Kamal Alam is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council & a Senior Adviser to the Massoud Foundation.

Why Trump wants the Bagram Air Base "back"

A huge two-runway airbase in the Afghan mountains that was first built with Soviet help and later extended by the Americans, Bagram has once again…

The rise and fall of Iranian intelligence

During the third season of the highly acclaimed Israeli-made Apple TV series Tehran, there is a scene that shows a foreign nuclear supervisor arguing…

The road from Kandahar to Damascus

Whilst global headlines question the reformed leader of the Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), Ahmed al-Sharaa—more popularly known by his pseudonym Abu…

How Michael Flynn won Trump the Arab vote

In the flurry of appointment announcements for the incoming Trump administration, one name missing so far is Trump’s favourite: General Michael Flynn…