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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

A service member working with Command Task Force 66 unloads a Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft into the Port of Uskta during exercise Baltic Operations 2025 (BALTOPS 25) on June 8, 2025. (US Navy photo)

In the Media

Taiwan Shoots Down Chinese Drone

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Sep 1, 2022

In the Media

Cover photo for an article published by al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) magazine Hitteen on China, Pakistan, and the Uyghurs. (Riccardo Valle and Lucas Webber)

Commentary

The Historical Evolution of al-Qaeda’s Positions on China

Riccardo Valle

Researcher focused on jihadism, armed groups, and politics in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.

Lucas Webber

Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst, Tech Against Terrorism

Riccardo Valle & Lucas Webber

Aug 31, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

Salman Rushdie does a reading in New York City on April 15, 2016. (Al Pereira/Getty Images)

Commentary

Salman Rushdie and the Wider Effects of Blasphemy Accusations

Paul Marshall

Senior Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Paul Marshall

Aug 30, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

In the Media

Religious Minorities Left Behind in Afghanistan

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Aug 30, 2022

In the Media

Evacuees await their departure at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 23, 2021. (Gunnery Sergeant Melissa Marnell/USMC)

Commentary

Mr. Blinken, Don’t Abandon Afghan Religious Minorities

Nina Shea

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom

Nina Shea

Aug 28, 2022

Commentary

5 Min Read

Iranian demonstrators burn an effigy of President Joe Biden in downtown Tehran during a rally commemorating the International Quds Day on April 29, 2022. (Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Commentary

No Deal with Iran Is Better than a Bad Deal

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Aug 27, 2022

Commentary

4 Min Read

In the Media

Middle East Update from CUFI Summit 2022

Jonathan Schachter

Senior Fellow, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East

Jonathan Schachter

Aug 25, 2022

In the Media

Egyptian university students gather on November 26, 2013, in Alexandria, Egypt, to protest the anti-demonstration law, which bans protests without prior police approval. (Ibrahim Ramadan/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

America and the "Problem" of Islam

Shadi Hamid

Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Shadi Hamid

Aug 23, 2022

Commentary

Long Read

The China-donated Gwadar Technical and Vocational Institute in southwest Pakistan's Gwadar on October 1, 2021, just after the building's completion. (Photo by Str/Xinhua via Getty Images)

Commentary

Lashkar-e-Tayyaba: China’s Handmaid in Balochistan