Publication

This policy analysis looks at the growth of Al-Qaeda in Yemen and the Arab Peninsula and al-Shabaab in Somalia. Their potential cooperation on the training and exchange of foreign fighters, Australians included, poses a serious threat to national security interests and domestic safety in Australia. The author argues that, although intelligence cooperation with key allies like the US is important, Australia also needs to adjust its domestic counterterrorism focus as the Al-Qaeda threat migrates from Afghanistan and Pakistan to Yemen and Somalia.