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		<title>The Drone Blowback Fallacy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2012 13:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Swift</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Economic distress, not resentment of U.S. strikes, is what's pushing Yemenis into the insurgency.]]></description>
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		<title>To Defeat Al-Qaeda, Win in Yemen</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Swift</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With some inexpensive initiatives, the U.S. may be able to keep Yemen from becoming al-Qaeda’s next haven.]]></description>
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		<title>Arc of Convergence: AQAP, Ansar al-Shari&#8217;a and the Struggle for Yemen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Swift</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[AQAP is adept at reconciling the dictates of global jihad with the realities of local insurgency.]]></description>
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		<title>Between Terrorists and Insurgents</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Swift</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sana&#8217;a, Yemen &#8211; Earlier today I interviewed a Second Lieutenant from the Yemeni Army who survived the May 21 suicide attack in Sana&#8217;a. As my colleague Nasser Arrabyee has reported, the suspected al-Qaeda operation involved two operatives: the suicide bomber and a second individual carrying a Rocket-Propelled Grenade launcher (RPG). Their suicide bombers objective was...]]></description>
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		<title>Suicide Bombing in Sana&#8217;a</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 21:18:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Swift</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sana&#8217;a, Yemen &#8211; After meeting my driver and interpreter this morning, we drove directly to the site of the May 21 suicide bombing in Sana&#8217;a. After navigating through the twisting cobblestone passages of the Old City, we drove down dusty boulevards towards the Al-Saleh Mosque&#8211;a glorious $80 million structure named for Yemen&#8217;s recently-deposed president. My...]]></description>
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		<title>The City of Noah</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2012 08:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Swift</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sana&#8217;a, Yemen &#8211; Crossing into Syrian airspace this evening, my flight found itself buffeted by powerful crosswinds. Barometric pressure dropped swiftly, triggering the storm alarm feature on my mountaineering watch and giving me about fifteen seconds to grip the armrest and brace for the next bout of turbulence. Looking back, the circumstances seemed a fitting...]]></description>
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		<title>The Perils of Armchair Analysis</title>
		<link>http://christopher-swift.com/blog/the-perils-of-armchair-analysis</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 05:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Swift</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Istanbul, Turkey &#8211; International travel is swiftly loosing its sense of drama. Arriving at the airport, we are ticketed, screened, and sorted before being strapped into into our seats and hurtled across time zones. The experience leaves little time for farewells and less for personal reflection. Instead we preoccupy ourselves with mundane aggravations: bad traffic,...]]></description>
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		<title>Fieldwork in Yemen</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 16:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Swift</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, DC — Over the last few years I&#8217;ve traveled to several crisis zones in an effort to understand al-Qaeda&#8217;s relationship with local militants. As a graduate student I spend several weeks in Afghanistan examining the relationship between al-Qaeda and the Taliban. Research later led me to the North Caucasus, where I studied the regionalization of...]]></description>
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		<title>The Crisis in Yemen: al-Qaeda, Saleh, and Governmental Instability</title>
		<link>http://christopher-swift.com/publications/the-crisis-in-yemen-al-qaeda-saleh-and-governmental-instability</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Swift</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Failure to appreciate Yemenis’ local grievances could precipitate a regional crisis.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>540</slash:comments>
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		<title>Militant Pathways: Local Radicalization and Regional Migration in Central Asia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Swift</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent trends suggest growing cooperation among terrorist syndicates in Southern and Central Asia.
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