Written by Lauren Goodrich and Marc Lanthemann

The future of Russia's ability to remain a global energy supplier and the strength the Russian energy sector gives the Kremlin are increasingly in question. After a decade of robust energy exports and revenues, Russia is cutting natural gas prices to Europe while revenue projections for its energy ... Read more: The Past, Present and Future of Russian Energy Strategy
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Written by Right Side News
According to the latest report from the Mail, a BBC reporter says the attackers were shouting “Allahu akhbar!” as they stabbed and beheaded their victim.
The updated report also says the victim was wearing a t-shirt for “Help for Heroes”, an organization providing support for wounded veterans.
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Written by Scott Stewart

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto's approach to combating Mexican drug cartels has been a much-discussed topic since well before he was elected. Indeed, in June 2011 -- more than a year before the July 2012 Mexican presidential election -- I wrote an analysis discussing rumors that, if elected, Pena ... Read more: Understanding Pena Nieto's Approach to the Cartels
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Written by Scott Stewart

The April 15 Boston Marathon bombing has rekindled interest in the topic of grassroots terrorism, specifically the kind conducted by grassroots jihadists. We define grassroots jihadistsas individuals who have been inspired by the al Qaeda core or franchise groups but who are not ... Read more: Ordinary Citizens: The Last Line of Defense Against Terrorism
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Written by GoV

Recent news articles have featured reports of domestic mujahideen — "British", "Swedish", Dutch", etc. — who are stampeding from Western Europe to Syria in order to fight in the jihad against the regime of Bashar al-Assad (and, while they are at it, against Christians, Alawites, secular Muslims, ...
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Written by Right Side News

The Investigative Project on Terrorism Special Report
A deadly bus explosion in Bulgaria targeting Israeli tourists, a bomb plot to kill the Saudi ambassador in Washington, and a ship carrying large quantities of arms to terrorists – what do these have in common?
They are all examples of hostile ...
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Written by ICLA

Welcome to the first VOS Report. Below we highlight cases from around the world that we regard to be related to the principles of sharia. There are two sections, one that applies to the Islamic world, the House of Islam or Dar al Islam, and one that applies to the non-Muslim world, the ...
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Written by Raymond Ibrahim

After some 14 centuries of persecution and church attacks,Egypt’s Copts ushered in the 2011 new year by having one of their largest Jesus painting splattered with the blood of Christian worshipers killed during the 2011 bombing of the Church of Two Saintschurches attacked: ... Read more: Death to Churches Under Islam: A Study of the Coptic Church, Part II
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Written by Raymond Ibrahim

Coptic church burns during the 2011 Imbaba riotsChristians throughout the Islamic world are under attack. Unlike Muslim attacks on Christians, which are regularly confused with a myriad of social factors, the ongoing attacks on Christian churches in the Muslim world are perhaps the most ... Read more: Death to Churches Under Islam: A Study of the Coptic Church, Part I
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