Terrorism and Islamism in the MENA Region is a new and comprehensive map by the Henry Jackson Society – the first to assess in great detail the increasing dangers facing the Middle East and North Africa through the Islamism-terrorism nexus
The map, which is free to download, details the:
- strength of Islamism in each country (in a detailed information box)
- main terror groups active in the region
- number of terrorist attacks, fatalities and injured
- danger and actual reach of a potential Iranian nuclear weapons
- two major strategic points in the region: the Suez Canal and the Strait of Hormuz
- major oil fields and foreign military bases in the region
- heavy defence expenditure and importance of military forces in the area
- demographics and economic indicators for each nation