On Security May 19, 2020 | 10:00 GMTMay 19, 2020
With its regional and Western adversaries distracted, a spike in attacks shows the global jihadist group is well-positioned to return with a vengeance in its core territory.
The Fight Against the Islamic State
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Podcasts Apr 29, 2020 | 18:48 GMTApr 29, 2020
We look back at the 2016-2017 battle to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from the Islamic State, from the perspective of people who were there.
Podcasts Apr 9, 2020 | 05:10 GMTApr 9, 2020
In this Essential Geopolitics podcast, Emily Hawthorne says A meeting scheduled for June, 2020 will reveal a lot about where the U.S. / Iraq relationship is headed.
On Security Mar 31, 2020 | 11:00 GMTMar 31, 2020
The growing power of Islamic State militants combined with the Mozambican government's limitations and seeming denial of the threat do not portend well.
Podcasts Mar 25, 2020 | 21:01 GMTMar 25, 2020
IN this podcast, Stratfor's Fred Burton speaks to Samuel Katz, whose new book details the secret agency that worked with the multinational coalition to bring down ISIS.
Graphics Jan 7, 2020 | 21:16 GMTJan 7, 2020
After departing Iraq in 2011, U.S. troops returned in 2014 to battle the Islamic State. They have remained even after the jihadist group's defeat.
Podcasts Nov 27, 2019 | 17:00 GMTNov 27, 2019
In this episode, Stratfor's Fred Burton sits down with journalist Mike Giglio, who tells the story of the rise of ISIS' caliphate and the coalition that worked to disassemble it in his new book Shatter the Nations: ISIS and the War for the Caliphate.
Guidance Nov 8, 2019 | 20:21 GMTNov 8, 2019
More attacks could see Russian, Chinese, and U.S. security involvement -- and competition -- in the Central Asian country increase.
On Security Oct 29, 2019 | 09:00 GMTOct 29, 2019
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared the caliphate with the aim of bringing all the world's Muslims under his fold. He bequeaths, however, a legacy of depravity and a divided jihadist movement.
Snapshots Oct 27, 2019 | 13:46 GMTOct 27, 2019
Al-Baghdadi's death will not significantly weaken the wider capabilities of the Islamic State or its affiliates.
