegram and Messenger, social media app icons on a smart phone, as WhatsApp users who use the app on an iPhone 4 or older and outdated Android handsets will be unable to use the app properly as of January 1, 2021. Picture date: Tuesday December 29, 2020. Photo credit: Isabel Infantes/EMPICSNo Use UK. No Use Ireland. No Use Belgium. No Use France. No Use Germany. No Use Japan. No Use China. No Use Norway. No Use Sweden. No Use Denmark. No Use Holland. No Use Australia.

Order from Chaos

Social media companies need better emergency protocols

Daniel L. Byman and Aditi Joshi

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Experts

Natan Sachs

Director - Center for Middle East Policy

Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

Suzanne Maloney

Vice President and Director - Foreign Policy

Daniel L. Byman

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy

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Research

An Israeli military jeep drives along the Israeli side of the border with the northern Gaza Strip, Israel January 8, 2018. Picture taken January 8, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Israel

Israel in the Middle East: The next two decades

Natan Sachs and Kevin Huggard

November 2020

A man prays on the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year at Longhua Buddhist Temple in Shanghai February 4, 2011. The Lunar New Year began on February 3 and marks the start of the Year of the Rabbit, according to the Chinese zodiac. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION ANNIVERSARY)

China

The Chinese state’s global promotion of Buddhism

Yoshiko Ashiwa and David Wank

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

A Likud party election campaign banner with Russian writing in seen near a road sign in Ashdod, Israel September 9, 2019. Picture taken on September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Israel

The other tribe: Israel’s Russian-speaking community and how it is changing the country

Monday, September 21, 2020

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Events

Pakistan’s internal dynamics and changing role in the world

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Anticipating COVID-19: A view from the intelligence community

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

Past Policy 2020 Event

The future of US policy in Afghanistan

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT

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Blog Posts

The al-Shaab mosque, previously named after the slain former Yemeni President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, is pictured in Sanaa, Yemen March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

Order from Chaos

A pragmatic view on Yemen’s Houthis

Monday, January 11, 2021

A man holds an assault rifle as Proud Boys gather in Portland, Ore., at Delta Park on September 26, 2020, in support of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse and Aaron 'Jay' Danielson who was shot dead by an antifascist protester during the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests in the city. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Order from Chaos

2020 appears to be a good year for counterterrorism

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, December 24, 2020

An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock and the Western Wall in the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif, and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City October 15, 2008. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (JERUSALEM)

Order from Chaos

On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, practical steps are more important than grand visions

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, December 18, 2020

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Books

road warriors

Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad

By Daniel L. Byman

2019

Rethinking Political Islam

Rethinking Political Islam

By Shadi Hamid and William McCants

2017

"Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam Is Reshaping the World" (St. Martin's Press, 2016) by Shadi Hamid

Islamic Exceptionalism

By Shadi Hamid

2016

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