National Security and Defense

Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
MSP leader Abderrazak Mokri calls for a boycott of the presidential election, January 31, 2014 (Bachir Zemouri/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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MSP leader Abderrazak Mokri calls for a boycott of the presidential election, January 31, 2014 (Bachir Zemouri/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Commentary
Vish Sakthivel
Robert A. Fox Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Vish Sakthivel
Long Read
Investigators work around the wreckage of a Home Depot pickup truck a day after it was used in a terror attack in New York, November 1, 2017 (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Investigators work around the wreckage of a Home Depot pickup truck a day after it was used in a terror attack in New York, November 1, 2017 (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
husain_haqqani
husain_haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
4 Min Read
Members of the Iraqi Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) paramilitary forces southwest of Mosul, April 28, 2017 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Members of the Iraqi Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) paramilitary forces southwest of Mosul, April 28, 2017 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Ranj Alaaldin
Visiting Fellow, Brookings Doha Center, Director of the Proxy Wars Initiative, Carnegie Corporation
Ranj Alaaldin
6 Min Read