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Turkey Targets Intellectuals and Philanthropists Connected to West
November 10, 2021
The Turkish Islamist regime had targeted high profile intellectuals and philanthropic activists, including US citizens and globally connected activists known for their commitments to policies and social inclusion.
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Oxford University Press: Jihadism a Sustained, Durable Threat
November 10, 2021
A new Oxford University Press study by a renowned Brandeis University scholar of terrorism uses extensive interview data from the Western Jihadism Project to provide a detailed analysis of the adaptive structures and tactics, as well as deep support networks in the US and Europe, that make Islamist extremism a durable, active threat worldwide.
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Rubin: Turkey's Transregional Support for Islamist Extremism Endangers U.S. Geopolitical Interests
November 03, 2021
Writing in The National Interest, Michael Rubin explains how NATO-member Turkey's record of ideological and material support for Islamist extremism in Eurasia and Africa is undermining U.S. geopolitical interests and security strategy.
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Speech & Media Freedoms Under Siege in Islamist Turkey
October 27, 2021
A recently released report by Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (TIHV/HRFT) points to speech and media freedoms under siege by Turkey's Islamist regime, with the state's security apparatus being used to silence critique of the government.
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Iraqi Election Results Suggest Pushback Against Domestic Islamist Extremists and External Patrons
October 27, 2021
Iraq's just-completed parliamentary elections suggest popular pushback against Islamist sectarianism, with election results likely to produce a coalition comprised of moderate Sunni and Shiite groups, secularists, Kurds from the Tishreen (October) youth-dominated protest movement, as counterweight to the still-powerful Shiite sectarian Sadrist movement.