National Security and Defense

Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.
Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a video in which he warns Cameroon it faces the same fate as Nigeria. (Boko Haram video screenshot)
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Boko Haram’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, appears in a video in which he warns Cameroon it faces the same fate as Nigeria. (Boko Haram video screenshot)
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Graduate Student, Islamic Studies & African Religions, Rice University
Research Analyst, The Jamestown Foundation, and Research Fellow, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
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A satellite image shows what CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says appears to be concrete structures with retractable roofs on the artificial island Fiery Cross reefs in the South China Sea in this image taken February 7, 2017 and released on Fe
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A satellite image shows what CSIS Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative says appears to be concrete structures with retractable roofs on the artificial island Fiery Cross reefs in the South China Sea in this image taken February 7, 2017 and released on Fe
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Pakistani devotees gather outside the shrine of 13th century Muslim Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar a day after a bomb blew up at the shrine in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province, February 17, 2017. (ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pakistani devotees gather outside the shrine of 13th century Muslim Sufi saint Lal Shahbaz Qalandar a day after a bomb blew up at the shrine in the town of Sehwan in Sindh province, February 17, 2017. (ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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husain_haqqani
Senior Fellow and Director for South and Central Asia
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President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
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Former Senior Fellow
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National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (2ndL) attends a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (2ndL) attends a joint news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the East Room of the White House February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship
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