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September 25, 2018
Nigeria
Boko Haram Leader Shekau's Book Helps Explain Factional Rifts
In June 2018, the Islamic State in West Africa (ISWA) leader, Abu Mus’ab al-Barnawi, released a history of his jihadist movement. In 2017, the Ansaru leader, under the pseudonym Abu Usama al-Ansari, also released his own history, while Abubakar Shekau released a book in the name of the Boko Haram faction he currently leads.
October 16, 2015
Iraq
Weekend Reading: The Syrian Opposition, Iraq’s Identity, and Hamas Holds Back...For Now
Aymenn al-Tamimi examines the potential for a unified Syrian opposition as a result of Russian intervention. Harith Hasan al-Qarawee and Matthew Schweitzer outline a strategy to rebuild Iraq’s cultu…
June 21, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Ansaru Logo Gives Hints to Boko Haram and Transnational Links
This is a guest post by Jacob Zenn, an analyst of African Affairs for the Washington D.C.-based think tank, The Jamestown Foundation, and a contributor for the West Point CTC Sentinel. Boko Haram ha…
January 1, 2014
Middle East and North Africa
Confidence-destroying Measures
Working toward an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement, negotiators always seek "confidence-building measures" or CBMs. These moves are supposed to show good faith and convince the other side to under…
November 18, 2020
Education
Ensuring Access to Education for Girls During a Humanitarian Crisis and Conflict
The COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest education emergency in history, with consequences that could reverse decades of progress in girl's education. Ensuring continuity of education amid COVID…
