Aided by the chaos of the Libyan civil war, Islamist groups made significant gains in northern Mali over the course of 2013. The French were quick to act and rapidly… Continue reading "France to Withdraw Troops From the Sahel Region"
Having kidnapped American farmer Philipe Nathan Walton from his farm in Massalata (southern Niger) on Monday, 26 October, his captors hopped back across the border into Nigeria. Their demand: a… Continue reading "Navy SEALs Free American Hostage in Nigeria"
European far-right groups are on the rise again as the number of disrupted acts of terror increases. According to the MI5 Chief, Ken McCallum, since 2017 nearly 30% of disrupted… Continue reading "MI5 Reports Disrupting Significant Numbers of Far-Right Terror Plots"
A radical Islamist organisation with roots in Sunni Wahhabism, ISIS is a Jihadist movement that seeks to establish a new Islamic Caliphate under Sharia law. Founded in Jordan as Jama’at… Continue reading "In Profile: The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)"
With the end of the Cold War one general opinion on NATO’s future was that the organisation had lost its purpose. The only threat to the West had collapsed and… Continue reading "Thinking on NATO’s Political Future"
On 23rd March, Boko Haram, the West African terror group that is affiliated with the Islamic State, launched attacks on the military forces of Chad and Nigeria causing multiple casualties.… Continue reading "Boko Haram Inflicts Casualties on Chadian and Nigerian Armies – New Developments Threaten International Cooperation"