Articles of the Week – 3/17-3/23

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

Tuesday March 20:
The Future of al-Qaeda: Lessons from the Muslim Brotherhood – Barak Mendelsohn, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy: https://bit.ly/2GibzQs
Why Now? Timing Rebel Recruitment of Female Combatants – Shelli Israelsen, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2FXyGQN
The Life of Abu Hazim Tawheed of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2IK2yy1
Policy Roundtable: What Is the Future of the Jihadist Movement? – Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/2I0tFDD
Modern Irregular Warfare: The ISIS Case Study – Andrea Beccaro, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2J7Fs4C
ISIS’s Warfare Functions: A Systematized Review of a Proto-state’s Conventional Conduct of Combat Operations – Thomas Maurer, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2IhymZR
The Central Asian Militants: Cannon Fodder of Global Jihadism or Revolutionary Vanguard? – Anna Matveeva and Antonio Giustozzi, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2uzYaON
Wednesday March 21:
Quietist Salafism in France: An Example of Militant Apoliticism? – Mohamed-Ali Adraoui, Journal of Muslims in Europe:
The Targeting of the Islamic State of Greater Sahara – Heni Nsaibia, ACLED: https://bit.ly/2G14n7D
Why Is There No Reactionary International Theory? – Joseph MacKay and Christopher David LaRoche, International Studies Quarterly: https://bit.ly/2IjPyOz
Thursday March 22:
Reassessing Belgium’s ‘Failed’ Counterterrorism Policy – Thomas Renard and Rik Coolsaet, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2IJ2PkP
The Islamic State’s Manipulation of Gender in their Online Information Operations – Kiriloi M. Ingram, Vox-Pol: https://bit.ly/2HYTX9q
Watching ISIS: How Young Adults Engage with Official English-Language ISIS Videos – Simon Cottee and Jack Cunliffe, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2BRJzAt
Friday March 23:
Did any Australians join the jihad against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? – Andrew Zammit, The Murphy Raid: https://bit.ly/2GfahWb
Boko Haram’s Backyard: The Ongoing Battle in Cameroon – Jacob Zenn, Terrorism Monitor:
Saffron Scare: al-Qaeda‘s Propaganda War in India – Animesh Roul, Terrorism Monitor: