Articles of the Week – 2/15-2/21

Sunday February 16:

United Nations peacekeeping and terrorism: short-term risks and long-term benefits – Holley E. Hansen, Stephen C. Nemeth, and Jacob A. Mauslein, International Interactions: https://bit.ly/39RwJQs

Tuesday February 18:

Ultra Extremism Among Tunisian Jihadis Within The Islamic State – Aaron Y. Zelin, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/39MWl0K

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent: comparing the movement in India and Bangladesh – Mohammed Sinan Siyech, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/37IqyMZ

Wednesday February 19:

Disaggregating Lone-actor Grievance-fuelled Violence: Comparing Lone-actor Terrorists and Mass Murderers Caitlin Clemmow, Paul Gill, Noémie Bouhana, James Silver, and John Horgan, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2T2poXw

Thursday February 20:

Hiding in Plain Site: Islamic State’s ‘Muslim News’ – Moustafa Ayad, GNET: https://bit.ly/2Va2aBn

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/2VQE2UA

Friday February 21: 

Has Turkey’s Incursion into Syria Opened the Door for an Islamic State Comeback – Dareen Khalifa and Elizabeth Tsurkov, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2HLw8nr

Beyond Prevention: The Role of Strategic Communications Across the Four Pillars of Counterterrorism Strategy – Andrew Glazzard and Alastair Reed, The RUSI Journal: https://bit.ly/39deQvu