The impact of nonstate armed actors
Insurgents under the Taliban. Joshua T. White explains why armed insurgent groups are more likely to thrive in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
Yemen's Houthis. Now that the Houthi militia have effectively won the war against their domestic opponents and Saudi Arabia, Bruce Riedel assesses what might happen next in Yemen.
Fighting illegal fishing. Jeremy Greenwood writes about how counternarcotic tactics can combat the huge economic and environmental problem of illegal fishing.
Post-coup Myanmar. One year after the military coup, Yun Sun says that Myanmar's resistance movement is still wracked by divisions.
Nonstate actors and AI. Sarah Kreps and Richard Li reveal how militia and organized crime groups are using artificial intelligence-enabled weaponry.
Iraqi militias. Ranj Alaadin and Vanda Felbab-Brown write that Iraq's once-untouchable paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces is becoming weaker.
