What Extremists Say About Jihad
IASC Visiting Fellow Stephen Coughlin's thesis draws on the most important Islamic scholars to describe the relationship betweem Jihad and Islamic law.
Taxing Terrorism
Jeffrey Breinholt, Deputy Chief of the Justice Department's Counterterrorism Section, discusses a largely overlooked aspect of U.S. federal criminal law enforcement--criminal tax law--and its implications for prosecuting terrorists and their supporters.
Salafists, China and West Africa's Growing Anarchy
Douglas Farah explores the challenges the U.S. faces in Western Africa from Islam, China and a growing dependence on oil and natural gas from the Gulf of Guinea.
Merchant of Death
IASC Senior Fellow Douglas Farah and Stephen Braun tell the stroy of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global network has changed the way mondern warfare is fought.
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Chinese Military Engagement on Display in Singapore
IASC's Vice President Richard Fisher reports on the Chinese aspects of Singapore's IMDEX naval technology show.
IASC in the News
IASC Vice President Richard Fisher discusses the PRC's newest fighter in the International Herald Tribune.
China's Naval Secrets
May 5th, 2008
Experts attempting to understand the strategic aims behind China's aggressive military expansion have generally focused on Taiwan. But a new naval base points at Beijing's significant and growing interest in projecting power into waters far from the Taiwan Strait. China, in fact, is equipping itself to assert its longstanding and expansive territorial claims in the South China Sea, and this plan could raise tensions well beyond the region.
What Is Happening In China?
March 25th, 2008
Posed at this time, the question is enormous. Washington is singularly ill-prepared to address it, for what is happening, bluntly speaking, is that the interlocking set of hopes and assumptions about China that for thirty years have ruled policy, is being tested as never before and may not survive.
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