Contents
Disunity in Global Jihad: A Preface
The Mole and the Mallet: Islamic State and al-Qaeda in the ‘Thirty Years' War’ in the Middle East
Heirs of Abu Bakr: On the Ideology and Conception of History in al-Qaeda and Islamic State
Islamic State Enters Al-Qaeda’s Old Hotbed: Afghanistan and Pakistan
Islamic State in Yemen – A Rival to al-Qaeda?
Islamic State’s Incursion into North Africa and Sahel: A Threat to al-Qaeda?
Islamic State and al-Qaeda’s Foreign Fighters
Migrants, Housewives, Warriors or Sex Slaves: AQ’s and the Islamic State’s Perspectives on Women
The Fall 2012 issue of Connections: The Quarterly Journal is dedicated to defense education reform in partner countries and the role the PfP Consortium and NATO play through the Defense Education Enhancement Program. It covers requirements to modern professional military education and the way advanced Western educational institutions approach these requirements, including through joint and multinational approaches, emphasis on the learner and the opportunities for networking advanced technologies provide.
Individual articles present the experience of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Kazakhstan, and Bosnia & Herzegovina, and the advances these partner countries have made through the exchange with experienced educators from NATO countries.
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The Fall 2016 issue of Connections is dedicated to the NATO Summit that took place in Warsaw, Poland in July 2016. During the Summit, heads of state and government of allied and partner countries discussed key security challenges. This journal issue takes a deep look into two key themes - assuring the security of the Alliance in view of the hybrid ...
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