The Western economy is a key underlying target in attacks like the one that the Islamic State perpetrated in Brussels.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the chief executive officer of Valens Global, a consulting firm that focuses on violent non-state actors. An adjunct assistant professor in Georgetown University’s security studies program, he holds a Ph.D. in world politics from the Catholic University of America.
Captured documents released by the U.S. reveal the extent of al Qaeda’s strategy, which may include negotiated ‘truces’ in Syria and elsewhere.
After fighting al Qaeda and its affiliates for a decade and a half, the CIA is now helping them gain ground in Syria.
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