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Magnus Ranstorp

Dr. Magnus Ranstorp is Strategic Adviser at the Center for Societal Security at the Swedish Defence University. He has researched militant Islamist extremist groups for over 35 years, most notably Hezbollah and Hamas, whose leadership he has interviewed over the years. He was involved in the EU Radicalisation Awareness Network since its inception in 2011 and is now on the EU Knowledge Hub on the Prevention of Radicalisation Research Committee. He is an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences.

    September 9, 2026
    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    Why Tamil Nadu Keeps Killing Its Own Projects

    The Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) government has announced the cancellation of a series of projects initiated by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which governed Tamil Nadu from 2021 to 2026. Among them

    Artificial Intelligence

    OpenAI’s Mathematical Breakthrough Triggers a Battle Over Credit and Ethics

    OpenAI has claimed to have solved one of the most celebrated problems in the history of mathematics: the “existence and smoothness” problem of the Navier–Stokes equations, one of seven Millennium Problems identified by the Clay Mathematics Institute, each carrying a

    September 9, 2026

    Anthropic Researcher Resigns, Warning AI Race Could ‘Gamble With Our Lives’

    Artificial Intelligence

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    Germany’s Far-Right Surge Tests, But Does Not Upend, Democracy

    Geopolitics

    The German Embassy in Colombo has sought to clarify Germany’s political situation following news of a surge for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD)

    The Untold Truth of Hamas’ Survival Machine

    October 7, 2025
    Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

    Editor’s Note: Excerpts of the following article are adapted from the author’s paper, originally published in CTC Sentinel, a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Since its inception in

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