U.S.-Palestinian relations have faced repeated setbacks over the past year, punctuated this month by the ordered closure of the PLO’s office in Washington, D.C. PLO Ambassador Husam Zomlot joins host Paul Salem to discuss the state of relations, and where the peace process can go from here.

Tunisia should be commended for putting the jihadi pandora back in its box. The country should now harness its robust civil society to better reintegrate into society individuals that are not the most hardened or experienced jihadis.

The factors that have made it possible for jihadi groups to thrive in the first place—economic inequality, lack of professional opportunities, social alienation, political marginalization, oppression, and indiscriminate violence—persist today in all Maghreb countries and are likely to continue. Put together, the region’s security could become even more precarious, and the fight against jihadism might be a long one.

At a time when the Taliban is trying to maximize its battlefield advances to win concessions at the negotiating table, the Trump administration is demanding Pakistan play a more proactive role in facilitating the political dialogue in Afghanistan.

U.S.-Palestinian relations have faced repeated setbacks over the past year, punctuated this month by the ordered closure of the PLO’s office in Washington, D.C. PLO Ambassador Husam Zomlot joins host Paul Salem to discuss the state of relations, and where the peace process can go from here.

Tunisia should be commended for putting the jihadi pandora back in its box. The country should now harness its robust civil society to better reintegrate into society individuals that are not the most hardened or experienced jihadis.

The factors that have made it possible for jihadi groups to thrive in the first place—economic inequality, lack of professional opportunities, social alienation, political marginalization, oppression, and indiscriminate violence—persist today in all Maghreb countries and are likely to continue. Put together, the region’s security could become even more precarious, and the fight against jihadism might be a long one.

At a time when the Taliban is trying to maximize its battlefield advances to win concessions at the negotiating table, the Trump administration is demanding Pakistan play a more proactive role in facilitating the political dialogue in Afghanistan.