Noah Tucker

Aug 13, 2024 | ctc.westpoint.edu | Kristina Hummel |Gina Vale |Samuel Mikel Bowles |Noah Tucker

From the DirectorTen years ago, in August 2014, the Islamic State began its genocidal campaign against the Yazidi community. In our cover article, Devorah Margolin and Gina Vale evaluate how the group’s gendered violence has manifested during and after its caliphate years. “Even without its caliphate,” they write, “the Islamic State’s gendered violence continues, as its supporters and ideology remain.

Aug 13, 2024 | ctc.westpoint.edu | Kristina Hummel |Noah Tucker |Edward Lemon

Abstract: After a string of terrorist attacks in Russia, Iran, and Afghanistan involving Central Asian citizens, as well as foiled plots and arrests in the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey, Central Asia is once again in the spotlight as a supposed center of terrorism. But this narrative of a constantly growing threat does not fit well with reality.