Terrorism and extremism
Articles on confronting terrorism and extremist ideology: terrorist organisations, their financing and rhetoric, and how states counter them.
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Terrorism and extremism: roots, tools and response
Dr. Salem Alketbi’s analysis of extremism in its different forms: Daesh, the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Iran-linked cells. How these groups emerge, the tools they use, and how states confront them.
- UAE dismantles Iran-linked terror cells18 May 2026
- Controlled chaos: Terrorism is used as a political tool18 February 2026
- Manufacturing extremism in the West: the Muslim Brotherhood’s long game18 December 2025
- A regional scramble to borrow from Iran’s playbook28 April 2026
- The Dangerous Turn in the Strategy of Daesh10 August 2016
- Analysis of the Terrorism Phenomenon13 May 2016
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When Neighborhood Security Is National Security
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan’s September 29 visit to Riyadh was far from a routine meeting between two close…
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Interview with “50 Minutes” on Al Mashhad TV: How the Brotherhood works, and why Egypt is the backbone of the Arabs
Dr. Salem Alketbi was a guest on “50 Minutes” on Al Mashhad TV with host Mohammed Abu Obeid, in an…
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UAE dismantles Iran-linked terror cells
Amid regional tensions and Iranian attacks on Gulf states, information disclosed in the United Arab Emirates shows the activity of…
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What threat model did the UAE confront, and why should we care?
The recent statement by the United Arab Emirates State Security Service announcing the dismantling of a terrorist organization linked to…
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The Strait of Hormuz: How the world endorsed Iran’s blackmail
There is a question rarely asked amid the clamor over the current crisis in the Strait of Hormuz: how did…
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A regional scramble to borrow from Iran’s playbook
Several regional actors are moving quietly, not to contain the fallout from the current phase but to fill the vacuum…
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Controlled chaos: Terrorism is used as a political tool
Recent reports of Islamic State members escaping from a detention facility in northeastern Syria might appear to be another isolated…
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How Washington redefined sovereignty
The operation to arrest former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the method of his transfer, and his delivery into the US…
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Manufacturing extremism in the West: the Muslim Brotherhood’s long game
The Muslim Brotherhood organization represents, in truth, one of the most complex phenomena in the history of Islamist terror movements.
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Waqf al-Ummah: A Muslim Brotherhood Scandal
I believe it is hard to find an instance that embodies the decline of charitable work quite like the Waqf…
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