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Contributing writer, . NYT Bestselling Author . Director of nonstate actors program at Center for Global Policy. Fellow

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    13 Jun 2016

    IS ideology: a product of a slow hybridization between doctrinaire Salafism and Islamist currents my in-depth paper

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  2. 8 minutes ago

    It could be the weather, or someone is visiting the town. Usually one of the two!

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  3. 58 minutes ago

    The fact is that both sides (UAE and Saudi Arabia) have been complaining about each other lately, and unhappy with how things are led. For the UAE, Saudi Arabia is doing what they always liked it to do but it's also a big PR burden for them.

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  4. 1 hour ago

    The idea that this has been coordinated with the Saudis should be taken with a pinch of salt. A unilateral drawdown still looks bad for Riyadh & could have been more effective if the campaign is rebranded as part of the broader coalition. Considering other details, doesn't add up

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  5. 1 hour ago

    More on this later, but important not to be carried away. The UAE will still be present on the ground backing militias that'll still be engaged in the war. A lot of the move is rebranding, but this recent piece has clues re internal coalition dynamics too

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  6. 1 hour ago

    “Our discussion over our redeployment has been ongoing for over a year and it has been heightened after the signing of the Stockholm agreement in December." See my tweet from Friday (saying it couldn't be linked to Iran & been floated for at least a year)

    Very skeptical about the UAE withdrawal, btw. The idea they’re withdrawing because of Iranian threat & other details sound off, and we’ve heard the same point being subtly spread in DC circles for at least a year, that the UAE isn’t so keen on the war as Saudi is.
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  7. 1 hour ago

    The United Arab Emirates had been planning its recent troop drawdown in Yemen for over a year and coordinated its move with key ally Saudi Arabia, a senior Emirati official told Reuters.

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  8. 3 hours ago

    A contrast to how things were two years ago for Saudi Arabia: the UAE is changing tack in Yemen, Egypt shoots down an Arab alliance plan, and Qatar is now offering a massive plan to deepen its ties with the US:

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  9. 3 hours ago

    Very interesting move. There is no clear trigger for it, and why it came from one member rather than the broader coalition.

    The UAE confirms to AFP a troops drawdown in Yemen and that it wants to move from 'military' strategy to 'peace' there.
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  10. 4 hours ago

    The UAE confirms to AFP a troops drawdown in Yemen and that it wants to move from 'military' strategy to 'peace' there.

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  11. 16 hours ago

    Our new Saddam Hussein - The Washington Post

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  12. 17 hours ago

    Good stuff as consistently by ⁦⁩: As violence flares up in Daraa, control can be an illusion | Middle East Institute

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    19 hours ago

    This is a must read on far right extremism & the internet, including the research of &

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  14. Jul 6

    Former chief of Saudi religious police says that mass/jama’a prayers are not obligatory, according to Islamic consensus, so there is no need for authorities to enforce them and close the shops during them.

    "والله من أول ابتدائي وأنتم تدرسونا على أنها واجب وش (ما) إللي تغيّر!؟"...مدير هيئة الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر السابق يقول…
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  15. Jul 5

    “Trump staged his speech in the shadow of a monument to a president who spoke of “malice toward none,” a message nearly the opposite of his own political strategy; he was just a stone’s throw away from a memorial to American dead in Vietnam, a war he had avoided.”

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  16. Jul 5

    . was able to be in the tent of the Trump VIPs to view the speech firsthand. His essay from there:

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  17. Jul 5

    This day five years ago

    "Caliph Ibrahim" in his first ever video appearance.
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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 5

    My new article published in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: "Turkish ISIS and AQ Foreign Fighters: Reconciling the Numbers and Perception of the Terrorism Threat"

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  19. Jul 4

    Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups reached an agreement to share power during a transition period leading to elections, setting off street celebrations by thousands of people.

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  20. Jul 4

    Tehran fumes as Britain seizes Iranian oil tanker over Syria sanctions | Reuters

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  21. Jul 4

    Guesses: a move like Russia’s past statements in Syria about a drawback; related, PR attempt to distance itself from the backlash—the reporting says they’ll focus on the JIHADIS; a way to pressure the Saudis, unlikely; or it may even have something to do with Libya escalation.

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