The bombing of a passenger train en route to St Petersburg is a stark reminder that residents of ‘mainland’ Russia cannot feel safe until authorities achieve a qualitative and sustainable improvement in their efforts to not only suppress terrorist networks, but also to address factors behind political violence, Simon Saradzhyan comments for ISN Security Watch.
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Despite increased efforts of young members of the Somali diaspora to fight at home, it is unlikely that Somalia will turn into a large-scale training ground for jihadists, unless it becomes a major hotspot for confrontation against the West, Georg-Sebastian Holzer writes for ISN Security Watch.
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As the globe marks World AIDS Day today, the UN is warning that the disease continues to progress in many countries, most dramatically in the regions of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, Antoine Blua reports for RFE/RL.
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