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Molenbeek: One of several Jihadi hotspots in Europe

To call Molenbeek a terrorism capital is an exaggeration at best. Focusing on local socio-economic factors obscures European jihadism’s transnational nature.

Source: Voice of America

No Substance for a Historic Cross-Strait Summit

Presidents Ma Ying-jeou and Xi Jinping of Taiwan and China meet for a historic photo-op, but little else comes from the summit that shocked the world media

Is Putin’s power a mirage in the Syrian desert?

What might the consequences be for Putin if the Sinai flight disaster proves to have been the work of terrorists?

Author: 'Dying Regime' https://www.flickr.com/people/64596147@N00

Sun, sand and suspicion

The Maldives’ dramatic internecine battle between the re-established regime’s strongmen continues as Vice President Adeeb is arrested on the airport tarmac.

Sri Lankan Tamil civilians are displaced in the Vanni, 2009

Sri Lanka and the Politics of Justice

Truth and reconciliation is a project which inevitably needs to balance short term politics against long term justice. There are signs that Sri Lanka’s new government understands the challenge.

Jack McDonald

Joseph Yacoub