This research project based at Stanford University "traces the evolution of militant organizations and the interactions that develop between them over time." The project was funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense Minerva Initiative, and was completed under the direction of Dr. Martha Crenshaw. The purpose of the project is "to identify patterns in the evolution of...

The Middle East Net Assessment report series, provided by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), contains reports and briefings on a wide range of strategic issues in the Middle East. The reports offer overviews of economic, demographic, social, energy, and military trends in the Middle East, and more detailed studies of the trends in North Africa, the Arab-Israeli ring states,...

This helpful omnibus of links to timely research, editorials, papers, and other written material on the situation in both Iraq and Afghanistan is provided by the Project on Defense Alternatives. The Project was found in 1991, and part of its mission is to "adapt security policy to the challenges and opportunities of the post-Cold War era. Toward this end it promotes consideration of the broadest...