Prof. Yonah Alexander is the Director of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' International Center for Terrorism Studies.  In February 2012, ICTS  released its latest report on terrorism on the African continent, Special Update Report: Terrorism in North, West, and Central Africa: From 9/11 to the Arab Spring. In comments to Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin, Prof. Alexander commented on the findings of the report and the continuing threat of al-Qa'ida in the Maghreb. Click here to read the Washington Post column.