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Terrorism?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee4cb2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ee4cb2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">With the outbreak of the War in the Middle East (February 28, 2026-\u2026), the threat of extremism and terrorism will grow. To mitigate the threat at a global, regional, national and local level - leadership is vital.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5f23b3 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e5f23b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/will-the-middle-east-war-drive-global-terrorism\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d19c928 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d19c928\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21b44cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21b44cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iran-increases-missile-range-to-Indian-Ocean-Rohan-Gunaratna-2026-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2075\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iran-increases-missile-range-to-Indian-Ocean-Rohan-Gunaratna-2026-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iran-increases-missile-range-to-Indian-Ocean-Rohan-Gunaratna-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iran-increases-missile-range-to-Indian-Ocean-Rohan-Gunaratna-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iran-increases-missile-range-to-Indian-Ocean-Rohan-Gunaratna-2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Iran-increases-missile-range-to-Indian-Ocean-Rohan-Gunaratna-2026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baa092d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"baa092d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Iran's Strategic Leap: The Middle East War Expands<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e44fd85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e44fd85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">If anyone had doubts that the Iranian regime was engaged in terrorism, Tehran\u2019s conduct after the Middle East War that erupted on February 28, 2026 has demonstrated adequately its preponderant use of terrorism! Using aerospace weapons - missiles, drones and rockets \u2013 the Iranian regime has mounted attacks on 12 countries in the neighbourhood, including mostly against civilian targets. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5bc113 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c5bc113\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/irans-strategic-leap-middle-east-war-expands\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who is the New Supreme Leader?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f525dc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f525dc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mojtaba Khamenei was chosen as Iran\u2019s spiritual, political and the military leader after his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed on Feb 28, 2026. Iran's top clerical body, the Assembly of Experts, announced the appointment shortly after midnight on March 9 in Iran.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-950cddc elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"950cddc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/11\/who-is-irans-new-leader\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e2ff36 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6e2ff36\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e40dc12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e40dc12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Africa-or-the-Middle-East-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2034\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Africa-or-the-Middle-East-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Africa-or-the-Middle-East-Rohan-Gunaratna-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Africa-or-the-Middle-East-Rohan-Gunaratna-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Africa-or-the-Middle-East-Rohan-Gunaratna-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Africa-or-the-Middle-East-Rohan-Gunaratna.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-009f435 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"009f435\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Will the war in the Middle East eclipse the rising threat in Africa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79734b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79734b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Away from the glare of the international media, terrorism is on the rise in Africa. \nAlthough the focus is on the Middle East, the epicentre of global terrorism has shifted to Africa. After the physical collapse of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on March 23, 2019, Africa witnessed the steadfast rise of terrorist movements. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-266774c elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"266774c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/06\/will-the-war-in-the-middle-east-eclipse-the-rising-threat-in-africa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-788cdb8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"788cdb8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ea5af6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0ea5af6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-End-of-the-Iranian-Regime-2026-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1983\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-End-of-the-Iranian-Regime-2026-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-End-of-the-Iranian-Regime-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-End-of-the-Iranian-Regime-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-End-of-the-Iranian-Regime-2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/The-End-of-the-Iranian-Regime-2026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a478561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a478561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">War in the Middle East<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d79d3f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d79d3f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">While the Pentagon named its campaign \u201cEpic Fury,\u201d Israel named its campaign \u201cLion\u2019s Roar\u201d. Focusing on decapitation of high value targets, the IDF together with the US struck launch sites and missile depots, nuclear and other strategic sites, selected energy assets, Uranium mines and land, sea and air force bases. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-571749d elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"571749d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/war-in-the-middle-east\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d81119 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4d81119\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26e7d0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26e7d0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Israeli-President-advises-Protestors-2026-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1969\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Israeli-President-advises-Protestors-2026-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Israeli-President-advises-Protestors-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Israeli-President-advises-Protestors-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Israeli-President-advises-Protestors-2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Israeli-President-advises-Protestors-2026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a9760a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4a9760a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Will the radicalisation of protesters lead to more terrorist attacks in Australia?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e213818 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e213818\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Both the terrorist attackers that participated in the Bondi beach participated in the pro-Palestine protests. These protests even said \"gas the Jews\". These protests are radicalising people on a dangerously large scale even as the Israeli President visits Australia to meet the victims and grieving families in Bondi. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a29caff elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a29caff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/13\/will-the-radicalisation-of-protesters-lead-to-more-terrorist-attacks-in-australia\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-380b81e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"380b81e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccfe53f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ccfe53f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Maqsoud-Kruse-and-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1949\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Maqsoud-Kruse-and-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Maqsoud-Kruse-and-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Maqsoud-Kruse-and-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Maqsoud-Kruse-and-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81d654d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"81d654d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rohan Gunaratna meets Maqsoud Kruse; Envoy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs UAE for Countering Extremism &amp; Terrorism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1c46e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1c46e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Envoy of the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs for Countering Extremism and Terrorism His Excellency Maqsoud Kruse and Prof Rohan Gunaratna at Qasr Al Watan, Abu Dhabi, January 2026.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a84e1b elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4a84e1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/28\/rohan-gunaratna-meets-maqsoud-kruse-envoy-of-the-ministry-of-foreign-affairs-uae-for-countering-extremism-terrorism\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15bdac0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"15bdac0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-498a3a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"498a3a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Islamic-State-to-Return-LinkedIn-article-cover-2026-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1930\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Islamic-State-to-Return-LinkedIn-article-cover-2026-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Islamic-State-to-Return-LinkedIn-article-cover-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Islamic-State-to-Return-LinkedIn-article-cover-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Islamic-State-to-Return-LinkedIn-article-cover-2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Islamic-State-to-Return-LinkedIn-article-cover-2026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d9905b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d9905b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Deadly Prison Break in Syria Could Lead to the Return of IS<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e23e96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5e23e96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">After the US built relations with the new Syrian leader Ahmed Al Sharaa, Washington withdrew its support from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the vanguard that defeated the Islamic State in 2019.\n\nNow, the Syrian Armed Forces consisting of HTS, Al Qaeda and other Jihad groups have attacked prisons...<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d9ef9b elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1d9ef9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/the-deadly-prison-break-in-syria-the-return-of-the-islamic-state\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22a5c7d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22a5c7d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6763f3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6763f3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elon-Musk-Trump-working-together-for-Iranians-2026-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1917\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elon-Musk-Trump-working-together-for-Iranians-2026-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elon-Musk-Trump-working-together-for-Iranians-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elon-Musk-Trump-working-together-for-Iranians-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elon-Musk-Trump-working-together-for-Iranians-2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Elon-Musk-Trump-working-together-for-Iranians-2026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cc7025 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6cc7025\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">US is enabling regime change in Iran<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40fdc29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40fdc29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Starlink satellites are over Iran primarily because Elon Musk activated them to provide internet access, bypassing government shutdowns during heightened regional conflicts, especially following Israeli strikes in mid-2025.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-678afe9 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"678afe9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/the-u-s-is-enabling-regime-change-in-iran\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea2d7e0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea2d7e0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51c8bd9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"51c8bd9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Global-threat-forecast-2026-Cover-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1903\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Global-threat-forecast-2026-Cover-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Global-threat-forecast-2026-Cover-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Global-threat-forecast-2026-Cover-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Global-threat-forecast-2026-Cover-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Global-threat-forecast-2026-Cover.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac9dbe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ac9dbe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Global Threat Forecast for 2026<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e57dde elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e57dde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In 2026, intensifying great-power rivalry and regional geopolitical competition are likely to continue shaping a fragmented global threat environment. \n\nIn parallel, non-state armed groups driven by religious, ethnic, and ideological motivations are assessed to remain persistent threats to governments and social cohesion, particularly across parts of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a327220 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a327220\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/08\/global-threat-forecast-2026\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a159527 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a159527\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09461a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"09461a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Terrorist-Plot-Against-Jews-Thwarted-in-the-UK-2025-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1880\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Terrorist-Plot-Against-Jews-Thwarted-in-the-UK-2025-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Terrorist-Plot-Against-Jews-Thwarted-in-the-UK-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Terrorist-Plot-Against-Jews-Thwarted-in-the-UK-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Terrorist-Plot-Against-Jews-Thwarted-in-the-UK-2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Terrorist-Plot-Against-Jews-Thwarted-in-the-UK-2025.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6629eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6629eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Police disrupt Britain's Worst Act of Terrorism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dc5670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7dc5670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Two men have been convicted for plotting an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack on Jewish communities in the north-west of England which aimed to kill hundreds of innocent people.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d97532 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1d97532\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/police-disrupt-britains-worst-act-of-terrorism\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddf8a3b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ddf8a3b\" 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https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LinkedIn-article-cover-New-Hamas-Manifesto-released-2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LinkedIn-article-cover-New-Hamas-Manifesto-released-2025.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67627d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67627d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A Hamas Propaganda Masterpiece<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f5580a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f5580a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Since October 7th 2023, Hamas has released two of its manifestos. This week, it released its second one yet, titled \u201cA propaganda masterpiece, \u201cOur Narrative - Al Aqsa Flood: Two Years of Steadfastness and the Will for Liberation\u201d. \nThe entire document is based on conspiracy and false narratives; and its content should be countered point-by-point to save the Palestinians. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f3699 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b5f3699\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/a-hamas-propaganda-masterpiece\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b06e98b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b06e98b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77bde13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"77bde13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RN-Kao.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1858\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RN-Kao.jpg 700w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/RN-Kao-300x171.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7067336 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7067336\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">R.N. Kao's Contribution to India's RAW<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-766ce4e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"766ce4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The first Indian National Security Advisor I met was R. N. Kao, who established India\u2019s foreign intelligence service, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). As the research assistant to President Jayewardene, I met Mr Kao at his residence..<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a402f14 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a402f14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/23\/r-n-kaos-contribution-to-indias-raw\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117d577 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"117d577\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba0bbbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ba0bbbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Islamic-State-struck-in-Syria-2025-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1848\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Islamic-State-struck-in-Syria-2025-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Islamic-State-struck-in-Syria-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Islamic-State-struck-in-Syria-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Islamic-State-struck-in-Syria-2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Islamic-State-struck-in-Syria-2025.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34d81b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34d81b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Islamic State - an attempt to revive?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e40f4ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e40f4ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is the Islamic State reviving? This we know: Both the Islamic State and Al Qaeda affiliates received a boost after Israel responded to the Hamas-led massacre of October 7, 2023.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-436d312 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"436d312\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/22\/islamic-state-an-attempt-at-revival\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-668fd0d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"668fd0d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e4ce23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4e4ce23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Israels-air-defense-System-2025-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1838\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Israels-air-defense-System-2025-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Israels-air-defense-System-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Israels-air-defense-System-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Israels-air-defense-System-2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Israels-air-defense-System-2025.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64cd269 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64cd269\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Israel's enduring Offensive &amp; Defensive Capabilities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4db96ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4db96ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The updated Israeli defense structure reflects a strategic shift toward preparing for Iranian ballistic-missile threats, rather than primarily Gaza-based rocket fire. \n\nIran is determined to produce a fully functional nuclear weapon and support its partners and proxies with missiles and drones.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c07931d elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c07931d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/13\/israels-enduring-offensive-and-defensive-capabilities\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e28587 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e28587\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e289b18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e289b18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/There-is-an-influx-of-foreign-terrorist-fighter-into-Africa-from-Asia-Africa-2025-1024x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1828\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/There-is-an-influx-of-foreign-terrorist-fighter-into-Africa-from-Asia-Africa-2025-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/There-is-an-influx-of-foreign-terrorist-fighter-into-Africa-from-Asia-Africa-2025-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/There-is-an-influx-of-foreign-terrorist-fighter-into-Africa-from-Asia-Africa-2025-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/There-is-an-influx-of-foreign-terrorist-fighter-into-Africa-from-Asia-Africa-2025-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/There-is-an-influx-of-foreign-terrorist-fighter-into-Africa-from-Asia-Africa-2025.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e92a888 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e92a888\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Influx of foreign fighters to Africa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d6707 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"30d6707\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The influx of foreign terrorist fighters, particularly from Asia, into Africa\u2019s conflict zones, such as the Islamic State East Africa Province, indicates the continent\u2019s emergence as the new epicenter for global terrorism. \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebc6626 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ebc6626\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/influx-of-foreign-fighters-in-africa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a08203 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2a08203\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-699be55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"699be55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/President-Chandrika-Bandaranaike-Kumaratunge-donation-to-Cyclone-Ditwa-in-Sri-Lanka-1-1024x609.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1819\" alt=\"\" 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d43567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Apolitical Approach to Humanitarian Assistance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f530d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9f530d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An apolitical approach to humanitarian assistance was embraced by Sri Lanka after Cyclone Ditwah affected the island in December 2025. Both government and the opposition came together to rise above politics. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdcb1c3 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fdcb1c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/an-apolitical-approach-to-humanitarian-assistance\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea7bf92 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ea7bf92\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-361ae46 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"361ae46\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"402\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Quad-counterterrorism-working-group-meeting-2025-1024x515.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1800\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Quad-counterterrorism-working-group-meeting-2025-1024x515.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Quad-counterterrorism-working-group-meeting-2025-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Quad-counterterrorism-working-group-meeting-2025-768x386.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Quad-counterterrorism-working-group-meeting-2025.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ad93b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5ad93b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">3rd QUAD Counterterrorism Working Group Meeting<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b90f99a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b90f99a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The 3rd Quad Counter Terrorism Working Group (CTWG) meeting between India, Japan, Australia, and the United States was held in New Delhi on 04-05 December 2025.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6c2c06 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d6c2c06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/07\/the-shift-from-counter-terrorism-cooperation-to-collaboration-and-partnership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e93776 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0e93776\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-881264a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"881264a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LinkedIn-article-cover-US-national-security-strategy-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1791\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LinkedIn-article-cover-US-national-security-strategy-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LinkedIn-article-cover-US-national-security-strategy-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LinkedIn-article-cover-US-national-security-strategy-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LinkedIn-article-cover-US-national-security-strategy-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/LinkedIn-article-cover-US-national-security-strategy-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3a2924 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a3a2924\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">New US National Security Strategy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd80f7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cd80f7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rather than dominate the world, US strategy under Trump is to intervene only when US interests are threatened or at risk.\n\nThe US prioritized the Middle East, the prime theater of superpower competition, until 2011. However, with the rise of China and the U.S. pivot to Asia, Trump has made a comeback to the Middle East <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f3b37 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d1f3b37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/06\/trump-envisions-an-america-safer-richer-freer-greater-and-more-powerful-than-ever-before\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1892bca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1892bca\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ebecdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5ebecdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Operation-Black-Friday-Lebanon-Hezbollah-attack-by-Israel-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1775\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Operation-Black-Friday-Lebanon-Hezbollah-attack-by-Israel-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Operation-Black-Friday-Lebanon-Hezbollah-attack-by-Israel-Rohan-Gunaratna-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Operation-Black-Friday-Lebanon-Hezbollah-attack-by-Israel-Rohan-Gunaratna-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Operation-Black-Friday-Lebanon-Hezbollah-attack-by-Israel-Rohan-Gunaratna.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c835091 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c835091\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Israel kills Hezbollah's New Chief of Staff\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6206e3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6206e3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Now that Iran has started to rearm Hezbollah once again, Israel struck Lebanon\u2019s capital on November 23, 2025. Without an evacuation warning, Israel struck Lebanon for the first time since June 2025, killing Hezbollah\u2019s Chief of Staff Haitham Ali Tabataba\u2019i.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d7169a elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7d7169a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/israel-kills-hezbollahs-new-chief-of-staff\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f950f2b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f950f2b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b5d4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23b5d4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vatican-Foreign-Minister-Archbishop-Paul-Richard-Gallagher-meets-PM-of-Sri-Lanka.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1739\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vatican-Foreign-Minister-Archbishop-Paul-Richard-Gallagher-meets-PM-of-Sri-Lanka.jpg 800w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vatican-Foreign-Minister-Archbishop-Paul-Richard-Gallagher-meets-PM-of-Sri-Lanka-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Vatican-Foreign-Minister-Archbishop-Paul-Richard-Gallagher-meets-PM-of-Sri-Lanka-768x571.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6118a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d6118a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Letter to Vatican Foreign Minister on your visit to Sri Lanka<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d98db5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d98db5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dear Foreign Minister Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, Welcome to Sri Lanka! I am pleased to see that you have met the Prime Minister and that you will be visiting the Easter Sunday attack sites in Sri Lanka.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0280171 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0280171\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/letter-to-vatican-foreign-minister-archbishop-paul-richard-gallagher-on-your-visit-to-sri-lanka\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-972536e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"972536e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-117aa31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"117aa31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-issues-stern-warning-to-Nigeria-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1720\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-issues-stern-warning-to-Nigeria-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-issues-stern-warning-to-Nigeria-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-issues-stern-warning-to-Nigeria-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-issues-stern-warning-to-Nigeria-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Trump-issues-stern-warning-to-Nigeria-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9512442 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9512442\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Trump comments on Nigeria presents an opportunity for peace in Africa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-488a039 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"488a039\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">On November 2, 2025, the US President Donald J. Trump announced that he instructed the US Department of War to prepare for attacks in Nigeria - \"if the Nigerian government continues to allow the murder of Christians.\" <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58df850 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"58df850\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/04\/trumps-comments-on-nigeria-presents-an-opportunity-for-peace-in-africa\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7fc8a6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e7fc8a6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95351b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95351b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1716\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-and-Steven-Hill-3.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4b68d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d4b68d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">IIJ's Steven Hill appointed as UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a468f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1a468f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres announced the appointment of Steven Hill of the United States as the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b32e136 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"b32e136\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/02\/the-iijs-steven-hill-appointed-as-un-assistant-secretary-general-for-legal-affairs\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa91471 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aa91471\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-369907c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"369907c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Will-this-ceasefire-last-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1692\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Will-this-ceasefire-last-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Will-this-ceasefire-last-Rohan-Gunaratna-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Will-this-ceasefire-last-Rohan-Gunaratna-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Will-this-ceasefire-last-Rohan-Gunaratna-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Will-this-ceasefire-last-Rohan-Gunaratna.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17865b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17865b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The end game: A terror free Gaza<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34cf302 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34cf302\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The IDF Air Force F16s bombing resumed strikes against Hamas amidst the ceasefire. \n\nWhen the Red Cross arrived, Hamas pretended to have just recovered the body from beneath the ground. \n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1076506 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1076506\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/30\/the-end-game-a-terror-free-gaza\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8a45bfc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8a45bfc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44df005 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"44df005\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FBI-work-on-Easter-Sunday-attack-receives-award-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1686\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FBI-work-on-Easter-Sunday-attack-receives-award-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FBI-work-on-Easter-Sunday-attack-receives-award-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FBI-work-on-Easter-Sunday-attack-receives-award-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FBI-work-on-Easter-Sunday-attack-receives-award-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/FBI-work-on-Easter-Sunday-attack-receives-award.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a632b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a632b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How the US government responded to Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday attack<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20006c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"20006c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The response of the United States of America especially the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into Sri Lanka\u2019s Easter Sunday attack is a defining moment in the history of counter terrorism. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdd8d74 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"fdd8d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/26\/how-the-us-government-responded-to-sri-lankas-easter-sunday-attack\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e27c37e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e27c37e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e94bcb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e94bcb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dr-Ali-Rashid-Al-Nouaimi-with-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna-at-the-Global-Peace-Institute-Annual-Summit-2025-in-Dubai-1024x626.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1642\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dr-Ali-Rashid-Al-Nouaimi-with-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna-at-the-Global-Peace-Institute-Annual-Summit-2025-in-Dubai-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dr-Ali-Rashid-Al-Nouaimi-with-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna-at-the-Global-Peace-Institute-Annual-Summit-2025-in-Dubai-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dr-Ali-Rashid-Al-Nouaimi-with-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna-at-the-Global-Peace-Institute-Annual-Summit-2025-in-Dubai-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dr-Ali-Rashid-Al-Nouaimi-with-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna-at-the-Global-Peace-Institute-Annual-Summit-2025-in-Dubai-1536x939.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Dr-Ali-Rashid-Al-Nouaimi-with-Prof-Rohan-Gunaratna-at-the-Global-Peace-Institute-Annual-Summit-2025-in-Dubai-2048x1252.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19d6342 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"19d6342\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recognizing global peace makers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-570f7f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"570f7f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">His Excellency Dr Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Defence Affairs, Interior &amp; Foreign Affairs Committee, Federal National Council UAE was Chief Guest at the Annual Summit of the Global Peace Institute (GPI) on October 9, 2025. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6478f25 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6478f25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/16\/recognizing-young-leaders-global-peace-institute-annual-summit-2025\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-608fb6c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"608fb6c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c287a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9c287a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gazans-returning-home-only-to-remain-trapped-with-Hamas-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1660\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gazans-returning-home-only-to-remain-trapped-with-Hamas-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gazans-returning-home-only-to-remain-trapped-with-Hamas-Rohan-Gunaratna-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gazans-returning-home-only-to-remain-trapped-with-Hamas-Rohan-Gunaratna-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gazans-returning-home-only-to-remain-trapped-with-Hamas-Rohan-Gunaratna-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Gazans-returning-home-only-to-remain-trapped-with-Hamas-Rohan-Gunaratna.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8476b4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8476b4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Don't be fooled by Hamas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-285a246 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"285a246\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">With no regret, Hamas is viewed today and in the coming years as a group that damaged and destroyed the lives of people. Hamas patrons and supporters should understand that Hamas is NOT a resistance movement. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7efbc1a elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7efbc1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/dont-be-fooled-by-hamas\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc5d6f3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cc5d6f3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b9f54e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9b9f54e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Will-this-peace-last-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1628\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Will-this-peace-last-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Will-this-peace-last-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Will-this-peace-last-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Will-this-peace-last-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Will-this-peace-last-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-846127a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"846127a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Trump: The war is over. Do you understand that?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26c6367 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26c6367\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Today, Monday Oct 13, 2025, President Donald J. Trump will convene \u201cThe Middle East Peace Plan\" with 20 chiefs of state and heads of government in Egypt. \n\nIn this article, I lay out President Trump's hopes while he heads this historic visit to the Middle East, and juxtapose it with the Hamas hopes and plans.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c99c98d elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c99c98d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/13\/trump-the-war-is-over-do-you-understand-that\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3b95f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d3b95f5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6698d5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6698d5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Two-years-since-Oct-7-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1582\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Two-years-since-Oct-7-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Two-years-since-Oct-7-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Two-years-since-Oct-7-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Two-years-since-Oct-7-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Two-years-since-Oct-7.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-082ae42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"082ae42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Declassifying the Oct 7 Files<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90308af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"90308af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">After much destruction and devastation, The Trump Plan has brought hope of a temporary peace in Gaza. The promise of releasing all the living and deceased hostages held by Hamas and its allies created the conditions for the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) to stop bombing Hamas infrastructure on October 4, 2025.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81f1683 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"81f1683\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/07\/declassifying-the-october-7-files\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95c7463 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"95c7463\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97201db elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"97201db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-A-new-Gaza-in-the-making-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1576\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-A-new-Gaza-in-the-making-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-A-new-Gaza-in-the-making-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-A-new-Gaza-in-the-making-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-A-new-Gaza-in-the-making-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/LinkedIn-article-cover-A-new-Gaza-in-the-making-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-091e561 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"091e561\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamas to 'PAY IN HELL' if it rejects Gaza plan, says Trump<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5834bb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5834bb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"The ideology of Hamas and its allies as well as its patrons contradict the spirit of the Trump plan! If Qatar compels Hamas to accept, the leadership is likely to relocate to Turkey, Iran, or as the last resort to Yemen. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd8e7b elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8dd8e7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/01\/hamas-to-pay-in-hell-if-it-rejects-gaza-plan-says-trump\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cbb509 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9cbb509\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c37b3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3c37b3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Peace-proposal-takes-shape-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1563\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Peace-proposal-takes-shape-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Peace-proposal-takes-shape-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Peace-proposal-takes-shape-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Peace-proposal-takes-shape-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Peace-proposal-takes-shape-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8888925 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8888925\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Peace proposal takes shape<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e11848a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e11848a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A pragmatic pathway to Palestinian statehood is in the making. After the unconditional recognition of the Palestinian statehood by Commonwealth and continental European leaders, there is still hope of Hamas-led groups in Gaza releasing the hostages in exchange for a ceasefire. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b3137c elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"8b3137c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/28\/the-21-point-peace-proposal-takes-shape-to-end-the-fighting-in-gaza\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f3aed6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0f3aed6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f05c42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f05c42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1558\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image.png 655w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-300x159.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa43291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa43291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ahmed Sharaa: The Transformation from a Terrorist to a World Leader<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49f6bf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49f6bf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In his Q&amp;A session with the Syrian leader Ahmed Al Sharaa in New York City on September 22, 2025, the former CIA director General General David H. Petraeus, US Army (Ret.), conducted a motivational interview at the Concordia Summit. A brilliant and interesting interview, \n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a3de19 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2a3de19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/26\/ahmed-sharaa-the-transformation-from-a-terrorist-to-a-world-leader\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ca1182 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2ca1182\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-baa0923 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"baa0923\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Utilizing-Intelligence-to-its-potential-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1527\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Utilizing-Intelligence-to-its-potential-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Utilizing-Intelligence-to-its-potential-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Utilizing-Intelligence-to-its-potential-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Utilizing-Intelligence-to-its-potential-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Utilizing-Intelligence-to-its-potential-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d723fa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d723fa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Satellite imagery of Hamas target in Qatar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9693d7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9693d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The world\u2019s largest commercial satellite data provider Planet has captured the Hamas safe house in Qatar before and after it was attacked by Israel on September 9, 2025.\u00a0 The Israeli operation, codenamed \u201cFire Summit,\u201d identified the target as \u201cJudgement Assembly.\u201d <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5c5e70 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c5c5e70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/15\/satellite-imagery-of-the-hamas-target-in-qatar\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b706f64 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b706f64\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225f8f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"225f8f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Israel-vows-to-eliminate-Hamas-leadership-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1515\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Israel-vows-to-eliminate-Hamas-leadership-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Israel-vows-to-eliminate-Hamas-leadership-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Israel-vows-to-eliminate-Hamas-leadership-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Israel-vows-to-eliminate-Hamas-leadership-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Israel-vows-to-eliminate-Hamas-leadership-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e6f0c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e6f0c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Israel vows to eliminate Hamas leadership<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-949de67 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"949de67\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PM Netanyahu on Sep 10, 2025 said: \u201cI say to Qatar and to all the countries that provide shelter for terrorists: either expel them or bring them to justice. Because if you don\u2019t do it, we will. Tomorrow is September 11. We remember September 11. On that day, Islamist terrorists committed the worst crime on American soil <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea4d1a elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cea4d1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/12\/the-walking-dead-hamas-leadership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e76f6c4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e76f6c4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beddd29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"beddd29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rohan-Gunaratna-with-Tom-Ridge-rotated.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1507\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rohan-Gunaratna-with-Tom-Ridge-rotated.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rohan-Gunaratna-with-Tom-Ridge-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-402d223 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"402d223\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">9\/11 and a brilliant leader who rose to the challenge of security<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5291935 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5291935\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Al Qaeda attack on the US homeland on September 11, 2001 (9\/11) is the most devastating act of international terrorism. To protect the United States of America, the US government established the US Department of Homeland Security.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53f6ae8 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"53f6ae8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/11\/9-11-and-a-brilliant-leader-who-rose-to-the-challenge-of-security\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6211008 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6211008\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8b9a8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8b9a8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Is-Israels-Summit-of-Fire-the-beginning-or-the-end-of-a-war-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1495\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Is-Israels-Summit-of-Fire-the-beginning-or-the-end-of-a-war-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Is-Israels-Summit-of-Fire-the-beginning-or-the-end-of-a-war-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Is-Israels-Summit-of-Fire-the-beginning-or-the-end-of-a-war-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Is-Israels-Summit-of-Fire-the-beginning-or-the-end-of-a-war-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedIn-article-cover-Is-Israels-Summit-of-Fire-the-beginning-or-the-end-of-a-war-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a875666 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a875666\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Israel attacks Hamas HQ in Qatar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb42c37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb42c37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hamas leaders targeted represented nearly all of the remaining Hamas leaders. The Hamas leadership targeted in Qatar were: \n1.\tKhalil al-Hayya - Head of Hamas in Gaza\n2.\tZaher Jabarin - Head of Hamas in the West Bank\n3.\tKhaled Meshaal - Head of Hamas abroad\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-305f16e elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"305f16e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/israel-attacks-hamas-hq-in-qatar\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6978087 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6978087\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5902a26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5902a26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Iran-succeeds-in-breaking-diplomatic-ties-between-Israel-and-regional-powers-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1484\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Iran-succeeds-in-breaking-diplomatic-ties-between-Israel-and-regional-powers-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Iran-succeeds-in-breaking-diplomatic-ties-between-Israel-and-regional-powers-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Iran-succeeds-in-breaking-diplomatic-ties-between-Israel-and-regional-powers-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Iran-succeeds-in-breaking-diplomatic-ties-between-Israel-and-regional-powers-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Iran-succeeds-in-breaking-diplomatic-ties-between-Israel-and-regional-powers-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42e89ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42e89ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Israel assassinates Yemen's Houthi leadership<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91cded1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91cded1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Israel believes that recognising Palestinian statehood after a horrific attack by Hamas will be construed as a reward for terrorism. \n\nMeanwhile, UAE and Saudi Arabia decided this week that if Israel annexes territories in Judea and Samaria, withdrawal from the Abraham Accords will be on the table<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85ea42a elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"85ea42a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/the-end-of-the-abraham-accords\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-145192e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"145192e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83b9052 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"83b9052\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedInn-article-cover-Israel-strikes-Houthi-leadership-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1464\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedInn-article-cover-Israel-strikes-Houthi-leadership-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedInn-article-cover-Israel-strikes-Houthi-leadership-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedInn-article-cover-Israel-strikes-Houthi-leadership-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedInn-article-cover-Israel-strikes-Houthi-leadership-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LinkedInn-article-cover-Israel-strikes-Houthi-leadership-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75edb5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"75edb5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Israel assassinates Yemen's Houthi leadership<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba58609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ba58609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This was a precise action exploiting a narrow intelligence window. The strike on the Houthi leadership was carried out at long range by an Air Force unit with Military Intelligence support. Israel has said it is preparing for possible retaliation from Yemen. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d330963 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d330963\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/01\/israel-assassinates-yemens-houthi-leadership\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0872d0c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0872d0c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9f35b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a9f35b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-problem-with-the-Pro-Palestine-Movement-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1456\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-problem-with-the-Pro-Palestine-Movement-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-problem-with-the-Pro-Palestine-Movement-Rohan-Gunaratna-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-problem-with-the-Pro-Palestine-Movement-Rohan-Gunaratna-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-problem-with-the-Pro-Palestine-Movement-Rohan-Gunaratna-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/The-problem-with-the-Pro-Palestine-Movement-Rohan-Gunaratna.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd5ef59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dd5ef59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The problem with the Pro-Palestine Movement<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df56f23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df56f23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p>There is a problem with the Pro-Palestinian Movement. In its current form, it will do nothing for the Palestinian cause except continue to lend credence to a fanatical, death-cult like Hamas to rule over Gaza.<\/p><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f148b7e elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f148b7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/the-problem-with-the-pro-palestine-movement\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f948338 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f948338\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5da9b52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5da9b52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-ISEAP-is-wreaking-havoc-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1449\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-ISEAP-is-wreaking-havoc-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-ISEAP-is-wreaking-havoc-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-ISEAP-is-wreaking-havoc-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-ISEAP-is-wreaking-havoc-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-ISEAP-is-wreaking-havoc-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684a3f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"684a3f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"We will find you, and we will kill you.\"<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10c4144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"10c4144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p>A renewed offensive began on February 1, 2025, but the Islamic State East Africa Province (ISEAP) has expanded from Somalia to neighbouring Puntland. With links to the Middle East, ISEAP has established dozens of bases...<\/p><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56155e5 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"56155e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/24\/we-will-find-you-and-we-will-kill-you\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a13818d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Somalia-Army-eliminates-Al-Shabab-leader-Moallim-1536x960.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Somalia-Army-eliminates-Al-Shabab-leader-Moallim.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df8d167 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"df8d167\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Somalia Army eliminates Al Shabab leader Moallim<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3189115 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3189115\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p>Hussein Moallim Hassan, a key figure in the al-Shabab terrorist group for over 15 years and one of its most wanted senior leaders, was killed by the Somalia Armed Forces. <\/p><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76676f3 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"76676f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/journalist-terrorist-or-both\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb670a0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bb670a0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2709798 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2709798\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-AlJazeera-connected-to-Hamas-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1431\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-AlJazeera-connected-to-Hamas-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, 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Both?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdc7412 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdc7412\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Israeli Defence Force (IDF), about a year ago found a computer in the Gaza Strip with the entire Hamas manpower database. The details of Anas al-Sharif, 28, were found in this database.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79bd539 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"79bd539\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/15\/journalist-terrorist-or-both\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-255232a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"255232a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7aa01c9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7aa01c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-No-one-is-talking-about-Africa-2025-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1378\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-No-one-is-talking-about-Africa-2025-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-No-one-is-talking-about-Africa-2025-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-No-one-is-talking-about-Africa-2025-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-No-one-is-talking-about-Africa-2025-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Linkedin-article-cover-No-one-is-talking-about-Africa-2025.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7177a65 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7177a65\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Africa: The Emerging Epicenter of Terrorism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a58ce75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a58ce75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The silent genocide in Africa by the Islamic State and Al Qaeda is escalating. Islamic State operations in the past 12 months have resulted in 4,943 casualties worldwide including 3,720 in Africa alone.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511e5d0 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"511e5d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/africa-the-emerging-epicenter-of-terrorism\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa215c3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fa215c3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86a4bfd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"86a4bfd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-for-your-travel-guide-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1267\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-for-your-travel-guide-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-for-your-travel-guide-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-for-your-travel-guide-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-for-your-travel-guide-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/thumbnail-for-your-travel-guide.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fa8bad elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6fa8bad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Your Travel Guide to the 6 Reports on the Easter Sunday Attack<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4074381 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4074381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I have created a short post with links to download all 6 reports of the Easter Sunday Attack to help anyone interested in researching the matter.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9e2503 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e9e2503\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/all-easter-sunday-reports\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b71b816 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b71b816\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f55f5a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f55f5a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Remembrance-day-2024-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1221\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Remembrance-day-2024-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Remembrance-day-2024-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Remembrance-day-2024-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Remembrance-day-2024-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Remembrance-day-2024.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7de50d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7de50d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The question of commemoration: Remembrance Day 2024<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17cf019 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"17cf019\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publicly commemorating terrorist leaders like Prabhakaran and Zahran risks politicization, radicalization, and new waves of terror and its already happening.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94beb2e elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"94beb2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/22\/the-question-of-commemoration-remembrance-day-2024\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c17691a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c17691a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30a1db4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30a1db4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Why-Hamas-Must-Be-Dismantled-for-Lasting-Peace-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1394\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Why-Hamas-Must-Be-Dismantled-for-Lasting-Peace-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Why-Hamas-Must-Be-Dismantled-for-Lasting-Peace-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Why-Hamas-Must-Be-Dismantled-for-Lasting-Peace-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Why-Hamas-Must-Be-Dismantled-for-Lasting-Peace.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c91ad9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3c91ad9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why Hamas must be dismantled<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dd1100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0dd1100\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">To the outside world, Hamas presents itself as a resistance movement fighting against a powerful and oppressive enemy. However, the reality is far more sinister. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b9176f elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4b9176f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/why-hamas-must-be-dismantled-for-lasting-peace\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb7bc30 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eb7bc30\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80a65a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"80a65a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rohan-Gunaratna-Onboard-INS-Delhi-Indian-Navy-Eastern-Fleet-1024x576.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1418\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rohan-Gunaratna-Onboard-INS-Delhi-Indian-Navy-Eastern-Fleet-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rohan-Gunaratna-Onboard-INS-Delhi-Indian-Navy-Eastern-Fleet-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rohan-Gunaratna-Onboard-INS-Delhi-Indian-Navy-Eastern-Fleet-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Rohan-Gunaratna-Onboard-INS-Delhi-Indian-Navy-Eastern-Fleet.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21b3b09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"21b3b09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Onboard 'INS Delhi': Indian Navy Eastern Fleet in Singapore<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2420490 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2420490\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">o me, the Indian Ocean Region is a strategic frontier. If there is geopolitical rivalry between India and China or the U.S. and China, it will ruin the peace of the Indian Ocean. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-542a4aa elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"542a4aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/onboard-ins-delhi-indian-navy-eastern-fleet\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaaf023 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eaaf023\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38f206a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"38f206a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lessons-from-911-Twin-Tower-attack-by-Al-Qaeda-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1388\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lessons-from-911-Twin-Tower-attack-by-Al-Qaeda-Rohan-Gunaratna-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lessons-from-911-Twin-Tower-attack-by-Al-Qaeda-Rohan-Gunaratna-300x169.png 300w, 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The immediate response from the U.S. government was swift: a military invasion of Afghanistan to dismantle the Taliban regime that had harbored Al-Qaeda, the group responsible for the attacks.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32a9b96 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"32a9b96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/13\/lesson-from-9-11\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7f5967 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a7f5967\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b29523 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6b29523\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa19473 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa19473\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In the Press<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6344cc6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6344cc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-315f2d2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"315f2d2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3d0115 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3d0115\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e511512 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e511512\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Latest Press Releases<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5788819 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5788819\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01b3247 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01b3247\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aea708f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aea708f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-779059f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"779059f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Diplomat-2026-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2103\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Diplomat-2026-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Diplomat-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Diplomat-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Diplomat-2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Diplomat-2026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5db031e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5db031e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Beyond the Starit: Iran's expanding reach into the Indo-Pacific<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b5d3eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b5d3eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Titled \"Indo-Pacific planners need to revisit their Iran assumptions\", this article published by The Diplomat and written by Eitan Charnoff and myself is a must-read for strategy researchers and security practitioners.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a64124 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7a64124\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2026\/03\/beyond-the-strait-irans-expanding-reach-into-the-indo-pacific\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-319eb0a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"319eb0a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd3ead9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd3ead9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CMENAF-2026-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1957\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CMENAF-2026-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CMENAF-2026-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CMENAF-2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CMENAF-2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CMENAF-2026.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c32ea8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c32ea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mapping Dark Ships moving from Russia and Iran to India and China<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d05a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49d05a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In this article, I wrote, using Planet geospatial data, I explain how dark shipping has enabled Russia and Iran to move sanctioned oil to major markets in China, India, and across Asia. \n\nMy research demonstrates how vessels intentionally obscure their identity, location, and cargo to avoid detection.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc83ba4 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bc83ba4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/manaramagazine.org\/2026\/01\/mitigating-maritime-risks-dark-ships\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adc84a7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"adc84a7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b5ea49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7b5ea49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1768\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c2a145 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c2a145\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kashmir is a Wonderland. An Attack shows it is also a Cradle of Despair<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ecb9e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8ecb9e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The attack was a monumental security lapse for a government that had heavily promoted Kashmir as a dream destination for tourists, thinking that \u201cmilitants would not attack tourists because they are so integral to the local economy,\u201d Dr. Gunaratna said.\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e23d1b elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0e23d1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/01\/world\/asia\/india-terrorist-attack-kashmir.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ad7028 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ad7028\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-629b8a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"629b8a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LinkedIn-article-cover-NBC-News-2025-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1769\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LinkedIn-article-cover-NBC-News-2025-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LinkedIn-article-cover-NBC-News-2025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LinkedIn-article-cover-NBC-News-2025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LinkedIn-article-cover-NBC-News-2025-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/LinkedIn-article-cover-NBC-News-2025.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d612a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d612a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Al-Qaeda takes center stage in Padilla Trial<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34290a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"34290a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Al-Qaeda took center stage Monday in the Jose Padilla terrorism support trial as a prosecution expert witness described the origins of the organization led by Osama bin Laden and blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad0863a elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ad0863a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/amp\/wbna19420820\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82a3e46 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"82a3e46\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c28bcdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c28bcdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1768\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be9cd9f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be9cd9f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">New York Officials get Advice from an Expert on Al-Qaeda<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15a696d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"15a696d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Since U.S. intervention in Afghanistan in October 2001, I have examined several tens of thousands of documents recovered from Al Qaeda and Taliban sources. In addition to listening to 240 tapes taken from Al Qaeda's central registry, I debriefed several Al Qaeda and Taliban detainees. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c8a894 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0c8a894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/03\/04\/nyregion\/threats-responses-security-new-york-officials-get-advice-expert-al-qaeda.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee6ca38 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ee6ca38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-808feaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"808feaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1768\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rohan-Gunaratna-New-York-Times.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ff46c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ff46c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Iraq and Al-Qaeda: No evidence of Alliance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdb87ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cdb87ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rohan Gunaratna was Senior Fellow at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point when he briefed the US government at the request of Brigadier General Russ Howard, Director, Combating Terrorism Centre at West Point. However, the US disregarded the intelligence and decided to invade Iraq.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2cd2c59 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"2cd2c59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2003\/02\/19\/opinion\/IHT-iraq-and-al-qaeda-no-evidence-of-alliance.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbd9e65 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fbd9e65\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b98f252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b98f252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monitoring-financial-flows-key-in-fight-against-terrorism.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1306\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monitoring-financial-flows-key-in-fight-against-terrorism.webp 940w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monitoring-financial-flows-key-in-fight-against-terrorism-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Monitoring-financial-flows-key-in-fight-against-terrorism-768x466.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46dd9e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46dd9e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Monitoring financial flows key in fight against terrorism: Experts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2990b7a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2990b7a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Rohan Gunaratna highlights the critical role of monitoring financial flows in combating terrorism at the 2nd Counter Terrorism Financing Summit in Bali, he emphasizes how financial intelligence disrupts terrorist networks, praising Indonesia\u2019s regional leadership and multi-sector collaboration in the fight against terror.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdad85a elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"bdad85a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2016\/08\/10\/monitoring-financial-flows-key-in-fight-against-terrorism-experts.html\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715b7a8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"715b7a8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f66eb55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f66eb55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tallberg-foundation-podcast-thumbnail.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1284\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tallberg-foundation-podcast-thumbnail.webp 940w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tallberg-foundation-podcast-thumbnail-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/tallberg-foundation-podcast-thumbnail-768x466.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-453ac9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"453ac9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tallberg Foundation Podcast: The Worry List \/ Dr. Rohan Gunaratna<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9d418b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f9d418b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Listen to the compelling interview with Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, a globally recognized terrorism expert, as he warns of a rising terrorist threat in 2025 on the Talberg Foundation podcast with host Alan Stoga.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e361be0 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e361be0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/tallbergfoundation.org\/podcasts\/the-worry-list\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to podcast<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1b0353 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1b0353\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbb23fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cbb23fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AI-in-global-terrorism.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1276\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AI-in-global-terrorism.webp 940w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AI-in-global-terrorism-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/AI-in-global-terrorism-768x466.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-370ee39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"370ee39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">AI in the global security landscape<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6972c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6972c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Ankara Center for Crisis and Policy Studies (ANKASAM) presents its interview with Prof. Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, on the role of AI in the global security landscape, its ethical and security risks, its impact on international collaborations, and the strategic opportunities it offers in counterterrorism.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78ef428 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"78ef428\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ankasam.org\/roportaj\/nanyang-teknoloji-universitesi-prof-dr-rohan-gunaratna-kuresel-guvenlik-riskleri-giderek-daha-genis-bir-cografyayi-etkilemektedir\/?lang=en\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5938da0 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5938da0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd85fb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bd85fb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PRG-4-sl-isis-members-article-by-prg.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1239\" alt=\"The Indian government preempted an Islamic State attack on Indian soil targeting both Indian and foreign nationals. The would be perpetrators - four Sri Lankan nationals - were apprehended by the Gujarat Police Anti-Terrorism Squad. To address Sri Lankan Muslim radicalisation that is apparent after the Gujarat arrests, Muslim leaders should take the threat seriously and address it by developing community engagement and rehabilitation programs. Otherwise, Sri Lanka is likely to suffer from another attack or Sri Lankans are likely to stage attacks overseas.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PRG-4-sl-isis-members-article-by-prg.webp 940w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PRG-4-sl-isis-members-article-by-prg-300x182.webp 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/PRG-4-sl-isis-members-article-by-prg-768x466.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62d13c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"62d13c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Islamic State Sri Lanka Branch Revives<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2453ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2453ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This article was published in the Ceylon Today news paper by Rohan Gunaratna and it highlights the details of an ISIS resurgence in Sri Lanka after the Easter Attack.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b37791 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1b37791\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/ceylontoday.lk\/2024\/05\/22\/the-islamic-state-sri-lanka-branch-revives\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c5e124 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6c5e124\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2804773 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2804773\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/analisis-1024x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-994\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d918cd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d918cd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bali II: Will it be a Turning Point?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4903c0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4903c0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This ARI reviews the measures being taken, in addition to those that ought to be adopted, for Indonesia to develop a satisfactory response to the threat of Islamist terrorism following the bomb attack in Bali on 1 October 2005.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef3753 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1ef3753\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realinstitutoelcano.org\/en\/analyses\/bali-ii-will-it-be-a-turning-point\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f20d6e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f20d6e3\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-292731a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"292731a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/QA-ISIS-in-Southeast-Asia.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-993\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/QA-ISIS-in-Southeast-Asia.webp 640w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/QA-ISIS-in-Southeast-Asia-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50cdd9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50cdd9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Q&amp;A: ISIS in Southeast Asia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1aebde0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1aebde0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interview with Maria Ressa on the threat of ISIS and its growth in Indonesia.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21b69ac elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"21b69ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rappler.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/103566-isis-southeast-asia\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Link to article<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21f3b6f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"21f3b6f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5942d17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5942d17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mini_magick20190624-19793-16jkprr.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-995\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mini_magick20190624-19793-16jkprr.png 600w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mini_magick20190624-19793-16jkprr-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cea4d90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cea4d90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Evolving Role of Think Tanks in Countering Extremism and Terrorism <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c02cf59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c02cf59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">SEARCCT's selection of articles vol 1, a deep dive into The evolving role of think tanks in Countering Extremism and Terrorism\u200b.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b944e2 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5b944e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/39679897\/The_Evolving_Role_of_Think_Tanks_in_Countering_Extremism_and_Terrorism\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Rohan Gunaratna\u2019s paper, 'Terrorist Rehabilitation: A Global Imperative,' explores the critical need for rehabilitating terrorists to counter radicalization and extremism worldwide. 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It emphasizes strategic information exchange among defense establishments, utilizing existing secure platforms.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab0ab94 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ab0ab94\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/cil.nus.edu.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2018-Our-Eyes-Concept-Paper.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-download\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download 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class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Contemporary global terrorism has its roots to Middle East, especially starting from 1960s. this paper portrays how terrorism in the Middle East has its ramifications all around world making it globalized by collecting data from qualitative methods such as interviews, statements, books, journal articles, websites etc.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1489bda elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1489bda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Gujarat Police Report on 4 Sri Lankan ISIS Members<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7648bb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7648bb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Deputy Superintendent of Police of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) Gujarat received credible information that four Sri Lankan citizens are conspiring to carry out a terrorist attack in India. In this press release the Gujarat Police outline all the details of this arrest. This box will describe the report briefly and explain a bit.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9a384cd elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9a384cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"http:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/IS_Srilankan_Press_English_20052024.pdf\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-file-download\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Download 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-581cc96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"581cc96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">All the Reports of the Easter Sunday attack<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9158e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9158e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">I have compiled here below a link to download all of the different Easter Sunday Reports as I have found that most websites that host them are unreliable and people find it hard to find all reports in one place.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-id=\"7d4a6e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Handbook-on-Terrorism-in-Africa-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1538\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Handbook-on-Terrorism-in-Africa-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Handbook-on-Terrorism-in-Africa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Handbook-on-Terrorism-in-Africa-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Handbook-on-Terrorism-in-Africa-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Handbook-on-Terrorism-in-Africa.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 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Every summer over three years, he explored the Sahara.&nbsp;As an adult, he visited Libya, Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Somaliland, Ghana, and Kenya together with colleagues.&nbsp;<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7d0ff4 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f7d0ff4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/handbook-of-terrorism-in-africa-an-overview\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">View 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https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Zahran-photo-prg-website-768x454.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2647b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f2647b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Exclusive Documentary Video of Zahran's Manifesto<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d10f45f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d10f45f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">This video shows Zahran's violent manifesto and what motivated 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src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-jeanne-giraldo-and-harold-trinkunas-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1323\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-jeanne-giraldo-and-harold-trinkunas-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-jeanne-giraldo-and-harold-trinkunas-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-jeanne-giraldo-and-harold-trinkunas-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-jeanne-giraldo-and-harold-trinkunas-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-jeanne-giraldo-and-harold-trinkunas.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be804ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"be804ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Book review: Terrorism Financing and State Responses Edited by Jeanne K. Giraldo &amp; Harold A. Trinkunas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbc7f72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fbc7f72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">[The authors] plumb the murky financial infrastructures and processes of such terrorist organizations as Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Herein lies the book's value.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dca4ceb elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"dca4ceb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-bob\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenile.com.au\/books\/harold-a-trinkunas\/terrorism-financing-and-state-responses\/9780804755665?srsltid=AfmBOortfHqBuOe1fdQK3UlhVWdfGn5l8yFiKceD5YCePauVxDq2Oaux\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Read now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c5d61e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8c5d61e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47f8d16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"47f8d16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-Arbinda-Archarya-1024x576.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1322\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-Arbinda-Archarya-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-Arbinda-Archarya-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-Arbinda-Archarya-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-Arbinda-Archarya-1536x864.webp 1536w, https:\/\/rohangunaratna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/book-review-Arbinda-Archarya.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-682c3d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"682c3d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Book review: Targeting Terrorist Financing by Arbinda Acharya<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d795739 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d795739\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An invaluable contribution to our understanding of threat finance, Dr\nAcharya has authored the definitive study on countering the financing of terrorism. 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