This week’s Critical State, a foreign policy newsletter, takes a deep dive into the dynamics and forces that led some to radicalization in Northern Ireland.
Behind the Balaclavas – embedded with Ukraine’s separatist militias
The FBI arrested nine members of a Christian militia group called Hutaree this past weekend. According to officials, the group planned to wage an all-out war to bring down the U.S. government.
Iraqi government takes on militias
The Iraqi government launched a major operation in Basra today in an attempt to secure control of the city from illegal militias,
Shi’ite militia ceasefire extended in Iraq
Iraqi radical cleric Moqtada al-Sadr today ordered his powerful militia, the Mehdi Army, to extend a current ceasefire for another six months; Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Jim Muir in Baghdad about the significance of the announcement.
