Making Somalia Safe Again

In January 2018, I traveled via armored convoy over 20 kilometers of bad roads from a regional airport to the Hirshabelle provincial state capital of Jowar in central Somalia. Protected by Burundian soldiers of the African Union peacekeeping force, we sped through countryside and villages controlled by the al-Shabaab terror group. In Jowar, the UN […]
Afghanistan Two Years after the Taliban Take-over

On the two-year anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, JST asked five experts who worked in and on Afghanistan for their comments.
Reflections on Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and the Role of the Muslim Brotherhood in his Radicalization

Reflections on Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri and the Role of the Muslim Brotherhood in his Radicalization