In an “around the world” edition of our podcast series, Ryan Evans convened a top-notch group to discuss everything from Cuba to the Middle East to Russia to deterrence to China to personnel ...
ODNI Title: Answer to Questions about Custody of Children and Related issues To/from: ?/Atiyya Abu Abd al-Rahman Date: December/January, 2008/2009 (Muharam 1430) Link: English/Arabic ODNI T...
http://warontherocks.com/2016/03/an-index-of-newly-declassified-bin-laden-documents/
Following the horrific attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, there has been a fierce debate about whether containing the Islamic State is enough. As a contribution to this debate, a recent New Yor...
http://warontherocks.com/2015/12/does-the-islamic-state-want-an-apocalyptic-showdown-not-so-fast/
The jihadist slaughter over the last three weeks seems senseless. The self-proclaimed Islamic State killed 224 on a Russian airliner, 43 in Beirut and over 120 in Paris. How could religious peopl...
Will McCants of the Brookings Institution and David Ignatius of The Washington Post sat down with Ryan Evans to chat about the topic of Will’s new book, ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy,...
http://warontherocks.com/2015/09/navigating-the-islamic-state-challenge/
This is the podcast in which War on the Rocks fixes the Middle East…ok, we kid, but it is a fascinating conversation with some of the most astute and informed U.S. experts on Iraq and the Isla...
http://warontherocks.com/2015/04/podcast-the-islamic-states-war-in-iraq-and-syria/
Since the death of Osama Bin Laden at the hands of elite Navy SEALs, we have learned a great deal about the operation from various tell-all accounts that have scandalized the special operations ...
http://warontherocks.com/2015/04/the-truth-about-the-death-of-bin-laden-and-the-rise-of-isis/
The meadow outside the small village of Dabiq, Syria is a strange setting for one of the final battles of the Islamic apocalypse. Although close to the Turkish border, “Dabiq is not important m...
The other day, al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri announced the establishment of a new al-Qaeda affiliate, “al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent.” What struck me about the announcement was ...
http://warontherocks.com/2014/09/zawahiris-counter-caliphate/
With the armed phase of the Syrian revolution now in its 34th month, a great deal has changed since protests first erupted in March 2011. More than 130,000 people have been killed, the United Nat...
http://warontherocks.com/2014/02/the-syrian-civil-war-political-and-military-state-of-play/
JM Berger, Will McCants, and Clint Watts sat down with Ryan Evans at the Jefferson Hotel to talk about a range of subjects related to counter-terrorism. What could be more appropriate for Christm...
http://warontherocks.com/2013/12/podcast-counter-terrorism-drones-syria-and-more/