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In West, ISIS Finds Women Eager to Enlist
In an article in Foreign Policy, Aki Peritz and Tara Maller wrote that male jihadists were “committing horrific sexual violence on a seemingly indu...
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Underground Girls of Kabul
Nordberg defines bacha posh as a "historical and present-day rejection of patriarchy by those who refuse to accept the ruling order for themselves ...
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ISIS training video revealed
A new video reveals how ISIS fighters are trained. CNN's Brian Todd reports on how the group became a formidable force.
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Wooing Wall Street execs
*“To attract more foreign direct investment in the United States, Mr. Modi quite simply needs to improve the business climate in India,” said Anish...
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Taliban close in on town where 106 Britons died
Now fears are growing that the town in Helmand province could soon fall again to the insurgents, who have taken advantage of the months of politica...
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On web: Islamic Spring vs ISIS?
The gruesome images circulated by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria might have grabbed the headlines in recent weeks, but the group is merely the...
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Who are the top international-relations specialists?
Surprise! Scholars have a very different view than policymakers do.
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Expanding the conversation on Israel/Palestine
Expanding the conversation on Israel/Palestine.
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War without end: The U.S. may still be fighting in Syria in 2024, 2034, 2044 . . .
National security reporter Thomas E. Ricks, a man not subject to confusion, can’t decide whether to call the latest hostilities a new installment o...
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7 Things You Need to Read on Iran
Today, New America will host a conversation between Dr. Hassan Rouhani, President of Iran, and Fareed Zakaria, Host of Global Public Square on CNN....
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With Hezbollah and U.S. airstrikes in Syria, are we on the verge of a big Mideast war? Is this the end of Ottoman history?
The U.S. involvement in Syria is big news, but the Hezbollah strikes, conducted by armed drones, may be more historically significant.
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Assessing Terrorism Threats
Tara Maller & Buck Sexton with Megyn Kelly on The Kelly File talking assessing terrorism threats.
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Are Weaponized 'Crab Walker' Robots The Future Of Chinese Land Wars?
*Robotics designers in the US have long gotten their inspiration from both science fiction and biology, and Chinese engineers are no different, mos...
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ISIS Sexual Violence
RE: ISIS sexual violence piece written for Foreign Policy.
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7 articles you need to read about ISIS
A collection of the best content on ISIS from New America.
On September 10, President Obama announced his strategy to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. During the speech, the President claimed tha...
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When everyone else gets as much data as we do, how will we prevail in combat?
In the future everyone will be data-rich, my New America colleague Sascha Meinrath said over his lunch of baked salmon last week. So, he figures, t...
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Afghanistan Presidential Rivals Approve a Power-Sharing Government
This unity deal comes after months of turmoil over a disputed election that destabilized the nation. This is at a crucial time when most foreign tr...
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Afghanistan's Unity Deal is Important for Progress in the Country
For more insight of Afghanistan's unity deal, we spoke with Faiysal AliKhan, a policy analyst and fellow with the New America Foundation.
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Afghan Power-Sharing Deal
New America Foundation's Faiysal AliKhan discusses the new deal that named former World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani president.