Articles of the Week – 9/4-9/10

Saturday September 4:

Shining Light on the “Going Dark” Phenomenon: U.S. Efforts to Overcome the Use of End-to-End Encryption by Islamic State Supporters – Ryan Pereira, Harvard National Security Journal: https://bit.ly/2XaRfu4

Sunday September 5:

When Civilians are Targets: The Fatal Effects of State Sponsored Religiously Motivated Terrorism – Brittnee Carter, Democracy and Security: https://bit.ly/3C2D9do

How Are the Taliban Organized? – Abdul Sayed, Voice of America: https://bit.ly/3A0Ar7D

Translating Ideas into Actions: Analyzing Local Strategic Work to Counter Violent Extremism – Robin Andersson Malmros, Democracy and Security: https://bit.ly/3yZTDRR

Tuesday September 7: 

The evolving Taliban-ISK rivalry – Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines, and Abdul Sayed, The Lowy Institute: https://bit.ly/3C4eFkh

Islamic State in Khorasan Province’s Campaign against Afghan Women – Riccardo Valle, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/3hnsJ06

Wednesday September 8:

The Terror Threat From Afghanistan Post the Taliban Takeover – Asfandyar Mir, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3E5sAs4

The Fight for Supremacy in Northwest Syria and the Implications for Global Jihad – Charles Lister, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/38WFF8K

The Jihadi Threat in the Arabian Peninsula – Elisabeth Kendall,  CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3jZEQT1

The Threat in Africa—The New Epicenter of Global Jihadi Terror – Tricia Bacon and Jason Warner, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3yZTBtc

What Is the Future of the Global Jihadi Movement? – Colin Clarke, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3C3A9Of

Al-Shabaab’s Assassinations: Investigating the Uniqueness of Al-Shabaab’s Assassinations via Suicide Bombing – Ellen Chapin, Stephanie Lizzo, and Jason Warner, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa: https://bit.ly/3z1oOfm

Thursday September 9:

When Tunisians Fired the Start Gun for 9/11 – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3hEbEPZ

What the Global War on Terror Really Accomplished – Hassan Hassan, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/3k1HwQ6

Jihadism is Spreading to the Gulf of Guinea Littoral States, and a New Approach to Countering It is Needed – Aneliese Bernard, Modern War Institute: https://bit.ly/2YLDsLy

The Islamic State’s expansion into Congo’s Ituri Province – Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell, Long War Journal: https://bit.ly/3tuWvF6

Remembering the Gains of the Afghanistan War – Daniel Byman and Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3EfDs6S

Friday September 10:

The Intractability of Islamist Insurgencies: Islamist Rebels and the Recurrence of Civil War – Desirée Nilsson, Isak Svensson, International Studies Quarterly: https://bit.ly/3zh6m2x

Framing Insurgency and the Rebel Proto-State: Al-Shabaab’s Media and Information Operations – Christopher Anzalone, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa: https://bit.ly/3AqA8mX

Gone to Waste: the ‘CVE’ Industry After 9/11 – Lydia Wilson, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/39jNPZ8

The Massoud Assassination and 9/11 – HINDSIGHT IS 20/20: https://bit.ly/3AmPfhj