Articles of the Week – 2/3-2/9

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

Monday February 5:
Mobilization To Violence (Terrorism) Research – Canadian Security Intelligence Service: https://bit.ly/2EdRQx4
Making Jihadis, Waging Jihad: Transnational and Local Dimensions of the ISIS Phenomenon in Indonesia and Malaysia – Kirsten E. Schulze and Joseph Chinyong Liow, Asian Security: https://bit.ly/2sjbSEH
Tuesday February 6:
The Travelers: American Jihadists in Syria and Iraq – Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Seamus Hughes, and Bennett Clifford, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2GTR89U
A dangerous science: psychology in Al Qaeda’s words – Emma Grace, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/2G2wt2d
Strategic Communications for Peace Operations: The African Union’s Information War Against al-Shabaab – Paul D. Williams, Stability: International Journal of Security and Development: https://bit.ly/2C8HxIy
Social and Institutional Origins of Political Islam – Steven Brooke and Neil Ketchley, American Political Science Review: https://bit.ly/2H2iKKb
Returnees: Who Are They, Why Are They (Not) Coming Back and How Should We Deal With Them? Assessing Policies on Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands – Thomas Renard and Rik Coolsaet, Egmont Institute: https://bit.ly/2GSfoZW
Wednesday February 7:
Countering Jihadist Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis of French and German Experiences – Jean-Loup Samaan and Andreas Jacobs, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2BNVsbA
Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice – Harvey Whitehouse, Behavioral and Brain Sciences: https://bit.ly/2Gb3R87
Thursday February 8:
Examining the military–media nexus in ISIS’s provincial photography campaign – Kareem El Damanhoury, Carol Winkler, Wojciech Kaczkowski, and Aaron Dicker, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict:
Friday February 9:
An Idea or a Threat? Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir – Amira Jadoon, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/2nWjR5i