MuhammadFraser-Rahim, Ph.D.

These ISIS news anchors are AI fakes. Their propaganda is real.

The Islamic State-affiliated media program News Harvest shows how artificial intelligence can be used to disseminate extremist propaganda quickly and cheaply.

‘I Gullah Geechee, too’: the educators keeping a language of enslaved Africans alive

Sunn m’Cheaux and Akua Page teach Gullah language and culture from juvenile incarceration facilities to Harvard

There’s So Much Data Even Spies Are Struggling to Find Secrets

Scouring open-source intelligence may not have the same cachet as undercover work, but it’s become a new priority for the US intelligence agencies.

Niger Coup Upends U.S. Security Plans in West Africa, Handing Russia an Opportunity

Several countries have ousted their leaders in recent years, making it tougher for Washington to counter al Qaeda and Islamic State, and handing Russia an opportunity.

Rise of Open-Source Intelligence Tests U.S. Spies

Efforts to harness the power of publicly available data by U.S. intelligence agencies remain underfunded and outpaced by China’s “immense enterprise.”

Kansas woman who led ISIS battalion gets 20 years in prison

Allison Fluke-Ekren admitted training more than 100 women and girls to use rifles and suicide vests. Prosecutors called her “the empress of ISIS.”

A Power Balance Shifts as Europe, Facing a Gas Crisis, Turns to Africa for Help (Published 2022)

Officials from Algeria to Mozambique say they hope to take advantage of an abrupt change in a long-unequal relationship.

The U.S. Wants to Close Guantánamo. Could a Saudi Center Provide a Way Out? (Published 2022)

The Biden administration is seeking places to send cleared detainees who cannot go home. A Saudi program could be an option once again.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda leader, killed at 71

Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian-born physician, took over as leader of al-Qaeda after the death of Osama bin Laden. He was killed in a U.S. strike.

US Urged to Show Up More as China Courts Allies in Africa, Asia

Ayman al Zawahiri is alive; Taliban and Al Qaeda "remain close," UN reports

Zawahiri lives. The Taliban-Al Qaeda alliance remains strong. The leaders of Al Qaeda's branches in North and East Africa have assumed roles in Al Qaeda's line of succession.