Category: Articles of the Week

Sunday October 3:

Bombing It: The Meaning and Sources of Suicide Bombing Failure – Jason Warner, Ellen Chapin, and Quinn Sorenson, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3DoK0i8

The evolution of information-sharing in EU counter-terrorism post-2015: a paradigm shift? – Christine Andreeva, Global Affairs: https://bit.ly/3Fxqp1i

Monday October 4: 

The ISIS Massacre of the Sheitat Tribe in Der ez-Zor, August 2014 – Haian Dukhan, Journal of Genocide Research: https://bit.ly/3iPVZ0u

Triggers of Escalations in Violence against Civilians by Non-State Actors in Africa – Hollie Nyseth Brehm, Amanda Lea Robinson, and Mini Saraswati, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3amcAnS

Wednesday October 6: 

Vendetta and Jihadist Infighting – Emil A. Souleimanov and Roberto Colombo, Middle East Policy: https://bit.ly/3Fxmwcz

Thursday October 7:

The Taleban’s caretaker Cabinet and other senior appointments – Martine van Bijlert, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/301Knkf

Friday October 8:

Perceived Legitimacy of CVE Policies and the Willingness to Report Concerns of Radicalization to Authorities in the Nordic Countries – Oluf Gøtzsche-Astrup, Lasse Lindekilde, and Anna-Maria Fjellman, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2YJnQZb

Jihadist Extremism in Spanish Prisons. Characterisation of the Inmates Linked to Jihadist Radicalisation and Analysis of Their Behaviour in Prison – Jorge Santos-Hermoso, José Luis González-Álvarez, Andrea Macía Vázquez, Florencia Pozuelo Rubio, and Sandra Chiclana, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3luRaLP

Tuesday September 21:

The Long Jihad: The Islamic State’s Method of Insurgency: Control, Meaning, and the Occupation of Mosul in Context – Haroro J. Ingram, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/3kZaws4

The Sahelian Matrix Of Political Violence – Heni Nsaibia and Clionadh Raleigh, The Hoover Institution: https://hvr.co/3F7HFd3

Urban Terrorism in the Arab World: Introducing a Dataset of Jihadist Attack Plots in Jordan – Henrik Gråtrud, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3B4OCZW

Remaining Without Expanding? Examining Jihadist Insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria – James Barnett, The Hoover Institution: https://hvr.co/3oqvwKw

Gender and Criminal Justice Responses to Terrorism in the United States – Summer M. Jackson, Katie Ratcliff, and Jeff Gruenewald, Crime & Delinquency: https://bit.ly/3uxX2H6

Wednesday September 22:

Prosecuting Western and Non-Western Islamic State Fighters – Ayesha Ray, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/39UWf9t

The Myth of Moderate Jihadis – Lorenzo Vidino, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/39XcjHQ

Fields of Educational Interest and an Islamist Orientation in Australia – Shane Satterley, Halim Rane, and Riyad H. Rahimullah, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3mjBzO6

Thursday September 23:

The Syrian Jihad, al-Qaida, and Salafi-Jihadism: An Interview with Muzamjir al-Sham – Daniele Garofalo and Riccardo Valle, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/3abYSnH

Friday September 24:

The Taliban’s Persistent War on Salafists in Afghanistan – Abdul Sayed, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/39WjDU1

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Discursive Shift From Global Jihadist Rhetoric to Pashtun-Centric Narratives – Abdul Basit, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/3B0pXWE

Saturday September 25:

Forget 9/11 – James Fitzgerald, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2YcJOU4

Monday September 27:

A History of the Islamic State’s Media Warfare Against China – Lucas Webber, Militant Wire: https://bit.ly/3mkbq1A

Needs or Symbols? The Logic of United Nations Counterterrorism Treaty Ratification – Daniel Milton, Amira Jadoon, and Jason Warner, International Studies Quarterly: https://bit.ly/3BAAUyw

Tuesday September 28:

Hunting for Gray Rhinos and terrorism in the Middle East, North Africa, and Central Asia – Lawrence A. Kuznar and Jeffrey Day, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/3D4MgLu

Wednesday September 29:

Cash Camps: Financing Detainee Activities in Al-Hol and Roj Camps – Audrey Alexander, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/3kNEOxP

Who supported the early Muslim Brotherhood? – Neil Ketchley, Steven Brooke, and Brynjar Lia, Politics and Religion: https://bit.ly/39YBmdr

Crouching shahid, hidden jihad: mapping the online propaganda campaign of the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham-affiliated Ebaa News Agency – Miron Lakomy, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/3CVkfWy

Al-Qaeda’s Decline in Yemen: An Abandonment of Ideology Amid a Crisis of Leadership – Abdelrazzaq al-Jamal, The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/2YAvyEu

Thursday September 30:

A European Guantanamo for Swedish children in Syria? A media analysis on the narrative of repatriation – Jennie Sivenbring, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2Ya48Fz

An Examination of India’s Policy Response to Foreign Fighters – Kabir Taneja, Observer Research Foundation: https://bit.ly/39V0KRp

Motivational factors of Turkish foreign terrorist fighters in ISIS – Fatma Anıl Öztop, Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/3oqU8CY

Friday October 1:

Before Kabul, a Yemeni city was taken over by Al Qaeda – Aisha Aljaedy, Open Democracy: https://bit.ly/3D3giyZ

Purifying the Religion: An Analysis of Haram Targeting among Salafi Jihadi Groups – David S. Siroky, Emil Aslan Souleimanov, Jean-François Ratelle, Milos Popovic, Comparative Politics: https://bit.ly/3a194is

Sunday September 12:

The Focus of the Taleban’s New Government: Internal cohesion, external dominance – Martine van Bijlert, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/3CnrZ37

Tuesday September 14:

Al Qaeda Versus ISIS: The Jihadi Power Struggle in the Taliban’s Afghanistan – Cole Bunzel, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/3lAysB1

Still just victims or villains? The “jihadi brides” and the representation of politically violent women – Leonie B. Jackson, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3CqLXKm

Rehabilitation and Reintegration Path pf Kosovar Minors and Women Repatriated From Syria – Adrian Shtuni, International Republican Institute: https://bit.ly/3CpKTXf

Thursday September 16: 

ما الذي يعجب الجماعات الإسلامية في طالبان؟ – عروة عجّوب, الجمهوريّة: https://bit.ly/2Xv7Z00

Religion and Populism in the Global South: Islamist Civilisationism of Pakistan’s Imran Khan – Kainat Shakil and Ihsan Yilmaz, Religions: https://bit.ly/2Y8bcSO

Saturday September 4:

Shining Light on the “Going Dark” Phenomenon: U.S. Efforts to Overcome the Use of End-to-End Encryption by Islamic State Supporters – Ryan Pereira, Harvard National Security Journal: https://bit.ly/2XaRfu4

Sunday September 5:

When Civilians are Targets: The Fatal Effects of State Sponsored Religiously Motivated Terrorism – Brittnee Carter, Democracy and Security: https://bit.ly/3C2D9do

How Are the Taliban Organized? – Abdul Sayed, Voice of America: https://bit.ly/3A0Ar7D

Translating Ideas into Actions: Analyzing Local Strategic Work to Counter Violent Extremism – Robin Andersson Malmros, Democracy and Security: https://bit.ly/3yZTDRR

Tuesday September 7: 

The evolving Taliban-ISK rivalry – Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines, and Abdul Sayed, The Lowy Institute: https://bit.ly/3C4eFkh

Islamic State in Khorasan Province’s Campaign against Afghan Women – Riccardo Valle, Terrorism Monitor: https://bit.ly/3hnsJ06

Wednesday September 8:

The Terror Threat From Afghanistan Post the Taliban Takeover – Asfandyar Mir, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3E5sAs4

The Fight for Supremacy in Northwest Syria and the Implications for Global Jihad – Charles Lister, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/38WFF8K

The Jihadi Threat in the Arabian Peninsula – Elisabeth Kendall,  CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3jZEQT1

The Threat in Africa—The New Epicenter of Global Jihadi Terror – Tricia Bacon and Jason Warner, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3yZTBtc

What Is the Future of the Global Jihadi Movement? – Colin Clarke, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3C3A9Of

Al-Shabaab’s Assassinations: Investigating the Uniqueness of Al-Shabaab’s Assassinations via Suicide Bombing – Ellen Chapin, Stephanie Lizzo, and Jason Warner, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa: https://bit.ly/3z1oOfm

Thursday September 9:

When Tunisians Fired the Start Gun for 9/11 – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3hEbEPZ

What the Global War on Terror Really Accomplished – Hassan Hassan, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/3k1HwQ6

Jihadism is Spreading to the Gulf of Guinea Littoral States, and a New Approach to Countering It is Needed – Aneliese Bernard, Modern War Institute: https://bit.ly/2YLDsLy

The Islamic State’s expansion into Congo’s Ituri Province – Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell, Long War Journal: https://bit.ly/3tuWvF6

Remembering the Gains of the Afghanistan War – Daniel Byman and Benjamin Wittes, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3EfDs6S

Friday September 10:

The Intractability of Islamist Insurgencies: Islamist Rebels and the Recurrence of Civil War – Desirée Nilsson, Isak Svensson, International Studies Quarterly: https://bit.ly/3zh6m2x

Framing Insurgency and the Rebel Proto-State: Al-Shabaab’s Media and Information Operations – Christopher Anzalone, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa: https://bit.ly/3AqA8mX

Gone to Waste: the ‘CVE’ Industry After 9/11 – Lydia Wilson, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/39jNPZ8

The Massoud Assassination and 9/11 – HINDSIGHT IS 20/20: https://bit.ly/3AmPfhj

Saturday August 28:

The Taliban’s vast propaganda machine has a new target – Charlie Winter, Abdullah Alrhmoun, and Abdul Sayed, Wired: https://bit.ly/3n0I62c

Sunday August 29:

ISIS-K is ready to fight the Taliban. Here’s how the group became a major threat in Afghanistan. – Abdul Sayed, Washington Post: https://wapo.st/3DJlWr8

Terrorist Peer Review: Which Autonomous Attacks Does ISIL Accept for Publication? – Joseph M. Brown, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3zIX6FD

Monday August 30:

Taliban, the Next Generation – Ahmed-Waleed Kakar, Newlines Magazine: https://bit.ly/2WNuL2r

What Is Known About ISIS-K Funding in Afghanistan? – Alex Zerden, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2WS4L6f

Tuesday August 31:

‘Forever wars’? Patterns of diffusion and consolidation of Jihadism in Africa – Stig Jarle Hansen, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/3h0WqE3

Rebel rivals: reinterrogating the movement for Unity and Jihad in West Africa and the roots of Al-Qaeda-Islamic State Infighting in the Sahel – Jacob Zenn, The Journal of North African Studies: https://bit.ly/3zI60D3

Wednesday September 1:

Hard choices, soft targets: Terror proscription and strategic targeting decisions of FTO – Rebecca H. Best and Simanti Lahiri, International Interactions: https://bit.ly/2WTLdyc

Arab Christian Confederations and Muhammad’s Believers: On the Origins of Jihad – Marco Demichelis, Religions: https://bit.ly/3B4kii9

Thursday September 2:

Islamic State Under-Reporting in Central Syria: Misdirection, Misinformation, or Miscommunication? – Gregory Waters and Charlie Winter, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/3kOdUot

Countering Terrorist Narratives: Assessing the Efficacy and Mechanisms of Change in Counter-narrative Strategies – S. L. Carthy and K. M. Sarma, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2VfUIHq

Saturday August 21:

The Taleban’s rise to power: As the US prepared for peace, the Taleban prepared for war – Kate Clark, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/3t5GRA5

Monday August 23:

Terrorism in South Asia After the Fall of Afghanistan – Kabir Taneja and Mohammed Sinan Siyech, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/3jiHa77

Framing religious outbidding: al-qaida, islamic state, and intra-religious competition – Nukhet A. Sandal, Politics, Religion & Ideology: https://bit.ly/2Y4vxbV

Terrorism and emergency constitutions in the Muslim world – Christian Bjørnskov and Stefan Voigt, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/3BiQVZk

Tuesday August 24:

Resistance Is Futile The War on Terror Supercharged State Power – Thomas Hegghammer , Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/3jkxZDi

The Good Enough Doctrine Learning to Live With Terrorism – Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/3DsnCp8

How Do Individuals Join the Al-Shabaab? An Ethnographic Insight into Recruitment Models for the Al-Shabaab Network in Kenya – Fathima Azmiya Badurdeen, African Security: https://bit.ly/3sWlj8W

Nobody More Terrible than the Desperate: Conflict Conditions and Rebel Demand for Foreign Fighters – Victor Asal and David Malet, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2Y4SnA8

Wednesday August 25:

Groups like the Taliban have seized power elsewhere. Will the Taliban face similar difficulties governing? – Raphael Lefevre, The Monkey Cage: https://wapo.st/2XXLIYh

Thursday August 26:

What is ISIS-K? Two terrorism experts on the group behind the deadly Kabul airport attack and its rivalry with the Taliban – Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines, The Conversation: https://bit.ly/3Boy92N

Before the Taliban took Afghanistan, it took the internet – Emerson T. Brooking, The Atlantic Council: https://bit.ly/2VeqWTt

Friday August 27:

The Dead Drops of Online Terrorism – Gabriel Weimann and Asia Vellante, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2Wx8TIb

International Links and the Role of the Islamic State in the Barcelona and Cambrils Attacks in 2017 – Carlos Igualada, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3znoZCX

Tracing the Fate of Central Asian Fighters in Syria: Remainers, Repatriates, Returnees, and Relocators – Nodirbek Soliev, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3sW60Nw

From Spandau to Guantanamo: Prisons as Propaganda Instruments for Extremists and Terrorists – Nathan Thompson and Amber Hart, Perspectives on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3jjGSgq

How to Stop Jihadist Foreign Fighters – Daniel Byman, Political Science Quarterly: https://bit.ly/3BCviDk

Monday August 16:

From ‘Night Letters’ to the Internet: Propaganda, the Taliban and the Afghanistan Crisis – Kabir Taneja, GNET: https://bit.ly/3AXx9lL

How Jihadi Salafists Sometimes Breach, But Mostly Circumvent, Facebook’s Community Standards in Crisis, Identity & Solution Frames – Catherine Bouko, Pieter Van Ostaeyen, and Pierre Voué, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3D4n2gT

Legitimation through Collectivization: Al Qaeda and US Discourses on the Use of Force – Bárbara Motta and David P. Succi Junior, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3z6hZKn

Wednesday August 18:

Exposure to Extremist Content and Public Sympathy for ISIS – Suleyman Ozeren, Suat Cubukcu, and Gabriel Cash, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2UD5Yxg

Will Afghanistan Become a Terrorist Safe Haven Again? – Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/3gCsePJ

This Is Not The Taliban 2.0 – Graeme Wood, The Atlantic: https://bit.ly/37ZstPZ

Return of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: The Jihadist State of Play – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3zb36Xy

Friday August 20:

The Past, Present, and Future of Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan – Abdul Sayed, The Soufan Group: https://bit.ly/3j0CwKY

Monday August 9:

Counterterrorism in North Africa: From Police State to Militia Rule and the Quagmire of “CVE” – Inga Kristina Trauthig, ICSR: https://bit.ly/3CIZ9eB

Wednesday August 11:

Emotional Trials in Terrorism Research: Running Risks When Accessing Salafi-Jihadist Foreign Fighter Returnees and Their Social Milieu – Henriette Frees Esholdt and Kathrine Elmose Jørgensen, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2VKsSU5

Thursday August 12:

Jihadi Schadenfreude Over al-Nahdah in Tunisia – Aaron Y. Zelin, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/3g0tEmI Opportunity, ideology, and Salafi pathways of political activism in Tunisia – Théo Blanc, Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal: https://bit.ly/3z4MOPP Friday August 13: Human Rights Abuses and the War on Terror in South Asia – Amarnath Amarasingam, The Soufan Center: https://bit.ly/3yLRkTd ISIS and the Allure of Traditional Gender Roles – Anne Speckhard and Molly Ellenberg, Women & Criminal Justice: https://bit.ly/3sf2c9E Bin Laden’s Catastrophic Success: Al Qaeda Changed the World—but Not in the Way It Expected – Nelly Lahoud, Foreign Affairs: https://fam.ag/3xMehUV The personality and propaganda puzzle: Exploring the effect of personality on exposure to extremist content online. – Neil Shortland and Presley McGarry, Psychology of Violence: https://bit.ly/3y4hD5J

Saturday July 31:

Converting to Salafiyya: Non-Muslims’ Path to the “Saved Sect” – Uriya Shavit and Fabian Spengler, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/3jrQPqN

Sunday August 1:

Studying the Impact of ISIS Propaganda Campaigns – Tamar Mitts , Gregoire Phillips, and Barbara Walter, The Journal of Politics: https://bit.ly/3je0S2u

Monday August 2:

Evolving patterns of insurgency in Southern and West Africa: Refocusing the Boko Haram lens on Mozambique – Samuel Kehinde Okunade, Olumuyiwa Temitope Faluyi, and Emmanuel Matambo, African Security Review: https://bit.ly/3rXIv64

On the Road: A Closer Look at Jihad’s Foreign Fighters – R. Kim Cragin, Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/3isDRtz

Foreign Fighters and Cheese Bells – Thomas Hegghammer, Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/3iymIPv

Tracing the Line of Foreign Fighters Over Time – Aaron Y. Zelin, Texas National Security Review: https://bit.ly/3isJI2g

Tuesday August 3: 

Impunity for Repatriated Islamic State Members – Vera Mironova, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/37oshtf

Friday August 6:

A Farewell to Firearms? The logic of weapon selection in terrorism: the case of jihadist attacks in Europe – Francesco Marone, Global Change, Peace & Security: https://bit.ly/2VAKYHk

Unpacking “glocal” jihad: from the birth to the “sahelisation’ of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb – Adib Bencherif, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2VC9Kqx

Negotiating out of Counterterrorism in the Sahel – Wassim Nasr, The Soufan Group: https://bit.ly/3yvqwGH

From Global Jihad to Local Regime: HTS Builds Different Forms of Legitimacy – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/3sdMQ5a

Tuesday July 20: 

Are radicalization and terrorism associated with psychiatric disorders? A systematic review – Margot Trimbur, Ali Amad, Mathilde Horn, Pierre Thomas, and Thomas Fovet, Journal of Psychiatric Research: https://bit.ly/3rGBEOl

Thursday July 22:

ISWAP takes aim at the state in Cameroon – Agha-Nwi Fru, Institute for Security Studies: https://bit.ly/3j7NPQ6

Friday July 23:

Violent Extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons From the Rise of Boko Haram – Audu Bulama Bukarti, Tony Blair Institute for Change: https://bit.ly/3rQxF1O

Monday July 26:

Why Reciprocal Intergroup Radicalisation Happened between Islamists and Anti-Islamists in Britain but Not in Norway – Sofia Lygren and Jacob Aasland Ravndal, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3fcCD3O

How Did 9/11 Affect Terrorism Research? Examining Articles and Authors, 1970–2019 – Brian J. Phillips, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3yad62y

Crisis as Catalyst: Crisis in Conversion to Islam Related to Radicalism Intentions – Daniel W. Snook, Ari D. Fodeman, Scott M. Kleinmann, and John G. Horgan, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3rJbHO6

Tuesday July 27:

Assessing the behavioural trajectories of terrorists: The role of psychological resilience – Emily Corner, Helen Taylor, and Caitlin Clemmow, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/3zQdgfZ

Friday July 30:

The Evolution of the Global Jihadist Movement from a One-Headed Monster to a Hydra – Tore Hamming, The Soufan Group: https://bit.ly/2V684pp