Articles of the Week – 9/7-9/13

Monday September 9:

Assessing success of the Global War on Terror: terrorist attack frequency and the backlash effect – Kyle T. Kattelman, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/2kg8rLK

Towards a typology of non-state actors in ‘hybrid warfare’: proxy, auxiliary, surrogate and affiliated forces – Vladimir Rauta, Cambridge Review of International Affairs: https://bit.ly/2kN2ZjE

Framing British ‘Jihadi Brides’: Metaphor and the Social Construction of I.S. Women – Leonie B. Jackson, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2kKAFyx

Tuesday September 10:

The Development of Tunisia’s Domestic Counter-Terrorism Finance Capability – Aaron Y. Zelin and Katherine Bauer, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2kNNurV

Relatives, Redemption, and Rice: Motivations for Joining the Maute Group – Julie Chernov Hwang, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2lNqObn

Taking Aim: Islamic State Khorasan’s Leadership Losses – Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2mhyhzM

Wednesday September 11:

It’s Hard to Commemorate 9/11 If You Don’t Understand It. – Daniel Byman, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/2ktMGs9

The Ghosts of Past Wars Live on in a Critical Archive – Bruce P. Montgomery and Michael P. Brill, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2mh2XRF

Not Whether, But When? Governments’ Use of Militias in War – Caitlin Ambrozik, Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2kN3fPE

Preventing violent extremism in East Africa: lessons from Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda – Isel van Zyl and Maram Mahdi, Institute for Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2msPIxv

Thursday September 12:

Dissent in the Islamic State: Secret Advice Sent to Islamic State Leaders – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2mhz3ga

Three Constitutional Thickets: Why Regulating Online Violent Extremism is Hard – Daphne Keller, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2AhfQim

Leading with a Fist: A History of the Salafi Beard in the 20th-Century Middle East – Aaron Rock-Singer, Islamic Law and Society: https://bit.ly/2m168N8

Friday September 13:

Social Media, Terrorist Content Prohibitions and the Rule of Law – Stuart Macdonald, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2Q7kKcp

Disinformation in Terrorist Content Online – Nina Jankowicz, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2Q9bHYG

Unraveling the Impact of Social Media on Extremism – Anjana Susarla, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2AgDv2r

The Internet Police – Jeff Breinholt, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2QoQ1bd

Russia in the Eyes of Islamic State: An Analysis of the Content of Dabiq and Rumiyah Magazines and Russia’s Involvement in the Fight against the Islamic State – Marta Sara Stempień, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2klr3dq