Category: Articles of the Week

Tuesday April 17:
Extreme Vetting of Immigrants: Estimating Terrorism Vetting Failures – David Bier, Cato Institute: https://bit.ly/2J3VhYX
Girl soldiering in rebel groups, 1989–2013: Introducing a new dataset – Roos Haer and Tobias Böhmelt, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/2Hnjs8r 
Trade and terrorism: A disaggregated approach – Subhayu Bandyopadhyay, Todd Sandler, and Javed Younas, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/2HouQRk 
Wednesday April 18:
Australia’s Counter-Terrorism Policies Since September 11, 2001: Harmonising National Security, Independent Oversight and Individual Liberties – Ashutosh Misra, Strategic Analysis: https://bit.ly/2HFaOBq
We have not yet seen the full impact of ISIS sleeper cells coming back to life – Hassan Hassan, The National: https://bit.ly/2HcOvnq
End of moderation: the radicalization of AKP in Turkey – Galib Bashirov and Caroline Lancaster, Democratization: https://bit.ly/2HD5YEJ
Reverse-Engineering the ISIS Playbook, Part II: CT-CVE Messaging Lessons from ISIS’s English-language Magazines – Haroro J. Ingram and Alastair Reed, Vox-Pol: https://bit.ly/2J9s2UO
Defeating the ISIS Nostalgia Narrative – Colin P. Clarke and Haroro J. Ingram, Foreign Policy Research Institute: https://bit.ly/2F2qEkx
Jamā’at Nuṣrat al-Islām wa-l-Muslimīn: análisis del proyecto de al-Qaeda para el Sahel a través de su propaganda – Sergio Altuna Galán, Real Instituto Elcano: https://bit.ly/2J9GkEO
Triggering Terror Illicit Gun Markets and Firearms Acquisition of Terrorist Networks in Europe – SAFTE: https://bit.ly/2vAUcpZ
Firearms acquisition by terrorists in Europe – Nils Duquet and Kevin Goris, SAFTE: https://bit.ly/2qIid9y
Thursday April 19:
Lone terrorists: A study of run-over attacks in Israel – Simon Perry, Badi Hasisi, Gali Perry, European Journal of Criminology: https://bit.ly/2qVmy8K 

Sunday April 8:
The True Story of al-Qaeda’s Demise and Resurgence in Syria – Tore Refslund Hamming and Pieter Van Ostaeyen, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2qdGKDi
Monday April 9:
Separating Facts from Fiction about Belgium’s Oldest Foreign Fighter, Bassam Ayachi – Pieter Van Ostaeyen and Guy Van Vlierden, Bellingcat: https://bit.ly/2JJsrhZ
The Life of Abu Hashim al-Rifa’i of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2HA53Cw
The Territorial Contours of Terrorism: A Conceptual Model of Territory for Non-state Violence – Jaume Castan Pinos and Steven M. Radil, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2GMd624 
Radicalization to Violence: A Pathway Approach to Studying Extremism – Michael A. Jensen, Anita Atwell Seate, and Patrick A. James, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2qqoLIW
Tuesday April 10:
137 Shades of Terrorism. French Jihadists Before the Courts – Marc Hecker, IFRI: https://bit.ly/2Hpb3yf
Extreme Criminals: Reconstructing Ideas of Criminality through Extremist Narratives – Suraj Lakhani, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2ELKD6U
Narrative, Political Violence, and Social Change – Josefin Graef, Raquel da Silva, and Nicolas Lemay-Hebert, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2qwePNY
Disengagement from Political Violence and Deradicalization: A Narrative-Dialogical Perspective – Raquel da Silva, Pablo Fernández-Navarro, Miguel M. Gonçalves, Catarina Rosa, and Joana Silva, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2GUWlBW
Killing for God? Factional Violence on the Transnational Stage – Jori Breslawski and Brandon Ives, Journal of Conflict Resolution: https://bit.ly/2qFWyxM 
Wednesday April 11:
A Reappraisal of the Role of Muḥibb al-Dīn al-Khaṭīb and the YMMA in the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood – Mehdi Sajid, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations: https://bit.ly/2INiApV
From the Yarmouk Basin to the Homs Desert: The Life of Abu Omar Shajra – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2HjGCMi
The Swedish Mujahideen: An exploratory study of 41 Swedish foreign fighters deceased in Iraq and Syria – Amir Rostami, Joakim Sturup, Hernan Mondani, Pia Thevselius, Jerzy Sarnecki, and Christofer Edling, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2GWYKMF
Thursday April 12: 
Iran Is Outpacing Assad for Control of Syria’s Shia Militias – Phillip Smyth, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/2IRnjH5
Islamic Campus Preaching Organizations in Indonesia: Promoters of Moderation or Radicalism? – Alexander R Arifianto, Asian Security: https://bit.ly/2K1tD0f
Ethics Abroad: Fieldwork in Fragile and Violent Contexts – Kate Cronin-Furman and Milli Lake, PS: Political Science & Politics: https://bit.ly/2Hso65j
Friday April 13:
The Labor Market and Terrorism – Erik Cruz, Stewart J. D’Alessio & Lisa Stolzenberg, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2qJVVEy
Reverse-Engineering the ISIS Playbook, Part I: CT-CVE Messaging Lessons from ISIS’s English-Language Magazines – Haroro J. Ingram and Alastair Reed, Vox-Pol: https://bit.ly/2vB312G

Monday April 2:
The Emigrant Sisters Return: The Growing Role of the Islamic State’s Women – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Vivian Hagerty, and Logan Macnair, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2Eqb1mA
Subjectivity in detection of radicalisation and violent extremism: a youth worker’s perspective – Annemarie van de Weert and Quirine A.M. Eijkman, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2q07173 
Tuesday April 3:
Sticks, Stones, and Broken Bones Protest Violence and the State – Heather Sullivan, Journal of Conflict Resolution: https://bit.ly/2qjO7It 
Wednesday April 4:
Al Qaeda’s Struggling Campaign in Syria: Past, Present, and Future – Seth G. Jones, Charles Vallee, and Maxwell B. Markusen, Center for Strategic and International Studies: https://bit.ly/2qcGlA9
When Terrorists and Criminals Govern Better Than Governments – Shadi Hamid, Vanda Felbab-Brown, and Harold Trinkunas, The Atlantic: https://theatln.tc/2Jh5FgW
Thursday April 5: 
All Jihad is Local, Volume II: ISIS in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula – David Sterman and Nate Rosenblatt, New America Foundation: https://bit.ly/2HgwX6L
Friday April 6:
Radicalisation and Violent Extremism in Kyrgyzstan: On the Way to the Caliphate? – Anna Matveeva, The RUSI Journal: https://bit.ly/2JIlZYr

Sunday March 25:
Resistance in the Caliphate’s Classrooms: Mosul Civilians vs IS – Mathilde Becker Aarseth, Middle East Policy: https://bit.ly/2pH5NgN 
Monday March 26:
Hyperlinked Sympathizers: URLs and the Islamic State – Samantha Weirman and Audrey Alexander, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2GlKY5B
The Changing Islamic State Intelligence Apparatus – Carl Anthony Wege, International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence: https://bit.ly/2pTUv99
NGO intervention in jihadist conflicts: a closer look at Afghanistan and Somalia – Omi Hodwitz, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2Ifw9hy
“Among the Believers Are Men”: How the Islamic State Uses Early-Islamic Traditions to Shape Its Martyr Biographies – Pieter Nanninga, Nvmen: https://bit.ly/2GJIlds
How Cosmic War Ends: The Case of ISIS – Mark Juergensmeyer, Nvmen: https://bit.ly/2GvQOkq 
Religious Resources and Terrorism – Heather S. Gregg, Nvmen: https://bit.ly/2GzoL3p 
Challenging the Curious Erasure of Religion from the Study of Religious Terrorism – Lorne L. Dawson, Nvmen: https://bit.ly/2GwEfVP 
The Sociopolitical Undercurrent of Lebanon’s Salafi Militancy – Raphaël Lefèvre, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://ceip.org/2pIhaVV
Mainstreamed online extremism demands a radical new response – Louis Reynolds, Nature Human Behaviour: https://go.nature.com/2pTTcHg
Tuesday March 27:
Terrorist Decision Making in the Context of Risk, Attack Planning, and Attack Commission – Paul Gill, Zoe Marchment, Emily Corner, and Noémie Bouhana, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2Gr0VUh
The Turkish Republic’s Jihad? Religious symbols, terminology and ceremonies in Turkey during the Korean War 1950–1953 – Nadav Solomonovich, Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/2GWAw1u
The politics of preventing violent extremism: the case of Uganda – Peter Romaniuk and Tracey Durner, Conflict, Security & Development: https://bit.ly/2KBfPtv
Wednesday March 28:
Jihadi reactions to Saudi reforms – Cole Bunzel, Arabia Foundation: https://bit.ly/2J7Hul8
Marwan Zain al-Abidin: Key Figure in Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed? – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2pSn32B
Thursday March 29:
The Terrorist Calculus in Kidnapping Girls in Nigeria: Cases from Chibok and Dapchi – Jacob Zenn, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2J4CAWb 
Black Banners in Somalia: The State of al-Shabaab’s Territorial Insurgency and the Specter of the Islamic State – Christopher Anzalone, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2GrNB1G
Ansaroul Islam and the Growing Terrorist Insurgency in Burkina Faso – Héni Nsaibia and Caleb Weiss, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2GHtkZy
Islamic State Chemical Weapons: A Case Contained by its Context? – Markus K. Binder, Jillian M. Quigley, and Herbert F. Tinsley, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2pSOxoZ
Fatal attraction: explaining variation in the attractiveness of Islamic State propaganda – Daniel Milton, Conflict Management and Peace Science: https://bit.ly/2IBchpt
Friday March 30:
Why beliefs always matter, but rarely help us predict jihadist violence: The role of cognitive extremism as a precursor for violent extremism – Jakob Guhl, Journal for Deradicalization: https://bit.ly/2J4bfDk

Tuesday March 20:
The Future of al-Qaeda: Lessons from the Muslim Brotherhood – Barak Mendelsohn, Survival: Global Politics and Strategy: https://bit.ly/2GibzQs
Why Now? Timing Rebel Recruitment of Female Combatants – Shelli Israelsen, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2FXyGQN
The Life of Abu Hazim Tawheed of Jaysh Khalid bin al-Waleed – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2IK2yy1
Policy Roundtable: What Is the Future of the Jihadist Movement? – Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/2I0tFDD
Modern Irregular Warfare: The ISIS Case Study – Andrea Beccaro, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2J7Fs4C
ISIS’s Warfare Functions: A Systematized Review of a Proto-state’s Conventional Conduct of Combat Operations – Thomas Maurer, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2IhymZR
The Central Asian Militants: Cannon Fodder of Global Jihadism or Revolutionary Vanguard? – Anna Matveeva and Antonio Giustozzi, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2uzYaON
Wednesday March 21:
Quietist Salafism in France: An Example of Militant Apoliticism? – Mohamed-Ali Adraoui, Journal of Muslims in Europe: https://bit.ly/2IHK6Ga 
The Targeting of the Islamic State of Greater Sahara – Heni Nsaibia, ACLED: https://bit.ly/2G14n7D
Why Is There No Reactionary International Theory? – Joseph MacKay and Christopher David LaRoche, International Studies Quarterly: https://bit.ly/2IjPyOz
Thursday March 22:
Reassessing Belgium’s ‘Failed’ Counterterrorism Policy – Thomas Renard and Rik Coolsaet, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2IJ2PkP
The Islamic State’s Manipulation of Gender in their Online Information Operations – Kiriloi M. Ingram, Vox-Pol: https://bit.ly/2HYTX9q
Watching ISIS: How Young Adults Engage with Official English-Language ISIS Videos – Simon Cottee and Jack Cunliffe, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2BRJzAt
Friday March 23:
Did any Australians join the jihad against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan? – Andrew Zammit, The Murphy Raid: https://bit.ly/2GfahWb
Boko Haram’s Backyard: The Ongoing Battle in Cameroon – Jacob Zenn, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/2G3yPhD 
Saffron Scare: al-Qaeda‘s Propaganda War in India – Animesh Roul, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/2G7vv4Y 

Monday March 12:
Islamic State’s English‐language magazines, 2014‐2017: Trends & implications for CT‐CVE strategic communications – Haroro J. Ingram, The International Centre for Counter‐Terrorism – The Hague: https://bit.ly/2HDkqsO
Does the Awareness of Mortality Shape People’s Openness to Violence and Conflict? An Examination of Terror Management Theory – Matteo Vergani, Kerry S. O’Brien, Peter Lentini, and Greg Barton, Political Psychology: https://bit.ly/2pewrh0 
Extreme Criminals: Reconstructing Ideas of Criminality through Extremist Narratives – Dr Suraj Lakhani, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2uh1rT8
Tuesday March 13:
Counterterrorism in Africa: an analysis of the civilian joint task force and military partnership in Nigeria – J. T. Omenma and C. M. Hendricks, Security Journal: https://bit.ly/2phRKyc
Wednesday March 14:
After the Fall of the Caliphate: The Islamic State and the Deviant Diaspora – Colin P. Clarke, SAIS Review of International Affairs: https://bit.ly/2pfof0C
“Virtual Planners” in the Arsenal of Islamic State External Operations – R. Kim Cragin and Ari Weil, Orbis: https://bit.ly/2It5DSL 
The Effect of Terrorism on Stock Markets: Evidence from the 21st Century – Stelios Markoulis and Savvas Katsikides, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2pmwZ4v
The piracy terrorism paradigm: an interlinking relationship – Joshua Regan, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2FNYvi5
Cultivating Trust and Perceptions of Source Credibility in Online Counternarratives Intended to Reduce Support for Terrorism – Kurt Braddock and John F. Morrison, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2phonfY
Charities and terrorism: Lessons from the Syrian crisis – Rodger Shanahan, Lowy Institute: https://bit.ly/2tYih96
Thursday March 15:
How well established is the Jihadist movement on Telegram? – Ali Fisher, Online Jihad: https://bit.ly/2tXkQIq

Sunday March 4:
Precarious Consolidation: Qari Hekmat’s IS-affiliated ‘island’ survives another Taleban onslaught – Obaid Ali, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/2I29VAz 
Monday March 5:
Abū Muṣ’ab al-Barnāwī’s Interview with the Islamic State’s Al-Naba’ Magazine – Alexander Thurston, Journal for Islamic Studies: https://bit.ly/2FGc1aL
Strategic Progress Remains Elusive in America’s Expanded Air Campaign Against Al-Shabaab – Tricia Bacon, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2oRN81s
Wednesday March 7:
The Only Islamic State-Funded Plot in the U.S.: The Curious Case of Mohamed Elshinawy – Seamus Hughes, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2FwNzFz
The Malaysian “Islamic” State versus the Islamic State (IS): evolving definitions of “terror” in an “Islamising” nation-state – Nicholas Chan, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2FuOJkI
Making women terrorists into “Jihadi brides”: an analysis of media narratives on women joining ISIS – Alice Martini, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2HkeqVM
Wolves in sheep clothing or victims of times? Discussing the immoderation of incumbent Islamic parties in Turkey, Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia – Esen Kirdiş, Democratization: https://bit.ly/2tyYtJ8
The Small But Influential Group of Portuguese Jihadists, Hugo Franco, European Eye on Radicalization: https://bit.ly/2HkPhdu
Repression and refuge: Why only some politically excluded ethnic groups rebel – Stefan Lindemann and Andreas Wimmer, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/2pchnQT 
Thursday March 8:
G5 Sahel: Much done, more to do – Andrew Lebovich, European Council for Foreign Relations: https://bit.ly/2oXdDmS

Sunday February 25:
Ostracism promotes a terroristic mindset – Michaela Pfundmair, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2tiDfPZ
Monday February 26:
Evolving Terror The Development of Jihadist Operations Targeting Western Interests in Africa – Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Jacob Zenn, Sarah Sheafer, and Sandro Bejdic, Foundation for Defense of Democracies: https://bit.ly/2GYscx0
Reconsidering Radicalization: Fanaticism and the Link Between Ideas and Violence – Bart Schuurman and Max Taylor, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2EZ3Ra4 
Explaining Civilian Attacks: Terrorist Networks, Principal-Agent Problems and Target Selection – Max Abrahms, Matthew Ward, Ryan Kennedy, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2EYoX8b 
Terrorist Prison Breaks – Trevor Cloen, Yelena Biberman, Farhan Zahid, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2FvXBY9 
Black-boxing the Black Flag: Anonymous Sharing Platforms and ISIS Content Distribution Tactics – Ahmad Shehabat, Teodor Mitew, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2FxGxRJ 
Tuesday February 27:
Identity, Ideology, and Information: The Sources of Iraqi Public Support for the Islamic State – Karl Kaltenthaler, Daniel Silverman, and Munqith Dagher, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2oCgXUy
High Risk or Low Risk: Screening for Violent Extremists in DDR Programmes – Joanne Richards, International Peacekeeping: https://bit.ly/2GgyMlP
Wednesday February 28:
The Proscription or Listing of Terrorist Organisations: Understanding, Assessment, and International Comparisons – Lee Jarvis and Tim Legrand, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2FN08h0
Countering Jihadist Militancy in Bangladesh – International Crisis Group: https://bit.ly/2oNepSv
Foreign Fighters: The Rule of Law Is the Best Response to Islamist Fighters from Western Countries – Robin Simcox, Heritage Foundation: https://bit.ly/2FaWeRG
Wednesday February 28:
Legitimacy in Areas of Limited Statehood – Thomas Risse and Eric Stollenwerk, Annual Review of Political Science: https://bit.ly/2q9rfvM
Thursday March 1:
Research on Terrorism, 2007–2016: A Review of Data, Methods, and Authorship – Bart Schuurman, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2CVLKQb
Terrorist Decision-Making In The Context of Risk, Attack Planning and Attack Commission – Paul Gill, Zoe Marchment, Emily Corner, and Noémie Bouhana, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2FLH5n0
Friday March 2:
Terror, Online and Off: Recent Trends in Islamic State Propaganda Operations – Charlie Winter and Haroro J. Ingram, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2CS749t
The Portuguese foreign fighters phenomenon: a preliminary assessment – Maria do Céu Pinto Arena, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2oC4H66

Monday February 19:
Did Ibn Saud’s militants cause 400,000 casualties? Myths and evidence about the Wahhabi conquests, 1902–1925 – Jeff Eden, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/2ELVp1x
The portrayal of drones in terrorist propaganda: a discourse analysis of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s Inspire – Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/2Cga3Na
Unipolar politics and global peace: a structural explanation of the globalizing jihad – S. Yaqub Ibrahimi, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/2CFB7kC
ISIS Child Soldiers in Syria: The Structural and Predatory Recruitment, Enlistment, Pre-Training Indoctrination, Training, and Deployment – Asaad Almohammad, The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague: https://bit.ly/2HCTkCS
Tuesday February 20:
Locals call Boko Haram ‘slave raiders.’ Here’s what that means, and why it matters. – Scott MacEachern, The Monkey Cage: https://wapo.st/2BNQ1sn
Promoting Muslims’ Willingness to Report Terror Threats to Police: Testing Competing Theories of Procedural Justice – Kristina Murphy, Adrian Cherney, and Marcus Teston, Justice Quarterly: https://bit.ly/2GAwVVB
Boko Haram’s Conquest for the Caliphate: How Al-Qaeda Helped Islamic State Acquire Territory – Jacob Zenn, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2GE3LVx
Exploiting the Prophet’s Authority: How Islamic State Propaganda Uses Hadith Quotation to Assert Legitimacy – Jennifer Boutz, Hannah Benninger, and Alia Lancaster, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2ERhDLL
Does Drug Trafficking Impact Terrorism? Afghan Opioids and Terrorist Violence in Central Asia – Mariya Y. Omelicheva and Lawrence Markowitz, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2CDdJnP
Wednesday February 21:
The Strategic Logic of Women in Jihadi Organizations – Hamoon Khelghat-Doost, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2HHVx00
The Strategy of Exclusion in American Counterterrorism – Michael Newell, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2HGFHCE
Thursday February 22:
Beyond the Caliphate: Islamic State Activity – Inspired or Linked – Outside of the Group’s Defined Wilayat – Belgium – Guy Van Vlierden, Jon Lewis, and Don Rassler, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/2FjET61 
Muslim Youth Unemployment and Expat Jihadism: Bored to Death? – Moamen Gouda and Marcus Marktanner, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2Ceruxn
Friday February 23:
What’s next for jihadists in Yemen? – Elisabeth Kendall, The Monkey Cage: https://wapo.st/2HIrB3N
Jihadists’ Grievance Narratives against France – Laurence Bindner, The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague: https://bit.ly/2sQ3VqQ

Saturday February 10: When the Islamic State Came to Libya – Frederic Wehrey, The Atlantic: https://theatln.tc/2CcfJmD Monday February 12: Extremists in Bandung: Darul Islam to ISIS – and Back Again? – Sidney Jones, IPAC: https://bit.ly/2BAjBkJ Cradled By Conflict: Child Involvement With Armed Groups in Contemporary Conflict – Siobhan O’Neil and Kato Van Broeckhoven, United Nations: https://bit.ly/2Ht4g6e Tuesday February 13:  Targeted Terror: The Suicide Bombers of al-Shabaab – Jason Warner and Ellen Chapin, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/2HpqFRI Wednesday February 14: Rational Overreaction to Terrorism – William Spaniel, Journal of Conflict Resolution: https://bit.ly/2GtVyDs  Thursday February 15: Coming Home: Explaining the Variance in Jihadi Foreign Fighter Returnees Across Western Europe – Reinier Bergema and Peter Wijninga, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/2ogpMSS How al-Qa`ida Lost Control of its Syrian Affiliate: The Inside Story – Charles Lister, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2Ctuyl1  Letters from Home: Hezbollah Mothers and the Culture of Martyrdom – Kendall Bianchi, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2o7bPY6 Consequences of religious and secular boundaries among the majority population for perceived discrimination among Muslim minorities in Western Europe – Sabine Trittler, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: https://bit.ly/2Fcl3tf Friday February 16: State and non-state interactions in International Relations: an alternative theoretical outlook – Marianna Charountaki, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/2CtfLqF Terrorist Group Rivalries and Alliances: Testing Competing Explanations – Brian J. Phillips, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2HsfFTx Cleansing the Caliphate: Insurgent Violence against Sexual Minorities – Joshua Tschantret, International Studies Quarterly: https://bit.ly/2L3JEpP