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War Against the Cartels: Prospects and Perils for the Trump Administration’s Military-Led Campaign - The Soufan Center It appears the United States may be preparing to start a major, military-led counterterrorism operation against several Mexican drug cartels, and perhaps also against some gangs in Venezuela and elsew...

War Against the Cartels: Prospects and Perils for the Trump Administration’s Military-Led Campaign, co-authored with Ben Connable for The Soufan Center.

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The Return of ISIS #95: With Colin P. Clarke

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Trump Announces a Deal on Phase One of a Gaza Deal - The Soufan Center Late yesterday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas “have both signed off on the first Phase One of our Peace Plan.” Phase One of the Trump 20 Point Plan involves prima...

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“Critical issues” with the agreed Gaza ceasefire “There's a lot of fingers pointing at him [Netanyahu] saying that the same deal could have been reached a long time ago.

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Beyond the Drones: Confronting Russia’s Expanding Hybrid War on Europe - The Soufan Center In the past month, unidentified drones — widely believed to be Russian — have menaced Europe, intruding into foreign airspace and causing major disruptions, including temporary airport shutdowns. The ...

Beyond the Drones: Confronting Russia’s Expanding Hybrid War on Europe thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

Hamas Responds to the Trump 20 Point Plan - The Soufan Center On Friday, Hamas issued a formal response to President Donald Trump’s “20 Point Plan” for a resolution of the conflict in the Gaza Strip, stating conditional acceptance of parts of the Trump initiativ...

Hamas leaders, perhaps facing pressure from hardline Hamas militia commanders in Gaza, have expressed willingness to yield power in Gaza but have not yet agreed to the plan’s requirement that the group’s military wing disarm. thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

State Secrets: Hiring Criminals for Targeted Killings (and more) The intersection of state and criminal threats

From the Insight Monitor archives, here's a look at how states employ criminals for targeted killings and transnational repression:

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Does the Sahel Pose a Transnational Terror Threat? - The Soufan Center In late February, Moroccan counterterrorism authorities arrested a dozen people accused of planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State’s (IS) Sahel branch. The plot reportedly involved the remote ...

Islamic State’s Sahel Province (ISSP) has emerged as a formidable entity in the global and African jihadist landscape, leveraging sophisticated strategies to internationalize its operations and expand its reach. thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

Winning the Battle, Not the War: Moldova’s Fight Against the Kremlin’s Hybrid Arsenal - The Soufan Center On Sunday, Moldova held pivotal parliamentary elections that delivered a victory for the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS).

Winning the Battle, Not the War: Moldova’s Fight Against the Kremlin’s Hybrid Arsenal thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

The Islamic State Prison Camps in Syria are a Powder Keg - War on the Rocks There are approximately 50,000 veteran Islamic State members and their families currently being held at 27 prisons and detention centers across northeast

The Islamic State Prison Camps in Syria are a Powder Keg

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Challenge coin to commemorate lives lost in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Think I’ll keep this one. Thank you @colinpclarke.bsky.social and The Soufan Center for inviting me to share some thoughts at the Global Summit on Terrorism and Political Violence.

The ‘incredibly dangerous’ conspiracy theory becoming increasingly mainstream on the right The "Great Replacement” is a far-right conspiracy theory that posits elites are conspiring to replace America’s white, Christian populations with nonwhite immigrants. It has gone from fringe manifesto...

A must-watch @velshi.com segment featuring @colinpclarke.bsky.social and @milleridriss.bsky.social covering the “incredibly dangerous” great replacement theory and its mainstreaming on the American right. One of the gravest threats to American lives today. www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/w...

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Finally, someone talking sense. Unsurprisingly, it’s the excellent @colinpclarke.bsky.social

Terrorism Means Something Different Now The firewall between violent nonstate actors and conventional warfare has become highly permeable.

A warning from @colinpclarke.bsky.social and Chris Costa amid threats from #Iran backed non-state actors: "Even as terrorism remains a live issue, there is a clear mismatch between the level of the threat and the resources allocated to combat it." @foreignpolicy.com foreignpolicy.com/2025/06/25/c...

Opinion | How Iran Might Strike Back

Very proud of my former student @colinpclarke.bsky.social for his opinion piece in the @nytimes.com identifying what Iran is likely to do after being bombed by the US. One option: attacking US bases in Middle East, which is underway right now.

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Captured Gaza records show that Iran, Hezbollah plotted with Hamas to destroy Israel New study, based on classified documents, reveals terror group's shift from defense to a multifront assault plan, culminating in October 7 invasion; warns Hamas will try again if it recovers

Captured Gaza records show that Iran, Hezbollah plotted with Hamas to destroy Israel www.timesofisrael.com/captured-gaz...

The Islamic State Is Making a Comeback A metastasizing threat will only remain localized for so long.

My latest for @foreignpolicy.com

A metastasizing threat will only remain localized for so long. foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/17/i...

The Islamic State Is Making a Comeback A metastasizing threat will only remain localized for so long.

My latest for @foreignpolicy.com

A metastasizing threat will only remain localized for so long. foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/17/i...

The New Orleans Attack: The Technology Behind IS-Inspired Plots - GNET

Today, Clara Broekaert and @colinpclarke.bsky.social analyse the horrific New Year's Day attack in #NewOrleans. They explore the pivotal role tech played in carrying out this - and other - Islamic State-inspired plots. gnet-research.org/2025/01/30/t...

The Nashville Attack Displayed Several Hallmarks of Modern Terrorism News chyrons flashed across the screen last week with reports of another school shooting in the United States, this time in Nashville, Tennessee. But this wasn’t just the latest in America’s macabre n...

My IntelBrief with @colinpclarke.bsky.social for The Soufan Center.

"When explaining what his ultimate wish was, the #Nashville gunman wrote, 'A better, neater, cleaner world by eliminating all undesirables; we must aid the Aryans regardless of our race.'" thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

Syria’s New Leader Calls on Countries to Drop Terror Designation and Lift Sanctions Ahmed al-Shara stressed diplomacy in an interview but criticized Israel’s advance into Syrian territory. A statement said to be from Bashar al-Assad, the ousted leader, defended his decision to leave ...

Syria’s New Leader Calls on Countries to Drop Terror Designation and Lift Sanctions www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

How Hezbollah Diversified Its Funding The so-called “crime-terror nexus” is alive and well, and only multilateral cooperation can break it.

How Hezbollah Diversified Its Funding my latest in @foreignpolicy.com with Clara Broekaert foreignpolicy.com/2024/11/25/h...

Islamic State is primed to be thorn in the side of incoming Trump administration The terrorist group has been looking to be active this holiday season, with online chatter about attacks increasing

Islamic State is primed to be thorn in the side of incoming Trump administration www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

Foreign fighters flocking to Islamic State in Somalia Just-released report based on intelligence from UN member states warns IS affiliate is growing, gaining ground against rivals

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The Ripple Effects of War in the Middle East Create Fertile Ground for Violence in the West The Hamas attacks of October 7 and the Israeli retaliation, part of a broader regional conflict in the Middle East, have led to a drastic increase in antisemitic and Islamophobic incidents across West...

The Ripple Effects of War in the Middle East Create Fertile Ground for Violence in the West thesoufancenter.org/intelbrief-2...

Counter-terrorism Implications of a Second Trump Presidency With the recent US presidential election ushering Donald J. Trump back into the White House as the 47th President of the United States, there has been much speculation on what foreign policy could loo...

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Opinion | We Still Haven’t Figured Out How to Beat ISIS Stripping the Islamic State of its self-proclaimed caliphate is not the same as beating it.

The continued threat posed by Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) aka "ISIS-K" should be among the Trump Administration's top counterterrorism priorities upon assuming office in January. www.nytimes.com/2024/03/31/o...

ISIS arrests are spiking in Canada and youths are driving the resurgence | Globalnews.ca Why terror plots linked to the Islamic State are increasing.

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