Category: Articles of the Week

Sunday October 6:

Revolutionary Warfare? Assessing the Character of Competing Factions within the Boko Haram Insurgency – Edward Stoddard, African Security: https://bit.ly/2IJ4F6N

Monday October 7:

Teaching about terrorism, extremism and radicalisation: some implications for controversial issues pedagogy – Lee Jerome and Alex Elwick, Oxford Review of Education: https://bit.ly/2VyBnwC

Decoding Islamic State’s allegiance videos – Mina al-Lami, BBC Monitoring: https://bit.ly/2nGTm7Q

Wednesday October 9:

Militarized Law Enforcement Forces, State Capacity and Terrorism – Mustafa Kirisci, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2MvBoh2

Thursday October 10:

Newly Released ISIS Files: Learning from the Islamic State’s Long-Version Personnel Form – Daniel Milton, Julia Lodoen, Ryan O’Farrell, and Seth Loertscher, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2M5a1Lt

Operation Marksburg: Frontline Field Investigation and the Prosecution of Terrorism – Damien Spleeters, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2Mag55L

Hezbollah’s “Virtual Entrepreneurs:” How Hezbollah is Using the Internet to Incite Violence in Israel – Michael Shkolnik and Alexander Corbeil, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/33ocJBQ

What Is Iran Up To in Deir al-Zour? – Oula A. Alrifai, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/33sRYFb

Providing Context: Commentary on the Debate Over the Critique of Salafi-Jihadism from a Mainstream Sunni Perspective – Nadia Oweidat, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2ox2nAA

Protestors, terrorists or something else? How to think about dissident groups – Joseph K Young and Steve Shellman, Conflict Management and Peace Science: https://bit.ly/2M7V0c7

Friday October 11: 

Misogyny and Violent Extremism: Implications for Preventing Violent Extremism – Melissa Johnston and Jacqui True, Monash Gender, Peace & Security Centre: https://bit.ly/2MwKObZ

What Do Closed Source Data Tell Us About Lone Actor Terrorist Behavior? A Research Note – Paul Gill, Emily Corner, Amy McKee, Paul Hitchen, and Paul Betley, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/31sReOA

Monday September 30:

Five Legal Takeaways from the Syrian War – Shane R. Reeves and Ronald T. P. Alcala, Harvard Law School National Security Journal: https://bit.ly/2oJ6sl5

Local alliances and rivalries shape near-repeat terror activity of al-Qaeda, ISIS, and insurgents – Yao-Li Chuang, Noam Ben-Asher, and Maria R. D’Orsogna, PNAS: https://bit.ly/2Mh94P6

Convergence of the Salience of Terrorism in the European Union Before and After Terrorist Attacks – Jeanine de Roy van Zuijdewijn and Jessica Sciarone, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/333I9xa

Tuesday October 1:

The causal role of ideology and Cultural Systems in radicalisation and de-radicalisation – Gordon Clubb and Shaun McDaid, Journal of Critical Realism: https://bit.ly/2nlmi56

A Supply and Demand Framework for YouTube Politics – Kevin Munger and Joseph Phillips: https://bit.ly/32WM2o5

Wednesday October 2:

Understanding Climate Vulnerability in the Middle East and North Africa – Jeannie Sowers, International Journal of Middle East Studies: https://bit.ly/3345izA

Thursday October 3:

Preventing violent extremism isn’t a job for civil society alone – Isel van Zyl, Institute for Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2Mh9Ewg

Friday October 4:

The Warning Signs are Flashing Red: The Interplay Between Climate Change and Violent Extremism in the Western Sahel – General (ret.) Tom Middendorp and Reinier Bergema, ICCT: https://bit.ly/2Iiekkv

The Domestication of Al-Shabaab – Tricia Bacon & Daisy Muibu, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa: https://bit.ly/2VylwhB

Sunday September 22:

On being South African Muslims, Islamists and women: expressions of agency and religious construction through the lens of biographies – Gadija Ahjum, Journal for Islamic Studies: https://bit.ly/2AF7zow

Monday September 23:

The Hijra in French Salafism: A Quest for Purity Through Religious Migration – Mohamed-Ali Adraoui, Sociology of Islam: https://bit.ly/2p91Sgi

Tuesday September 24:

Huras al-Din: The Overlooked al-Qaeda Group in Syria – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/2kSrOuD

Wednesday September 25:

Daesh, Twitter and the Social Media Ecosystem: A Study of Outlinks Contained in Tweets Mentioning Rumiyah – Stuart Macdonald, Daniel Grinnell, Anina Kinzel, and Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, The RUSI Journal: https://bit.ly/2nSF3g9

Alienation or Cooperation? British Muslims’ Attitudes to and Engagement in Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Extremism – Sadi Shanaah, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2nRMFiY

The pious or the doctrinaire? who supports suicide terrorism in Indonesia? – C. Christine Fair,Julie Chernov Hwang, and Moiz Abdul Majid, Asian Security: https://bit.ly/2nb4J7s

Thursday September 26:

Developing theory on the use of intelligence by non-state actors: five case studies on insurgent intelligence – David Strachan-Morris, Intelligence and National Security: https://bit.ly/2lCV20Y

Exploring the Backstage: Methodological and Ethical Issues Surrounding the Role of Research Brokers in Insecure Zones – Maria Eriksson Baaz and Mats Utas, Civil Wars: https://bit.ly/2ncbC8w

Research Brokers We Use and Abuse while Researching Civil Wars and Their Aftermaths – Methodological Concerns – Mats Utas, Civil Wars: https://bit.ly/2mkq6TD

Research Brokers, Researcher Identities and Affective Performances: The Insider/Outsider Conundrum – Swati Parashar, Civil Wars: https://bit.ly/2nNujzu

Sahelian Militants Pledge(d) Allegiance to the Islamic State – Héni Nsaibia, MENASTREAM: https://bit.ly/2nRcFuS

The Industrial Organization of the Syrian Civil War – Ethan B. Kapstein and David Ribar, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2lEw8y2

Do Machines Replicate Humans? Toward a Unified Understanding of Radicalizing Content on the Open Social Web – Margeret Hall, Michael Logan, Gina S. Ligon, and Douglas C. Derrick, Policy & Internet: https://bit.ly/2Buqqmx

Friday September 27:

Fighting the Enemies of God: the Rise of and the Response to Violent Extremism in Sudan – Salma Mohamed Abdalmunim Abdalla, Journal for Deradicalization: https://bit.ly/2nbQbEB

Between Child Soldiers and Terrorists: Reintegrating Child Members of the Islamic State – Aleksandar Pašagić, Journal for Deradicalization: https://bit.ly/2nhwTNR

Mourning Morsi: The Death of an Islamist and Jihadi Divisions – Cole Bunzel, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/2LMzXvk

Saturday September 14:

Stop Them in Their Tracks: Migration Policies, Drug Markets, and Terrorism – Nazli Avdan, Journal of Applied Security Research: https://bit.ly/2mp62Pz

Monday September 16:

Reexamining the Four Waves of Modern Terrorism: A Territorial Interpretation – Steven M. Radil and Jaume Castan Pinos, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2mp6CNf

The ethics of researching ‘terrorism’ and political violence: a sociological approach Tom Mills, Narzanin Massoumi, and David Miller, Contemporary Social Science: https://bit.ly/2m1jxF7

Wednesday September 18:

Daesh Propaganda, Before and After its Collapse – NATO Stratcom: https://bit.ly/2lWQhiF

HTS’s Offline Propaganda: Infrastructure, Engagement and Monopoly – Haid Haid, ICSR: https://bit.ly/2mp6SvH

Terrorizing police: Revisiting ‘the policing of terrorism’ from the perspective of Danish police detectives – David Sausdal, European Journal of Criminology: https://bit.ly/2kuJaOb

Islam and Muslims in Greater Serbian Ideology: The Origins of an Antagonism and the Misuse of the Past – Admir Mulaosmanović, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/2lY5D6G

Thursday September 19:

Worth many sins: Al-Shabaab’s shifting relationship with Kenyan women – Katharine Petrich and Phoebe Donnelly, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2kwoKnY

The ballot or the bomb belt: the roots of female suicide terrorism before and after 9/11 – Nakissa P. Jahanbani and Charmaine N. Willis, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2mp7dOZ

Radicalizing female empowerment: gender, agency, and affective appeals in Islamic State propaganda – Bidisha Biswas and Shirin Deylami, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2lZx3ZM

The Architects of Salvation: How IS Foreign Fighter Recruitment Hubs Emerged in Tunisia – Nate Rosenblatt, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2kuRKwk

Why People Join Terrorist Groups in Kuwait: A Qualitative Examination – Nicholas C. Scull, Othman Alkhadher, and Salman Al‐Awadhi, Political Psychology: https://bit.ly/2mp8iGx

Pathways toward Jihadism in Western Europe: An Empirical Exploration of a Comprehensive Model of Terrorist Radicalization – M. Pfundmair, E. Aßmann, B. Kiver, M. Penzkofer, A. Scheuermeyer, L. Sust, and H. Schmidt, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2lZzefU

(Few) Jihadis Without a Jihad? Central Eastern Europeans and their Pathway – Kacper Rekawek, Viktor Szucs, Martina Babikova, and Enya Hamel, Globsec: https://bit.ly/2nSyeLz

Friday September 20:

Foiled plots: the untapped data resource in terrorism studies – Petter Nesser, C-Rex: https://bit.ly/2nT5ulV

Monday September 9:

Assessing success of the Global War on Terror: terrorist attack frequency and the backlash effect – Kyle T. Kattelman, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/2kg8rLK

Towards a typology of non-state actors in ‘hybrid warfare’: proxy, auxiliary, surrogate and affiliated forces – Vladimir Rauta, Cambridge Review of International Affairs: https://bit.ly/2kN2ZjE

Framing British ‘Jihadi Brides’: Metaphor and the Social Construction of I.S. Women – Leonie B. Jackson, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2kKAFyx

Tuesday September 10:

The Development of Tunisia’s Domestic Counter-Terrorism Finance Capability – Aaron Y. Zelin and Katherine Bauer, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2kNNurV

Relatives, Redemption, and Rice: Motivations for Joining the Maute Group – Julie Chernov Hwang, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2lNqObn

Taking Aim: Islamic State Khorasan’s Leadership Losses – Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2mhyhzM

Wednesday September 11:

It’s Hard to Commemorate 9/11 If You Don’t Understand It. – Daniel Byman, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/2ktMGs9

The Ghosts of Past Wars Live on in a Critical Archive – Bruce P. Montgomery and Michael P. Brill, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2mh2XRF

Not Whether, But When? Governments’ Use of Militias in War – Caitlin Ambrozik, Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2kN3fPE

Preventing violent extremism in East Africa: lessons from Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda – Isel van Zyl and Maram Mahdi, Institute for Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2msPIxv

Thursday September 12:

Dissent in the Islamic State: Secret Advice Sent to Islamic State Leaders – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2mhz3ga

Three Constitutional Thickets: Why Regulating Online Violent Extremism is Hard – Daphne Keller, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2AhfQim

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/2m168N8

Friday September 13:

Social Media, Terrorist Content Prohibitions and the Rule of Law – Stuart Macdonald, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2Q7kKcp

Disinformation in Terrorist Content Online – Nina Jankowicz, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2Q9bHYG

Unraveling the Impact of Social Media on Extremism – Anjana Susarla, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2AgDv2r

The Internet Police – Jeff Breinholt, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2QoQ1bd

Russia in the Eyes of Islamic State: An Analysis of the Content of Dabiq and Rumiyah Magazines and Russia’s Involvement in the Fight against the Islamic State – Marta Sara Stempień, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2klr3dq

Sunday September 1:

Make Hegel great again: on Hegel’s epistemological contribution to critical terrorism studies – Athanasios Gkoutzioulis, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2kvW7Hi

Ethno-Religious Belonging in the Syrian Conflict: Between Communitarianism and Sectarianization – Akdedian, Harout, The Middle East Journal: https://bit.ly/2BlenYO

Monday September 2:

Can Mainstream Sunni Islam Counter the Islamic State? a Critique of Adis Duderija’s “The Salafi Worldview and the Hermeneutical Limits of Mainstream Sunni Critique of Salafi-Jihadism” – Alain Gabon, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2lBAEgo

Rejoinder to Alain Gabon’s Critique of my “The Salafi Worldview and the Hermeneutical Limits of Mainstream Sunni Critique of Salafi-Jihadism” – Adis Duderija, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2m4LSub

Thursday September 5:

Explaining insurgency progression in Iraq, 2003–2011 – Michelle Black, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/2lVPv5o

Friday September 6:

Muslim Converts Who Turn to Global Jihad: Radicalization Characteristics and Countermeasures – Eitan Azani and Liram Koblentz-Stenzler, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2maljnc

Pseudo-Radicalism and the De-Radicalization of Educated Youth in Indonesia – Bagong Suyanto, Mun’im Sirry and Rahma Sugihartati, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2lQfH1m

Monday August 26:

Calling on Women: Female-Specific Motivation Narratives in Danish Online Jihad Propaganda – Sara Jul Jacobsen, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2zxAOcq

When Foreign Fighters Come Home: The Story of Six Danish Returnees – Maja Touzari Greenwood, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2ZBOEZV

‘Abdullāh bin Bayyah and the Arab Revolutions: Counter‐revolutionary Neo‐traditionalism’s Ideological Struggle against Islamism – Usaama al‐Azami, The Muslim World: https://bit.ly/2Ujyj78

Tuesday August 27:

Indonesia: Urgent Need for a Policy on Repatriation of Pro-ISIS Nationals From Syria – IPAC: https://bit.ly/34mOLZ0

Honor and Terrorism: Cultural Origins of the Severity of Terrorist Attacks – Joshua Tschantret, Social Science Quarterly: https://bit.ly/2LfPe6t

The Differential Influence of Individual and Social Religious Practices and Fundamentalism on Support for Honor Killings in a Cross-National Sample of Muslims – Johannes Beller, Christoph Kröger, and Daniela Hosser, Journal of Interpersonal Violence: https://bit.ly/32870PU

Wednesday August 28:

Climate Change and Conflict in the Middle East – Michael Mason, International Journal of Middle East Studies: https://bit.ly/2L8NQUf

Thursday August 29:

The Other Travelers: American Jihadists Beyond Syria and Iraq – Seamus Hughes, Emily Blackburn, and Andrew Mines, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/32cyiEI

Voting for Victors: Why Violent Actors Win Postwar Elections – Sarah Zukerman Daly, World Politics: https://bit.ly/2kyDGlh

Monday August 19:

Training prison staff to recognize inmate radicalisation – Petra Vejvodová and Ondřej Kolář, Security Journal: https://bit.ly/2TVTzQ8

Commitment to Rebellion: Evidence from Syria – Vera Mironova, Loubna Mrie, and Sam Whitt, Journal of Conflict Resolution: https://bit.ly/31XOXMc

Tuesday August 20:

Beyond coups: terrorism and military involvement in politics – Vincenzo Bove, Mauricio Rivera, and Chiara Ruffa, European Journal of International Relations: https://bit.ly/2P8VL88

Responding Responsibly: West Germany’s Relations with the Mujahideen During the Soviet-Afghan War, 1979–1987 – Thaddeus Caspar Boyd Jahn, The International History Review: https://bit.ly/2Zo1DKG

Deradicalisation and Disengagement from Terrorism and Threat to Identity: An Analysis of Former Jihadist Prisoners’ Accounts – Muhammad Syafiq, Psychology and Developing Societies: https://bit.ly/2L7bGzL

Wednesday August 21: 

Can moral judgment, critical thinking, and Islamic fundamentalism explain ISIS and Al-Qaeda’s armed political violence? – Othman Alkhadher and Nicholas C. Scull, Psychology of Violence: https://bit.ly/30urbXR

Hidden resilience and adaptive dynamics of the global online hate ecology – N. F. Johnson, R. Leahy, N. Johnson Restrepo, N. Velasquez, M. Zheng, P. Manrique, P. Devkota, and S. Wuchty, Nature: https://go.nature.com/33Rn22c

Thursday August 22:

Transnational Volunteers Against ISIS – Shashi Jayakumar, ICSR: https://bit.ly/2P9b40x

Defining and Understanding the Next Generation of Salafi-Jihadis – Richard C. Baffa, Nathan Vest, Wing Yi Chan, and Abby Fanlo, RAND: https://bit.ly/2MzHpM5

Does cultural proximity contain terrorism diffusion? – Tobias Böhmelt, Vincenzo Bove, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/2Zl7UGT

On Violence and Radical Theology in the Syrian War: The Instrumentality of Spectacular Violence and Exclusionary Practices from Comparative and Local Standpoints – Harout Akdedian, Politics, Religion & Ideology: https://bit.ly/2HnoAYl

Friday August 23:

It’s Not Only Iraq and Syria – Seamus Hughes and Jon Lewis, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2U0iwtz

The interface between homicide and the Internet. A classification – M.C.A.Liem and M.E.F.Geelen, Aggression and Violent Behavior: https://bit.ly/2HBIzm1

The end of emancipation? CTS and normativity – Sondre Lindahl, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/30KVjy5

Saturday August 10:

Da’wa and politics: lived experiences of the female Islamists in Indonesia – Ai Fatimah Nur Fuad, Contemporary Islam: https://bit.ly/2MplHKE

Monday August 12:

The old terrorism: a dataset, 1860 – 1969 – Joshua Tschantret, International Interactions: https://bit.ly/2ZdaDCm

Linguistic analysis of pro-ISIS users on Twitter – Javier Torregrosa, Joshua Thorburn, Raúl Lara-Cabrera, David Camacho, and Humberto M. Trujillo, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2OYYu3N

Conspiratorial Narratives in Violent Political Actors’ Language – Stephane J. Baele, Journal of Language and Social Psychology: https://bit.ly/2PdZ5yG

Tuesday August 13: 

Polemical and Fratricidal Jihadists: A Historical Examination of Debates, Contestation and Infighting Within the Sunni Jihadi Movement – Tore Refslund Hamming, ICSR: https://bit.ly/2ZdPdJm

The Strategic Ambiguity of the United Nations Approach to Preventing Violent Extremism – Chuck Thiessen, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2KXraFr

When Does Terror Induce a State of Emergency? And What Are the Effects? – Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt, Journal of Conflict Resolution: https://bit.ly/33NRGK2

Wednesday August 14:

The Izala effect: unintended consequences of Salafi radicalism in Indonesia and Nigeria – Muhammad Sani Umar and Mark Woodward, Contemporary Islam: https://bit.ly/2TIG6eu

The Muddy Middle: The Disappearing Lines in America’s Counterterrorism Wars and How to Restore Order – Luke Hartig and Stephen Tankel, Just Security: https://bit.ly/2TPqgii

Thursday August 15:

The Danger of a Domestic Terrorism Law – Matt Ford, The New Republic: https://bit.ly/33CsB4r

Friday August 16:

Clash of counterterrorism-assistance-seeking states and their super power sponsors: Implications on the war against Boko Haram – Victor Chidubem Iwuoha, African Security Review: https://bit.ly/2Mp27ht

Dead evil? Constructing the ‘Terrorist’ in media obituaries – Lee Jarvis, Critical Studies on Security: https://bit.ly/2Zej2oM

The Centrality of Anti-Semitism in the Islamic State’s Ideology and Its Connection to Anti-Shiism – Daniel Rickenbacher, Religions: https://bit.ly/2KPw3kY

Sunday August 4:

Revisiting Marawi: Women and the Struggle Against the Islamic State in the Philippines – Kiriloi Ingram, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/31tbvUI

Sunday August 5:

The physics of dissent and the effects of movement momentum – Erica Chenoweth and Margherita Belgioioso, Nature Human Behaviour: https://go.nature.com/2KzF00q

Teaching Religion & International Relations: Disciplinary, Pedagogical, and Personal Reflections – Gregorio Bettiza, Deina Abdelkader, David T Buckley, Jocelyne Cesari, Jeffrey Haynes, Nukhet Sandal, and Giorgio Shani – International Studies Perspectives: https://bit.ly/2qKdGGy

Wednesday August 7:

The Conflict in Jammu and Kashmir and the Convergence of Technology and Terrorism – Kabir Taneja and Kriti M Shah, RUSI: https://bit.ly/2yQD7Hf

Thursday August 8:

Return and Expand? The Finances and Prospects of the Islamic State After the Caliphate – Patrick B. Johnston, Mona Alami, Colin P. Clarke, and Howard J. Shatz, RAND: https://bit.ly/33glgay

Iran’s Expanding Militia Army in Iraq: The New Special Groups – Michael Knights, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2YSepEP

Western Balkans Foreign Fighters and Homegrown Jihadis: Trends and Implications – Adrian Shtuni, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2KoslhM

Returnee Foreign Fighters from Syria and Iraq: The Kosovan Experience – Kujtim Bytyqi and Sam Mullins, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2YybrGp

Friday August 9:

The Evolution Of Bitcoin In Terrorist Financing – Brenna Smith, Bellingcat: https://bit.ly/2z70VXq

Women’s Authority in Patriarchal Social Movements: The Case of Female Salafi Preachers – Richard A. Nielsen, American Journal of Political Science: https://bit.ly/2NF99yp

A Life-Course Analysis of Engagement in Violent Extremist Groups – Christoffer Carlsson, Amir Rostami, Hernan Mondani, Joakim Sturup, Jerzy Sarnecki, and Christofer Edling, The British Journal of Criminology: https://bit.ly/2MU3Mds