Articles of the Week – 11/27-12/3

Monday November 29: 

Brutally Ineffective: How the Taliban Are Failing in Their New Role As Counter-Insurgents – Colin Clarke and Jonathan Schroden, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/3dj6lCW

Debates and Controversies over the Legitimacy of “Internet Sources” in Scholarship on Jihadism: The Online Dimension in the Persistence of the “Al-Qaeda Narrative” in Boko Haram Studies – Jacob Zenn, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3G2mMQi

Tuesday November 30:

Radicalization toward violent extremism: a typology based on a general theory of rationality – Gilbert McLaughlin and Christian Robitaille, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/3rsr7Iu

Wednesday December 1:

Comparison of the Secret Service of al-Shabaab, the Amniyat, and the National Intelligence and Security Agency (Somalia) – Gábor Sinkó and János Besenyő, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence: https://bit.ly/3GrqaEH

Thursday December 2:

Rise of the Reactionaries: Comparing the Ideologies of Salafi-Jihadism and White Supremacist Extremism – Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Blyth Crawford, and Valentin Wutke, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/3IgD1Lk

Friday December 3: 

Jihadist attacks flow into littoral West Africa – Caleb Weiss, Long War Journal: https://bit.ly/3rU6pRO