Category: Articles of the Week

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: https://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

Sunday December 5:

The Historian’s Approach to Understanding Terrorism – Richard English, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3lTCKVc

Monday December 6:

Rethinking Pathways of Transnational Jihad: Evidence from Lebanese ISIS Recruits – Hicham Bou Nassif, Security Studies: https://bit.ly/3IwR2F3

Tuesday December 7:

Pakistan’s Peace Talks with the Pakistani Taliban: Insights from an Interview with Abdul Wali Mohmand (alias Umar Khalid Khurasani) – Abdul Sayed, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/3DIkfJi

Wednesday December 8:

When Terrorists Govern How the Taliban’s Takeover Is Inspiring Other Jihadis – Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/3GAdhYD

Thursday December 9:

A Taxonomy for the Classification of Post-Organisational Violent Extremist & Terrorist Content – Jacob Davey, Milo Comerford, Jakob Guhl, Will Baldet, and Chloe Colliver: Institute for Strategic Dialogue: https://bit.ly/3IDSDJ5

Social Exclusion and Political Violence: Multilevel Analysis of the Justification of Terrorism – Jeffrey Treistman, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3yzci8z

Friday December 10:

Explainer: The Islamic State in 2021 – Cole Bunzel, The Wilson Center: https://bit.ly/3stVkYj

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

Saturday November 20:

Does democracy or personal freedom affect the flow and return of IS foreign fighters? – Moamen Gouda and Shimaa Hanafy, European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research: https://bit.ly/3HYdbvu

Monday November 22:

OCR with Tesseract, Amazon Textract, and Google Document AI: a benchmarking experiment – Thomas Hegghammer, Journal of Computational Social Science: https://bit.ly/3nVWUiW

Online Radicalisation: Moving beyond a Simple Dichotomy – Chamin Herath and Joe Whittaker, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3FOOGiv

Tuesday November 23

The Long Shadow of Deobandism in South Asia – Kamran Bokhari, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/3oZTB9D

Thursday November 25:

Wahhabis and Salafis, daije and alimi: Bosnian neo-Salafis between contestation and integration – Zora Hesová, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies: https://bit.ly/3xu1yYC

Monday November 15:

The Façade of the Afghan Jihad – Tam Hussein, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/3FAQRGt

Tuesday November 16:

Understanding the Salafi Online Ecosystem: A Digital Snapshot – Jakob Guhl and Milo Comerford, Institute for Strategic Dialogue: https://bit.ly/3DAXxUe

Islamogram: Salafism and Alt-Right Online Subcultures – Moustafa Ayad, Institute for Strategic Dialogue: https://bit.ly/3CD0kuJ

Theoretical Overview: Gen-Z & The Digital Salafi Ecosystem – Jakob Guhl, Institute for Strategic Dialogue: https://bit.ly/3nxqWsT

Wednesday November 17:

Islamic State targets Uganda with bombings – Caleb Weiss and Ryan O’Farrell, Long War Journal: https://bit.ly/3DCxP1C

“Without Us, There Would Be No Islamic State:” The Role of Civilian Employees in the Caliphate – Matthew Bamber, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3DyHpT7

Silver Lining? The Effects of Epidemics on Terrorist Groups – Nazli Avdan, James A. Piazza, and Michael J. Soules, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3nzoTVs

“It Gets a Bit Messy”: Norwegian Social Workers’ Perspectives on Collaboration with Police and Security Service on Cases of Radicalisation and Violent Extremism – Håvard Haugstvedt and Svein Erik Tuastad, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2Z2fvQw

Diverse neighbors and post-conflict recovery at the village level: Evidence from Iraq after ISIL – Lloyd Lyall, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/3kULh9R

Monday November 8:

‘Fogging’ and ‘Flooding’: Countering Extremist Mis/Disinformation After Terror Attacks – Martin Innes, GNET: https://bit.ly/3oqbSwq

A game theory model of terrorist mobilization: the effects of repressive and accommodative counterterrorism and club goods on terrorist decision making – Ali Ozdogan, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/3qsU2vv

Ideology, personality disorders and the militant extremist mindset – Adrian Furnham and Charlotte Robinson, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/3kytwNz

Tuesday November 9:

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Reaction to the Taliban’s Return to Power – Sergio Altuna, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/3F8bQjA

Wednesday November 10:

Censoring Extremism: Influence of Online Restriction on Official Media Products of ISIS – Kayla McMinimy, Carol K. Winkler, Ayse Deniz Lokmanoglu, and Monerah Almahmoud, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3c3z3Hl

Social Ties and Jihadist Participation: A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Differential Recruitment of Radicalized Youth in Spain – Álvaro Vicente, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3wGTxPi

Thursday November 11:

An Assessment of Taliban Rule at Three Months – Andrew H. Watkins, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3HgCpEZ

Friday November 12:

Remaining and Expanding or Surviving and Adapting? Extremist Platform Migration and Adaptation Strategies – Meili Criezis, GNET: https://bit.ly/3kOsGMv

Sunday October 31:

The Taliban Haven’t Changed, But U.S. Policy Must – Haroro J. Ingram, Andrew Mines, and Omar Mohammed, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3whsZEa

10 Years On: New Contextual Factors in the Study of Islamism – Lucia Ardovini and Erika Biagini, Middle East Critique: https://bit.ly/3GTRTPe

Monday November 1:

Does International Terrorism Affect Public Attitudes toward Refugees? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Experiment – Charles Breton and Gregory Eady, The Journal of Politics: https://bit.ly/3wfZenm

“The Arc of Jihad”: The Ecosystem of Militancy in East, Central and Southern Africa – Brenda Mugeci Githing’u and  Tore Refslund Hamming, ICSR: https://bit.ly/3GT7kHy

The Propaganda of Jihadist Groups in the Era of Covid-19 – Daniele Garofalo, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/3mMHQ6B

From Iranian Shi’ization to colonization in Syria to establish Shiʿi territorial contiguity – Ronen A. Cohen, Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/3kbdB7z

Tuesday November 2:

The Battlefield of the Media: Reporting Terrorism in Conditions of Conflict and Political Repression – Andrew Glazzard and Alastair Reed, ICCT: https://bit.ly/3CNzGAk

Jihadi Networks Are More Resilient Than We Think – Daniel Byman, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/3EOs7u0

Wednesday November 3:

The Fractious Future of the Islamic State in West Africa – Stig Jarle Hansen, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/3o3rANM

Provocation and Attrition Strategies in Transnational Terrorism: The Case of Al-Shabaab – Mohammed Ibrahim Shire, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3qauO4Y

Thursday November 4:

With Haqqanis at the Helm, the Taliban Will Grow Even More Extreme – Abdul Sayed and Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/3F3iDv5

Saturday October 23:

Who Attacks America? Islamist Attacks on the American Homeland – Nilay Saiya, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3C9UUZ0

Female ISIS Returnees to the Western Balkan Countries – Anita Perešin, Melisa Hasanović, and Kujtim Bytyqi, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3b3ETYB

Ansaru Resurgent: The Rebirth of Al-Qaeda’s Nigerian Franchise – Jacob Zenn and Caleb Weiss, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3b4rQpQ

Crime and Punishment: Jihadist Financing and Criminal Responsibility in Finland – Lotta Tuomaala-Järvinen and Juha Saarinen, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3Ccd10u

Preventing Violent Extremism the Lebanese Way: A Critical Analysis of the Lebanese PVE Strategy – Sharaf Hussein, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3B7WUQ0

Wednesday October 27:

Intellectual Differences Between the Taliban, al-Qaeda, ISIS, and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham – Saleh al-Hamawi, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/3BhC0ht

Afghanistan and American Jihadists: More Inspiration, Less Destination – Bennett Clifford and Seamus Hughes, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2ZDh1c4

“Soldiers of the Faith”: A Comparative Analysis of White Power Songs and Islamic State Nasheeds – Zacharias P. Pieri and Jessica M. Grosholz, Deviant Behavior: https://bit.ly/2ZtrczE

What now for the Taleban and Narcotics? A case study on cannabis – Fazl Rahman Muzhary, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/3jPKfLX

Thursday October 28:

The Hoax in the ISIS Flag – Ahmed El Shamsy, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/3BvcKEp

The Pakistani Taliban Is Reinventing Itself – Amira Jadoon and Abdul Sayed, 9DashLine: https://bit.ly/3bmlRNq

The influence of pledging allegiance on terrorist attacks: the case of Boko Haram and Islamic State – Henda Y. Hsu, Ahmet Guler, and Ismail Onat, Security Journal: https://bit.ly/3BNxt6A

Saturday October 16:

Under the Taliban bonnet: Al Qaeda—ISKP rivalry and its security implications for India – Kabir Taneja, ORF: https://bit.ly/3E9rZEL

Wednesday October 20:

The Secret Life of an Iraqi Town That Actually Fought – and Won Against – the Islamic State – Raed Al-Hamid, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/3G8KUSh

Helping or hurting? The impact of foreign fighters on militant group behavior – Tricia Bacon, Grace Ellis, and Daniel Milton, Journal of Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/2Xz8aHo

Thursday October 21:

Who Supported the Early Muslim Brotherhood? – Neil Ketchley, Steven Brooke, and Brynjar Lia, Politics and Religion: https://bit.ly/2ZkPf3V

Sunday October 10:

Recalibrating U.S. Counterterrorism: Lessons Learned From Spain – Kim Cragin, Michael Bartlett, and Will Crass, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3AKKLk3

Can (Salafi) jihadi insurgents politicise and become pragmatic in civil wars? Social movement restraint in Ahrar al-Sham in Syria – Jerome Drevon, Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal: https://bit.ly/3BKVDjd

Terrorism and economic growth in Africa: understanding the role of military expenditure – Chimere O. Iheonu and Hyacinth E. Ichoku, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/3p4osDy

Becoming a violent extremist: a General Need and Affect model of psychological variables – Helma van den Berg and Dianne A. van Hemert, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/3BKVI6v

Examining the Outcome of Investigations and Prosecutions of Extremism in the United States – Rachel Yon and Daniel Milton, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3j0N3W0

Monday October 11:

Counter-terrorism and the repression of Islamic activism: Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain and Denmark – Richard McNeil-Willson, Journal of Contemporary European Studies: https://bit.ly/3ALbrB8

Tuesday October 12:

Into Darkness? Scrutinizing Economic Explanations for African Jihad – Stig Jarle Hansen, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology: https://bit.ly/3GesWxu

Wednesday October 13:

Unsettling Victory: Storylines of Success and Anxiety in the Coverage of the Decline of ISIS in Three U.S. Newspapers – Stefanie Z. Demetriades, Christina Hagen, Daria Griffin, and Patricia Rile, International Journal of Communication: https://bit.ly/3iXRtgd

The Schism of Jihadism in the Sahel: How Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State are Battling for Legitimacy in the Sahelian Context – Lina Raafat, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/3BKeUkt

Where is AQAP Now? – Elisabeth Kendall, Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/3m2HMiI

Thursday October 14:

The Taliban Can’t Take on the Islamic State Alone – Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2YXtF5t

Online Regulation of Terrorist and Harmful Content – Jacob Berntson and Maygane Janin, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3mYcadm