Articles of the Week – 12/11-12/17

Monday December 13:

Threat Perception, Policy Diffusion, and the Logic of Terrorist Group Designation – Mirna El Masri and Brian J. Phillips, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3mbbDVC

Seasoned Skeptics Why Syrian Kurds Have Resisted Political Islam – Sirwan Kajjo and Oula A. Alrifai, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3GPrYay

Tuesday December 14:

Neither Local, Nor Transnational, But Both: The Islamic State in Congo – Ryan O’Farrell, Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy: https://bit.ly/3IXdnLY

Thursday December 16:

Moderating Extremism: The State of Online Terrorist Content Removal Policy in the United States – Bennett Clifford, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/3q7zqqK

Consolidation of Nonstate Armed Actors in Fragmented Conflicts: Introducing an Emerging Research Program – Mohammed M. Hafez, Michael Gabbay, and Emily Kalah Gade, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: bit.ly/3mxpmqj

Islamic State in Khorasan Province Counters Taliban with Formidable Media and Propaganda Offensive – Riccardo Valle, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/3IVf0tH

State Accompli: The Political Consolidation of the Islamic State Prior to the Caliphate Nadeem Elias Khan and Craig Whiteside, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3F5JlDD