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Deputy Director for Research and Research Fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Lots of Egypt. RTs may be the opposite of endorsements.

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  1. In reply to
    10 minutes ago

    . FDD cares! has done extensive work analyzing Qatar's regional influence, much of it negative

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  2. 5 hours ago

    As I noted several times in 2016, is claiming a historically high rate of suicide bombings. claims for year-end tell same story.

    Analysis: Islamic State claims historically high number of suicide attacks in 2016 -
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  3. 12 hours ago

    The Russian government is openly advocating on behalf of the Taliban:

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  4. In reply to
    58 minutes ago

    . FWIW, in my own writing I've referred to Russia this way:

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  5. 1 hour ago

    "It matters deeply that the current generation of global revolutionaries and reformers no longer see themselves as fighting for our ideals"

    Three different CIA & Pentagon forwarded me this piece this weekend. A sharp, unsettling read.
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  6. 14 hours ago

    Yet another example of backing terrorists to challenge American interests (and cost American lives)

    Of course, the Taliban isn’t interested in “peace and security.”
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  7. In reply to
    1 hour ago

    . I think this puts it well: "ghastly hybrid of an overblown police state and a criminal network with an economy Italy's size"

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  8. 1 hour ago

    "It may not be a war we recognize, but ... it seeks, at home and abroad, to erode our values, our democracy, and our institutional strength"

    "When we stop fighting for our ideals abroad, we stop fighting for them at home." on Putin's long game
    1 retweet 1 like
  9. 1 hour ago

    "The alternative: Accepting that our history and nation weren't the beginning of a better world, but an anomaly in a tyrannous and dark one"

    Can Trump figure out the new war in time to win it?
  10. 1 hour ago

    "Rebuilding American power — based on liberal democracy — is the only escape from Putin’s corrosive vision of a world at permanent war"

    The West is already at war whether it wants to be or not. Here's how to fight Putin's global imperialist insurgency.
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  11. 4 hours ago

    Republicans Senators Seek to Freeze Some State Department Funds Until U.S. Embassy Moves to Jerusalem

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  12. 5 hours ago

    Analysis: Islamic State claims historically high number of suicide attacks in 2016 -

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  13. 6 hours ago

    … the plural of aircraft is aircraft what the HELL New York Times

    He normally just loads the suitcases or packages onto aircrafts. But on Sunday, he ended up being taken for a ride.
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  14. 5 hours ago

    On NewsHour: CIA chief addresses "doubters" of Russian hacking report in interview with

    CIA Director tells doubters to "wait and see" Russian hacking report
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  15. 14 hours ago

    “I have a wheelchair: I’ll put a goddamn gun on it and go fight Putin personally if America won’t.”

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  16. 15 hours ago

    "Across the Baltics, people are signing up for military training, fearing a resurgent Russia" via

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  17. 10 hours ago

    Unidentified Assailant Slays Coptic Christian with Sword in Front of Passersby in Alexandria

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  18. 10 hours ago

    Thousands turn out in Tira for funeral of young Israeli women murdered in Istanbul [Heb]

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  19. 20 Dec 2016

    My book on the Islamic State, THE WAY OF THE STRANGERS, is on sale! Order now, and it will arrive by the 25th:

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  20. 12 hours ago

    Harry Sarfo, repentant Islamic State fighter from Germany, is charged with participation in killings in Syria:

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