On 24 February 2022, says the BBC, Russia invaded Ukraine because, asserted President Vladimir Putin, Ukraine was not a real country, Nazis ruled it, and it had always been a…
Continue Reading >>Mozambique insurgency: Analysis of combat capabilities and intentions The insurgency in Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique is one of the world’s most aggressive and violent insurgent movements. It has taken…
Continue Reading >>Borkena reported on 24 September that Ethiopia foiled hotel and other public venue attacks by al Shabaab and ISIS. Ethiopian authorities arrested at least 12 operatives from both al Shabaab…
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Continue Reading >>Eturbonews reports that, at 1:50 pm on 29 October 2018, a female suicide bomber, most likely Tunisia’s first (Muir Analytics is conducting research to confirm), detonated her explosives on the pedestrian…
Continue Reading >>The war in the Philippines by the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its military wing, the New People’s Army (NPA), has heated up over the last many months,…
Continue Reading >>The Islamist jihadist war in Egypt increased in intensity throughout 2017. As many as 11 groups, including al Qaeda and ISIS Wilayat Sinai (“ISIS Sinai State,” or “ISIS Province,”) stepped…
Continue Reading >>ISIS’ attack on the Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on 22 May was particularly heinous because it specifically targeted teen and pre-teen girls. It represents some of the most twisted…
Continue Reading >>The Bangkok Post reports that just before 3:00 pm on 9 May 2017, insurgents triggered a two stage bombing, which included a car bomb, at the Big C department store…
Continue Reading >>As of 6 March 2017, three major corporations in Colombia – Gran Colombia Gold, Occidental Petroleum, and Ecopetrol – have either canceled or put on hold their operations due to…
Continue Reading >>The Jakarta Globe reports that at 9:00 am on 27 February in Bandung, West Java, a terrorist detonated a bomb next to a park (Pandawa Park,) injuring no one. As…
Continue Reading >>In the final months of 2016, there was a flurry of ISIS-related activity in Indonesia, including, but not limited to, the following: On 28 August in Medan, Sumatra, a man…
Continue Reading >>On 28 November 2016 a bomb in a trash bin was found outside the US Embassy in Manila in the Philippines, reports the New York Times. The bomb was comprised…
Continue Reading >>On 8 November, a Turkish mosque in London run by the Turkish Government’s Presidency of Religious Affairs was attacked with windows broken and Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) graffiti spray painted…
Continue Reading >>The Global New Light of Myanmar, a Myanmar government newspaper, reported that on 9 October between 1:00 am - 5:45 am, an estimated 90 insurgents killed nine border guard police…
Continue Reading >>*Note: because of the criticality of this subject material, it is presented both here and on Muir Analytics' SecureHotel.US website. On 30 October, a group called al-Murabitun (The Sentinels,) which is a…
Continue Reading >>Attack 1 Reuters reports that at 9:30 am on 17 September an explosive device detonated in Seaside Park, New Jersey. The device was hidden in a trashcan near the starting…
Continue Reading >>At around 10:30 pm on Friday, 2 September, an explosive device detonated at a night market in Davao city, the Philippines, killing 14 and wounding 68, say multiple reports (The…
Continue Reading >>Between 10-14 August, terrorists deployed 24 bombs in seven mid-south provinces in Thailand. Fifteen bombs exploded, and another nine failed to detonate. At least six devices were the incendiary type…
Continue Reading >>Here, AEI's Michael Rubin puts forth an even handed and thoughtful analysis of the coup in Turkey. Rubin's piece, titled, "What happened in Turkey? And what comes next?," suggests several possibilities…
Continue Reading >>ISIS was finally able to carry out a successful attack in Malaysia on 28 June 2016. At 2:15 am, two ISIS agents threw a grenade at the Movida Kitchen+Terrace @ Changkat in…
Continue Reading >>At 8:45 pm on 1 July in Dhaka, Bangladesh, reports CNN, eight or nine ISIS terrorists raided the Holey Artisan Bakery, initially killing several people and then taking more than…
Continue Reading >>The Daily Mail reports that on 22 March, suspected Islamist militants in Kurigram town ambushed and hacked to death 68-year-old Hossain Ali, a Christian convert since 1999. Ali was on…
Continue Reading >>AfricaNews.com reports that two female suicide bombers detonated their explosives at a funeral in Nguetchéwé in northern Cameroon on 10 February. The blasts killed eight and wounded 45. Using northern…
Continue Reading >>On 14 January, four ISIS fighters attacked several targets in Jakarta, reports CNN. The attackers concentrated their efforts in the area of the intersection of Thamrin Street and Jalan K.H.…
Continue Reading >>The government of Turkey has blamed ISIS for a 12 January suicide bombing in Istanbul, reports the BBC. The attack happened in the center of a tourist area near the…
Continue Reading >>On 25 December, The Tribune (of India) reports that a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at a mosque in Bagmara town, 250 km northwest of Dhaka, wounding 10. The bomber had…
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics' CEO presents the company's latest threat intelligence RE: ISIS in Saudi Arabia in INTERSEC magazine. Saudi Arabia braces for ISIS Jeff Moore investigates the growing influence of ISIS…
Continue Reading >>Kurds and their supporters were at a 14,000-person rally (est) in Ankara, peacefully calling for an end to violence between Kurds and the government when a bomb (or two) exploded,…
Continue Reading >>This post was also published on the SecureHotel.US website. The Somalia-based insurgent group al Shabaab issued the following warning on 2 September: “Let Muslims avoid going to the hotels where…
Continue Reading >>On Monday, 17 August at 6:55 pm, an IED exploded at Erawan Shrine in Bangkok, which is on the corner of Phloen Chit and Ratchadamri Roads. It is a bustling…
Continue Reading >>What Do We Know About Bangkok’s Deadly Blast? An initial analysis based on the evidence we have so far. The Diplomat 18 August 2015 On August 17, at least one…
Continue Reading >>For the fifth time since 2013, and for the fourth time this year, Islamist jihadist militants in Bangladesh attacked and killed a secular blogger, reports Fox News. In this case,…
Continue Reading >>The FBI announced the arrest of Harlem Suarez (aka, Almlak Benitez) yesterday, 28 July, for attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction - a home made bomb - against beachgoers in…
Continue Reading >>UPI reports that the explosions at the Berre-l'Etang refinery complex at 3am, France time, were done on purpose (crime for sure, terrorism suspected) and might have been initiated by electronic devices. Investigators are…
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics' CEO quoted by Voice of America regarding Sousse, Tunisia hotel massacre, on 26 June 2015: "US Condemns Terror Attacks on 3 Continents," VOA, 26 June 2015, by Sharon Behn.…
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes “America’s New Strategic Reality: Irregular World War,” in Small Wars Journal.
Continue Reading >>CEO briefs East Carolina University, on “America’s New Strategic Reality: Global Irregular World War,” Greenville, NC.
Continue Reading >>CEO briefs, the Thai Club of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, on “Thai Counterinsurgency – an Update,” Washington, DC.
Continue Reading >>CEO briefs NDIA’s Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict Division’s Executive Board on “Thai Counterinsurgency Lessons for U.S. Irregular Warfare.”
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes, "Hotel terror attacks inspire need for actuary data," with Tim Hill in PropertyCasualty360.
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes article, “Boko Haram’s Resiliency Spells Trouble for West Africa,” Small Wars Journal, Jan 2015.
Continue Reading >>CEO gives brief at IISS in London, “COIN in Thailand: Combining Security and Socio-economic Policies." IISS is one of the world's top think tanks, and its London office is second to none.…
Continue Reading >>CEO Jeff Moore gives talk on Thai COIN to the National Intelligence University, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC.
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics hires Justin Hargett’s Kickflip Publicity to promote the Thai Way of Counterinsurgency and various Muir Analytics projects. Muir is proud to be associated with Kickflip Publicity, a new…
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes, “IS Inspires Southeast Asian Terrorists - Implications for the Region and the US,” with United Press International's "The Outside View."
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes, “Yes, You Can Model Terrorism Risk,” in PropertyCasualty360 magazine. This piece was in response to an insurance risk expert that asserted that terrorism was impossible to model. In…
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes “Strategic Failure in Iraq: The Potential Impact,” with United Press International's "The Outside View."
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes second book, The Thai Way of Counterinsurgency. This book profiles Thailand's counterinsurgency (COIN) strategy and operations through three wars from 1965-present. The book is the first of its…
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes “Dangerous Checkmate Scenario Developing in the South China Sea,” with United Press International's "The Outside View."
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes “Thailand’s Southern Insurgency Turns up the Heat,” with United Press International's "The Outside View."
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes "Yemen's wars intensify" with United Press International's "The Outside View."
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes “Typhoon Underscores Hard Security Truths in SE Asia,” with United Press International's "The Outside View."
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes “The al-Shabaab Westgate Raid - A Forewarning,” with United Press International's "The Outside View."
Continue Reading >>CEO publishes, “The War in Egypt is on,” with United Press International's "The Outside View."
Continue Reading >>CEO published, “Thailand’s War in the South Carries On, Peace Talks in Doubt,” in Small Wars Journal.
Continue Reading >>CEO gives brief, “South China Sea Threat Analysis,” to the Energy Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce, Singapore.
Continue Reading >>CEO gives corporate threat brief, “Myanmar - Insurgent Threats to Investing,” to the Myanmar Investment Task Force, American Chamber of Commerce, Singapore. Further reading: Time - Inside the Kachin war against…
Continue Reading >>The CEO of Muir Analytics gives a talk to the US ASEAN Business Council’s Defense and Security Working Group on the friction in the South China Sea.
Continue Reading >>View Tigantourine Compound in a larger map 16-18 January, Algeria: at 5:45 am on the 16th, the Signed-in-Blood Battalion (SBB) terror group raided the Tigantourine gas plant compound in the…
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics' CEO was quoted by CNBC in the article, "As Security Costs Rise, Oil Firms Stay Put in Algeria," concerning the terrorist raid on an Algerian Gas plant in In…
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics' CEO was quoted by Homeland Security Today in the article, "When Drones Go Rogue," concerning America's enemies using drone technology.
Continue Reading >>The CEO of Muir Analytics gives a talk on the impact of terrorism and insurgency on international business operations to East Carolina University’s School of Business, Department of Marketing &…
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics' CEO writes, "Oil and Gas in the Crosshairs" for PennWell - an article that discusses terror and insurgent attacks on gas and oil facilities worldwide.
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics provides a country brief on Malaysia to the DoD’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Booz Allen Hamilton consultants.
Continue Reading >>Ft. Leavenworth. Provided counterinsurgency subject matter expertise to help develop doctrine for the revision of the Army and Marine Corps' counterinsurgency doctrinal manual.
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics provides a regional security brief to help the DoD’s Inspector General’s Office for Special Plans and Operations get oriented toward threats in Southeast Asia.
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics provides Southeast Asia Threat Brief to the US-ASEAN Business Council in Washington, DC.
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics provides a basic “how to” international threat research tutorial to an executive protection class at Commonwealth Criminal Justice Academy.
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics provides a terrorism travel brief to the Washington Speakers Bureau. This was done in tandem with a travel security brief by AT-RISK International.
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics, via PenWell Publishing and AT-RISK International, launches its Southeast Asia Threat Survey, a 28-page report on the insurgency, terrorism, and state vs. state friction in Southeast Asia.
Continue Reading >>Muir Analytics provides counterinsurgency brief to elements of the U.S. Marine Corps, Camp Lejeune, NC.
Continue Reading >>The CEO of Muir Analytics gives a talk to the US ASEAN Business Council’s Defense and Security Working Group on the friction in the South China Sea.
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