The SAF is built upon the bedrock of “military conscription”. Conscription was first introduced — albeit amid much controversy and opposition — when Singapore was still a British colony in 1954. Conscription was foisted once again in 1967. It is called National Service (NS). NS has come a long way since then Today, NS is not only the backbo

In a significant address at the “Victory Day” function in Male, the Maldivian President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu announced a plan to introduce a “National Service” program to address economic and social challenges faced by Maldivian youth, particularly school leavers The “Victory Day”, commemorates the Maldives’ successful defence against a

The United States and its allies and partners took the ideology of AQ and ISIS seriously and understood it as something that contributed to the warfighting capability of the adversary Today, the ideologies of our current strategic competitors, including Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran, matter just as much. In fact, these adversaries are using

The State Department also helped to fund the P2P (Peer to Peer): Challenging Extremism project, which aimed to amplify local voices speaking out against extremism. The United States has continued to emphasize its commitment to religious tolerance throughout the GWOT However, efforts aimed at emphasizing Western countries’ tolerance toward Muslims

purports that the world is in the end of times and draws on apocalyptic expectations outlined in the Qur’an, the Sunna, Hadith, and other sources as evidence that the end is near, including natural and manmade disasters Salafism identifies two broad causes of the world’s rapid decline. The first and most important culprit is failed Muslim leade