Editor’s Picks

Turning east: the rise of Islamic State’s Khorasan Province

ISKP’s growth in Afghanistan coincides with its losses in Iraq and Syria, but the US and Taliban are fighting back, Paweł Wójcik writes

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Uzbekistan and Tajikistan: No more dam problems?

A cold war between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan over water access has ended, possibly opening the region to investment and integration

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Can the US use the F-35 to shoot down Turkey’s S-400 acquisition?

The US is leveraging F-35 stealth fighter jet sales to pressure Turkey to abandon Russia’s S-400 air defense system and release Pastor Andrew Brunson

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A new African giant: detente with Eritrea boosts Ethiopia’s grand plan for strategic realignment

The peace deal with Eritrea is part of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s plan to change the country’s strategic posture

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Defending the Seas: the US Navy Second Fleet and Atlantic security

The re-establishment of the 2nd Fleet demonstrates the resolve to ensure the US Navy’s readiness to deter and defeat Russian adventurism

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Russia’s poisoned chalice in southern Syria

Russia has few good options for curtailing the behavior of its Iranian and Hezbollah allies against Israel in Syria

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Libya: more violence to come as groups jockey for control leading up to elections

Clashes between a weakened General Haftar and immensely unpopular Ibrahim Jadhran’s men raise the possibility of Libya’s complete destruction, The Atlantic Council's Erin A. Neale says

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Assad’s bluff may double as a gain for Syria’s Kurds

President Bashar al-Assad has threatened military action against northern Syria, but do his threats cloak an opportunity for a deal with the Kurds?

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For Yemen’s southern resistance, the next battle is for independence

Yemen’s internal splits have festered for years, but a move towards independence in the south could change the miserable status quo, Abdulsalam Mused of the Southern Transitional Council argues

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Biji Manbij? US and Turkey plan for the Syrian city’s future without the YPG

After months of talks and threats of military action against the strongest force fighting ISIS in Syria, the U.S. and Turkey agreed to a ‘roadmap’ that would see the YPG leave Manbij

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