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The latest report from the Henry Jackson Society’s Centre from the New Middle East highlights the enduring threat posed by Islamic State’s Sinai province. As this paper reveals, with assistance from Hamas’s military wing in Gaza, Islamic State militants in the …
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Posted in Egypt, Event Transcript, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Middle East, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, YemenOriginally published in the Sunday Express
ISLAMIC State militants suspected of blowing up a Russian passenger plane have a network of insurgents working in bars, restaurants and hotels across Sharm El Sheikh.
The terror group also uses operatives employed at the airport, …
Originally published in City AM
Tobias Borck, a researcher at the Strategy and Security Institute at the University of Exeter, says Yes
President Sisi will be able to contain extremist groups in Egypt, but he won’t defeat them. Despite its economic woes, …
LONDON – 5 November 2015
As the Prime Minister chairs another meeting of the governments emergency committee, Cobra, over fears of bomb attacks on UK flights from Sharm el-Sheikh; The Henry Jackson Society has again warned about the increased levels of activity …
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Posted in Egypt, Event Transcript, Extremism, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Media, Syria, United KingdomYou have insufficient access to view this content. Please see our membership options for more information.
Posted in Egypt, Event Transcript, Extremism, Iraq, ISIS, Islamism, Religious Fundamentalism, Syria, Turkey, Uncategorized, United Kingdom
This is a summary of an event with human rights activist David Keyes chaired by The Henry Jackson Society deputy drector Davis Lewin, on 13 April 2015; it reflects the views expressed by the speaker and not those of the …
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Posted in Arab Spring, Egypt, Event Audio, Human Rights, Iran, Media, Middle East, Religious Fundamentalism, SyriaYou have insufficient access to view this content. Please see our membership options for more information.
Posted in Arab Spring, Egypt, Event Transcript, Extremism, Human Rights, Iran, Iraq, Media, Religious Fundamentalism, Syria, Terrorism & Security
Originally published in ABC Internacional
‘Los yihadistas de Estado Islámico (EI) se movilizan tras la formación de la alianza internacional liderada por Estados Unidos y lanzan un doble llamamiento a escala regional e internacional para extender el terror más allá de las fronteras …
Originally published in DeHavilland
The UK would continue a close, frank dialogue with the Egyptian Government given that the country had “a very long way to go” in human rights terms, and was an influential touchstone for the Middle East, peers …
Originally published in The Globe and Mail
‘…At the dawn of the wretchedly misnamed Arab Spring, Westerners hoped the overthrow of a corrupt dictatorship would liberate Egypt’s women. Instead, it made things worse. Public order deteriorated. The military regime of the …
Originally published in National Interest
‘Ramadan begins this year on June 28. Six weeks later—August 14—is the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian government’s crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood supporters in Cairo’s Rabaa al-Adawiya Square, killing at least 683 people in a single day.
Late last …
A Henry Jackson Society, Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and the America – Bosnia Foundation Panel Discussion
SPEAKERS:
Aylin Ünver Noi
Assistant Professor at Department of International Relations
Vice-Director of the European Union Application and Research Center
Gedik University, …
SPEAKERS:
Mohannad Sabry
Egyptian Journalist
2011 Livingston Award Finalist
Emily Dyer
Research Fellow
The Henry Jackson Society
Oren Kessler
Research Fellow
The Henry Jackson Society
TIME: 1 – 2pm, Wednesday 7th May 2014
VENUE: Committee Room 18, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA
To attend please RSVP to: researchassistant4@henryjacksonsociety.org
The 2011 Egyptian …
Co-written by Oscar Isham
Click here to view the event transcript
On Wednesday 7th May 2014, the Henry Jackson Society hosted Cairo-based journalist Mohannad Sabry and HJS research fellows Emily Dyer and Oren Kessler in the House of Commons for the launch …
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Posted in Egypt, Event Transcript, Middle East, Terrorism & Security
A new Henry Jackson Society report – Terror in the Sinai – provides the first statistical analysis of its kind on the evolution of the terrorist threat in the Sinai since the Egyptian revolution three years ago.
Terror in the Sinai, …
A new Henry Jackson Society report – Terror in the Sinai – provides the first statistical analysis of its kind on the evolution of the terrorist threat in the Sinai since the Egyptian revolution three years ago.
Terror in the Sinai, …
On the 24th April, HJS Research Director Olivier Guitta appeared on ‘The Report’ on BBC Radio 4 to discuss the activities of the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK. Oliver commented on the recent announcement by the government of an investigation …
Posted in Broadcast Appearances, Egypt, United KingdomA new Henry Jackson Society Report – The Arab Spring: An Assessment Three Years On – examines the ways in which the Arab Spring has affected the citizens of countries across the Middle East and North Africa, and assesses the impact on countries three years …
Posted in Egypt, Islamism, Libya, Middle East, Press Release, Terrorism & Security, Tunisia, Yemen
A new Henry Jackson Society Report – The Arab Spring: An Assessment Three Years On – examines the ways in which the Arab Spring has affected the citizens of countries across the Middle East and North Africa, and assesses the impact on countries three years …
Posted in Arab Spring, Egypt, Islamism, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, Publication, Spotlight, Terrorism & Security, Tunisia
First published in Foreign Affairs
In late November 2013, Egyptian police rounded up 14 female activists in downtown Cairo, including three prominent women who had helped lead the first protests against former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime in 2011. Three years later, …