Articles of the Week – 8/21-8/27

Saturday August 21:

The Taleban’s rise to power: As the US prepared for peace, the Taleban prepared for war – Kate Clark, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/3t5GRA5

Monday August 23:

Terrorism in South Asia After the Fall of Afghanistan – Kabir Taneja and Mohammed Sinan Siyech, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/3jiHa77

Framing religious outbidding: al-qaida, islamic state, and intra-religious competition – Nukhet A. Sandal, Politics, Religion & Ideology: https://bit.ly/2Y4vxbV

Terrorism and emergency constitutions in the Muslim world – Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/3BiQVZk

Tuesday August 24:

Resistance Is Futile The War on Terror Supercharged State Power – Thomas Hegghammer , Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/3jkxZDi

The Good Enough Doctrine Learning to Live With Terrorism – Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/3DsnCp8

How Do Individuals Join the Al-Shabaab? An Ethnographic Insight into Recruitment Models for the Al-Shabaab Network in Kenya – Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen, African Security: https://bit.ly/3sWlj8W

Nobody More Terrible than the Desperate: Conflict Conditions and Rebel Demand for Foreign Fighters – Victor Asal and David Malet, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2Y4SnA8

Wednesday August 25:

Groups like the Taliban have seized power elsewhere. Will the Taliban face similar difficulties governing? – Raphael Lefevre, The Monkey Cage: https://wapo.st/2XXLIYh

Thursday August 26:

What is ISIS-K? Two terrorism experts on the group behind the deadly Kabul airport attack and its rivalry with the Taliban – Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines, The Conversation: https://bit.ly/3Boy92N

Before the Taliban took Afghanistan, it took the internet – Emerson T. Brooking, The Atlantic Council: https://bit.ly/2VeqWTt

Friday August 27:

The Dead Drops of Online Terrorism – Gabriel Weimann and Asia Vellante, Perspectives on Terrorism: bit.ly/2Wx8TIb

International Links and the Role of the Islamic State in the Barcelona and Cambrils Attacks in 2017 – Carlos Igualada, Perspectives on Terrorism: bit.ly/3znoZCX

Tracing the Fate of Central Asian Fighters in Syria: Remainers, Repatriates, Returnees, and Relocators – Nodirbek Soliev, Perspectives on Terrorism: bit.ly/3sW60Nw

From Spandau to Guantanamo: Prisons as Propaganda Instruments for Extremists and Terrorists – Nathan Thompson and Amber Hart, Perspectives on Terrorism: bit.ly/3jjGSgq

How to Stop Jihadist Foreign Fighters – Daniel Byman, Political Science Quarterly: https://bit.ly/3BCviDk