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New Iran Nuclear Site Revealed

Bottom Line up FrontIran’s construction of a new, hardened centrifuge assembly plant further undermines the 2015 multilateral Iran nuclear agreement.Iran’s confirmation of the construction in late [...] More

One Year after Killing of Baghdadi, What is the State of the Islamic State?

Bottom Line Up FrontOne year ago today, U.S. Special Operations Forces hunted down ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died after detonating a suicide vest.Core ISIS still has access to hundreds of [...] More
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ISIS Terrorists Known as ‘The Beatles’ To Face Justice in the United States

Bottom Line Up FrontEl Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey, two ISIS members known as ‘The Beatles,’ will face justice in the United States for their [...] More

Northeast Nigeria’s Growing Insecurity Threatens Humanitarian Aid Workers and Civilians

Bottom Line Up FrontIn the last 12 months alone, a total of 24 aid workers have been killed by non-state armed groups operating in the region.Attacks [...] More

Return of the Quad: The Evolving Security Architecture of the Indo-Pacific

Bottom Line Up FrontThe Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, or Quad, comprising the United States, India, Japan, and Australia, has reemerged in recent [...] More

Gulf Rift Defies Resolution

Bottom Line up FrontThe Trump administration is pushing to resolve the three-year old rift between Qatar and several of its Gulf neighbors before the [...] More

Implications of Iran Arms Ban Expiration

Bottom Line up FrontThe October 2020 expiration of the U.N. ban on arms transfers to and from Iran would have little material impact on the strategic [...] More

Syria Spiraling Downward as Economy Tumbles and Instability Spreads

Bottom Line Up FrontEven as Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad appears closer to prevailing in the country’s nearly decade-long civil war, there are [...] More

The Boogaloo Movement – From Eccentric Distraction to Domestic Terror

Bottom Line Up FrontThe Boogaloo Movement is comprised of an eclectic mix of individuals unified by a deep disdain for government, especially law [...] More

Iran’s Shifting Posture in Syria

Bottom Line up FrontIran’s apparent drawdown of its military presence in Syria likely reflects Tehran’s calculation that the regime of President [...] More

The Media Should Focus on the Need for Genuine Political Reform, Not Just the Violence

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