In 2016 and 2017, US management consultancy giant McKinsey was at the heart of efforts in Europe to accelerate the processing of asylum applications on over-crowded Greek islands and salvage a controversial deal with Turkey, raising concerns over the outsourcing of public policy on refugees.
Corruption, populism, nationalism and disinformation have eroded faith in liberal democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, according to a new Globsec report – which says many people would trade in some of their freedoms for greater security and traditional values.
Following the election of the new government in Kosovo, the US special presidential envoy for the Kosovo-Serbia dialogue, Richard Grenell, has taken a proactive and assertive approach to the talks, increasing the likelihood of a final deal in which the US plays a significant role.
It is dead wrong to assume that if Israel abandons its plan, most Muslims would give up their desire to destroy Israel and replace it with an extremist Iran-style Islamic state.
TRAC’s London Analyst, Sophia Badawy has been monitoring escalating tensions between Hayy’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Tanzim Huras al-Din over the past week. After the formation of Tanzim Huras al-Din led Stand Firm Operations Room, Hayy’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) has started a series of arrests on its former commanders who became part of Tanzim Huras al-Din’s Stand Firm Operations Room. Now, there is growing speculation that Tanzim Huras al-Din has already managed to take control of HTS’ Central Prison, Al-Kansarwah factory, and that the group is preparing to storm the administrative capital of HTS in Idlib, Syria. If found to be true, Abu Mohammad al-Joulani’s was right to fear that Tanzim Huras al-Din was a threat to his seat of HTS power.
The U.S. State Department issued its annual report outlining country reports on terrorism to provide a global snapshot of the threat landscape, highlighting counterterrorism progress in several key areas while acknowledging that numerous challenges lie ahead.
Over the course of the past several weeks, more Western nations have taken steps to repatriate their citizens and children of Islamic State fighters or their family members who may have been born in the caliphate.
Shamima Begum and other UK jihadists jailed in the Middle East should be allowed back into Britain in order ‘to break the cycle of extremism’, a report says.
As Ethan Melzer’s Army unit prepared to deploy in April, the young private recognized that he could be killed while overseas and expressed an apparent willingness to die.
Almost 120 terrorist plots were uncovered across Europe last year, resulting in more than 1,000 arrests.