Category: Articles of the Week

Sunday February 23:

L’affaire du niqab à la Manouba : de la propagande salafiste sur facebook à l’institutionnalisation médiatique de la cause des libertés académiques en Tunisie – Marta Luceno Moreno, Les Cahiers du numérique: https://bit.ly/2T7CJPz

Life psychology and significance quest: a complementary approach to violent extremism and counter-radicalisation – Arie W. Kruglanski and Preben Bertelsen, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3aeevc1

Monday February 24:

Detecting Future ‘Marawis’: Considering Alternative Indicators for Assessing the Potential for New Manifestations of Violent Extremism in Mindanao – Joseph Franco, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/37SJUz1

Learning in a Double Loop: The Strategic Transformation of Al-Qaeda – Michael Fürstenberg and Carolin Görzig, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2TaW69h

Brain and Body “Fingerprints” of Existential Anxiety and their Relevance for the Identification of Potential Terrorists – Linda Wendelberg, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/39YZlau

Online Deceptions: Renegotiating Gender Boundaries on ISIS Telegram – Meili Criezis, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3ceHO02

Emmanuel Macron’s War on Islamism Is Europe’s Future – Lorenzo Vidino, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/2vfDfC3

The Data Collection Challenge: Experiences Studying Lone-actor Terrorism – Paul Gill, The Resolve Network: https://bit.ly/384EKA9

Tuesday February 25:

Sex and Terror: Is the Subordination of Women Associated with the Use of Terror? – Valerie M. Hudson and Kaylee B. Hodgson, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2wavo8W

In Limited Demand: The Other Foreign Volunteers in the Syrian Civil War – Barak Mendelsohn, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2Tmx7jb

Wednesday February 26:

How Terrorists Use the Internet for Weapons and Component Procurement – Jessica Davis, GNET: https://bit.ly/2I4RKLz

Thursday February 27:

“Breaking the Walls” Goes Global: The Evolving Threat of Jihadi Prison Assaults and Riots – Bennett Clifford and Caleb Weiss, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2wVQWqh

Sunday February 16:

United Nations peacekeeping and terrorism: short-term risks and long-term benefits – Holley E. Hansen, Stephen C. Nemeth, and Jacob A. Mauslein, International Interactions: https://bit.ly/39RwJQs

Tuesday February 18:

Ultra Extremism Among Tunisian Jihadis Within The Islamic State – Aaron Y. Zelin, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/39MWl0K

Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent: comparing the movement in India and Bangladesh – Mohammed Sinan Siyech, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/37IqyMZ

Wednesday February 19:

Disaggregating Lone-actor Grievance-fuelled Violence: Comparing Lone-actor Terrorists and Mass Murderers Caitlin Clemmow, Paul Gill, Noémie Bouhana, James Silver, and John Horgan, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2T2poXw

Thursday February 20:

Hiding in Plain Site: Islamic State’s ‘Muslim News’ – Moustafa Ayad, GNET: https://bit.ly/2Va2aBn

Leading with a Fist: A History of the Salafi Beard in the 20th-Century Middle East – Aaron Rock Singer, Islamic Law and Society: https://bit.ly/2VQE2UA

Friday February 21: 

Has Turkey’s Incursion into Syria Opened the Door for an Islamic State Comeback – Dareen Khalifa and Elizabeth Tsurkov, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2HLw8nr

Beyond Prevention: The Role of Strategic Communications Across the Four Pillars of Counterterrorism Strategy – Andrew Glazzard and Alastair Reed, The RUSI Journal: https://bit.ly/39deQvu

Sunday February 9:

Opportunity Structures, Rebel Governance, and Disputed Leadership: The Taliban’s Upsurge in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, 2011–2015 – Niels Terpstra, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2tYC2OP

Duped: Examining Gender Stereotypes in Disengagement and Deradicalization Practices – Rachel Schmidt, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/31V7Z7h

Monday February 10:

Mapping the online presence and activities of the Islamic State’s unofficial propaganda cell: Ahlut-Tawhid Publications – Miron Lakomy, Security Journal: https://bit.ly/2URbx8N

Wednesday February 12:

From the French Revolution, the First Amendment and the Third Reich to Twitter and Facebook: The Impact of Legal Histories on the Fight Against Online Extremism – Part 1: France – Nery Ramati, Vox-Pol: https://bit.ly/2UY2BOW

Monday February 3: 

Accidental ethnographers: the Islamic State’s tribal engagement experiment Craig Whiteside and Anas Elallame, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/31zelJ6

The anthropology of Al-Shabaab: the salient factors for the insurgency movement’s recruitment project – Mohamed Haji Ingiriis, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2UyWkJG

Too central to fail? Terror networks and leadership decapitation – Daniel Milton and Bryan Price, International Interactions: https://bit.ly/2HfHoIB

Tuesday February 4:

Local voices against violence: women challenging extremism in Iraq and Syria – Alia Al-Kadi and Gina Vale, Conflict, Security & Development: https://bit.ly/375JuVU

Not Yet Dead: The Establishment and Regulation of Slavery by the Islamic State Nadia Al-Dayel, Andrew Mumford, and Kevin Bales, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3763Z4A

What Explains Taxation by Resource-Rich Rebels? Evidence from the Islamic State in Syria – Mara Redlich Revkin, The Journal of Politics: https://bit.ly/375GzfJ

What Makes a Movement Violent: Comparing the Ahle Hadith (Salafists) in India and Pakistan – Mohammed Sinan Siyech, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/2SptOqZ

Wednesday February 5:

Idlib and Its Environs: Narrowing Prospects for a Rebel Holdout – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/2UxjSOR

Insecurity in the Sahel: Europe’s next fight against jihadism – Andrew Lebovich, ECFR: https://bit.ly/2H2zIJl

Thursday February 6:

Lessons from September 11 about the post-conflict threat posed by foreign terrorist fighters – Daniel Milton, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2SqCwoZ

Islamic State Adjusts Strategy to Remain on Telegram – Raphael Gluck and Laurence Bindner, GNET: https://bit.ly/3bmREwb

Friday February 7:

When Insularity Becomes a Problem: The Literature on Jihadism in Jordan – Henrik Gråtrud, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2S7TrO5

Monday January 27:

Tunisia Turns a Corner Against the Jihadist Movement – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/37sCjrH

ISIS and Their Use of Slavery – Nadia Al-Dayel and Andrew Mumford, ICCT: https://bit.ly/2tlsc9q

Was Egyptian Islamic Revivalism really Counter-Hegemonic? Sayyid Qutb and the Problem of Islamic Occidentalism – Marco Demichelis, ReOrient: https://bit.ly/2RvyQD9

Tuesday January 28:

Kamal Helbawy: Pioneer of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West – Lorenzo Vidino, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2RIQXFG

Minding the gap: How to provide more comprehensive support to the children of ISIS – Eric Rosand, B. Heidi Ellis, and Stevan Weine, Brookings Institution: https://brook.gs/3b3p6bc

Framing, new social identity and long-term loyalty. Hizb ut-Tahrir’s impact on its members – Elisa Orofino, Social Movement Studies: https://bit.ly/38X6Myw

Rebel Group Attrition and Reversion to Violence: Micro-Level Evidence from Syria – Vera Mironova, Karam Alhamad, and Sam Whitt, International Studies Quarterly: https://bit.ly/31wCBf2

Wednesday January 29:

Framing war: visual propaganda, the Islamic State, and the battle for east Mosul – Charlie Winter, Cambridge Review of International Affairs: https://bit.ly/390cwHP

Spatial Decision Making of Terrorist Target Selection: Introducing the TRACK Framework – Zoe Marchment and Paul Gill, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2OihDuV

Thursday January 30:

The Base Rate Study: Developing Base Rates for Risk Factors & Indicators for Engagement in Violent Extremism – Caitlin Clemmow, Sandy Schumann, Nadine L. Salman, and Paul Gill, Journal of Forensic Sciences: https://bit.ly/319QFeg

Youth Resilience to Violent Extremism: Development and Validation of the BRAVE Measure – Michele Grossman, Kristin Hadfield, Philip Jefferies, Vivian Gerrand, and Michael Ungar, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2GH8msk

Countering violent extremism through state-society partnerships: a case study of de-radicalisation programmes in Indonesia – Gusti Bagus Dharma Agastia, Anak Agung Banyu Perwita, D. B. Subedi, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2tz1H06

Saturday January 18:

Social Media and the Dynamics of Radicalization and Violent Extremism among Female Migrant Workers – Dina Mansour‐Ille, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism: https://bit.ly/2NVtxKS

Monday January 20:

From Islamists to Muslim Democrats: The Case of Tunisia’s Ennahda – Sharan Grewal, American Political Science Review: https://bit.ly/36rZT6p

Tuesday January 21:

Weapon of Choice: Terrorist Bombings in Armed Conflict – Michael J. Boyle, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2vmBN0p

Terrorist Transformations: The Link between Terrorist Roles and Terrorist Disengagement – Mary Beth Altier, Emma Leonard Boyle, and John G. Horgan, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2RM0vP9

Thursday January 23:

Lessons from the Islamic State’s ‘Milestone’ Texts and Speeches – Haroro J. Ingram, Craig Whiteside, and Charlie Winter, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2Rl3DCq

Piety Is in the Eye of the Bureaucrat: The Islamic State’s Strategy of Civilian Control – Gina Vale, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2Rl3PSa

Friday January 24:

Is there an ‘emboldenment’ effect: Evidence from the insurgency in Iraq – Jonathan Monten and Radha Iyengar Plumb, Journal of Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/2RIdHoa

Monday January 13:

Rational Islamists: Islamism and regime preferences in Bangladesh – C. Christine Fair and Parina Patel, Democratization: https://bit.ly/30w0web

Fighting for survival: responding to state capacity and terror group end – Mustafa Kirisci, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2tqf9mU

The Origins of Boko Haram—And Why It Matters – Audu Bulama Bukarti, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology: https://bit.ly/2R3r6bb

Wednesday January 15:

What the jihadis left behind – Nelly Lahoud, London Review of Books: https://bit.ly/30uZ0Zs

Radical Islamists Are Still a Threat Behind Bars – Robin Simcox, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/364Ln4m

Thursday January 16:

Picking Up and Defending the Faith: Activism and Radicalism Among Muslim Converts in the United States – Ari D. Fodeman, Daniel W. Snook, and John G. Horgan, Political Psychology: https://bit.ly/2NxxlBR

Judge, Jury and Executioner: the ISIS Bureau of Justice and Grievances – Syria Justice and Accountability Centre: https://bit.ly/361j1br

State religious authorities in rentier economies and the management of independent Islamism – Courtney Freer, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/2RuhmpB

Friday January 17:

Impacts of the ‘War on Terror’ on the (De-)Humanization of Christians in Pakistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Media Reporting – Zahid Shahab Ahmed and Musharaf Zahoor, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations: https://bit.ly/36nrQwf

Jihadists Presence Online Decentralizes After Telegram Ban – Flashpoint: https://bit.ly/2Gjhu63

Monday January 6:

Does bottom-line pressure make terrorism coverage more negative? Evidence from a twenty-newspaper panel study – Aaron M Hoffman and Dwaine HA Jengelley, Media, War & Conflict: https://bit.ly/2FyULTh

Tuesday January 7: 

From Inspire to Rumiyah: does instructional content in online jihadist magazines lead to attacks? – Michael Zekulin, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2tPKYW1

‘Nondemocratic Islamists’ and support for ISIS in the Arab World – James Piazza, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2tM0q5E

Wednesday January 8:

The Growing Influence of Salafism in Muslim Mindano – Sidney Jones, IPAC: https://bit.ly/2FyV14H

The Effects of the International Monetary Fund on Domestic Terrorism – Lance Y. Hunter and Glen Biglaiser, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2tK25Zu

Thursday January 9:

The Strategy of Germany for Handling Foreign Fighters – Jan Raudszus, ISPI: https://bit.ly/2TezJRN

Friday January 10:

Debating terrorism in a political transition: Journalism and democracy in Tunisia – Jacob Høigilt and Kjetil Selvik, International Communication Gazette: https://bit.ly/3ahLmNW