Saturday August 10:
Comparative Lone Wolf Terrorism: Toward a Heuristic Definition – Matthew Feldman, Democracy and Security: https://bit.ly/13XGOSR
Islamism and the Pakistani State – Husain Haqqani, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology: https://bit.ly/1cUKEn1
Sunday August 11:
Organizing Rebellion: Rethinking High-Risk Mobilization and Social Networks in War – Sarah Elizabeth Parkinson, American Political Science Review: https://bit.ly/14B6DLW
Monday August 12:
Are Morocco’s Political Salafists Committed to Peace? – Vish Sakthivel, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/164l7nv
Libya’s jihadists beyond Benghazi – Aaron Y. Zelin, The Middle East Channel: https://atfp.co/13vemrL
Breaking Badr, New Season: Confirmation of Badr Organization’s Involvement in Syria – Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/1645Y5L
Tuesday August 13:
Problematics of political authority within Islam – Muhammad Mazouz, Contemporary Arab Affairs: https://bit.ly/17L6uU2
Relationship between state and religion in Saudi Arabia: the role of Wahabism in governance – Tawfiq Alsaif, Contemporary Arab Affairs: https://bit.ly/17L6x2n
Geopolitical shifts: Asia rising, America declining in Middle East? – Michael C. Hudson, Contemporary Arab Affairs: https://bit.ly/17L6C6f
A Return of Violent Islamist Insurgency in Egypt? – Jerome Drevon, Sada Journal: https://ceip.org/149DdBs
The Business Habits of Highly Effective Terrorists – Jacob N. Shapiro, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/14JloMY
The Cuban in the Desert – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Policy: https://atfp.co/14Jm5pF
Wednesday August 14:
Overstating Terror in Niger – Andrew Lebovich, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/16TTxdJ
Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq’s Liwa’a Kafeel Zaynab – Phillip Smyth, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/13Agrm5
Zero Degrees of al Qaeda: How Twitter is super-charging jihadist recruitment – J.M. Berger, Foreign Policy: https://atfp.co/16QcUEl
Imposing Islamist ‘project’ betrays the spirit of religion – Khaled Diab, The National: https://bit.ly/13ZP3lj
Did an 8-Year-Old Spy for America? – Gregory Johnsen, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/1abuOVn
Thursday August 15:
From Useful Idiot to Useful Infidel: Meditations on the Folly of 21st-Century “Intellectuals” – Richard Landes, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/1275tH7
The Ideological Evolution of Boko Haram in Nigeria: Merging Local Salafism and International Jihadism – Jacob Zenn, Atta Barkindo, and Nicholas A Heras, RUSI Journal: https://bit.ly/16N3uYx
My Two Weeks With the Jihadists – Michael Marcusa, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/17QSUi1
Articles of the Week – 8/10-8/16
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