Category: Articles of the Week

Monday February 5:
Mobilization To Violence (Terrorism) Research – Canadian Security Intelligence Service: https://bit.ly/2EdRQx4
Making Jihadis, Waging Jihad: Transnational and Local Dimensions of the ISIS Phenomenon in Indonesia and Malaysia – Kirsten E. Schulze and Joseph Chinyong Liow, Asian Security: https://bit.ly/2sjbSEH
Tuesday February 6:
The Travelers: American Jihadists in Syria and Iraq – Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, Seamus Hughes, and Bennett Clifford, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2GTR89U
A dangerous science: psychology in Al Qaeda’s words – Emma Grace, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/2G2wt2d
Strategic Communications for Peace Operations: The African Union’s Information War Against al-Shabaab – Paul D. Williams, Stability: International Journal of Security and Development: https://bit.ly/2C8HxIy
Social and Institutional Origins of Political Islam – Steven Brooke and Neil Ketchley, American Political Science Review: https://bit.ly/2H2iKKb
Returnees: Who Are They, Why Are They (Not) Coming Back and How Should We Deal With Them? Assessing Policies on Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands – Thomas Renard and Rik Coolsaet, Egmont Institute: https://bit.ly/2GSfoZW
Wednesday February 7:
Countering Jihadist Terrorism: A Comparative Analysis of French and German Experiences – Jean-Loup Samaan and Andreas Jacobs, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2BNVsbA
Dying for the group: Towards a general theory of extreme self-sacrifice – Harvey Whitehouse, Behavioral and Brain Sciences: https://bit.ly/2Gb3R87
Thursday February 8:
Examining the military–media nexus in ISIS’s provincial photography campaign – Kareem El Damanhoury, Carol Winkler, Wojciech Kaczkowski, and Aaron Dicker, Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: https://bit.ly/2FXLXEy 
Friday February 9:
An Idea or a Threat? Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir – Amira Jadoon, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/2nWjR5i

Sunday January 28:
#TerroristFinancing: An Examination of Terrorism Financing via the Internet – Michael Tierney, International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2nkRu0h 
Monday January 29:
When Terrorists Govern: Protecting Civilians in Conflicts with State-Building Armed Groups Mara Revkin, Harvard National Security Journal: https://bit.ly/2ns8gL8 
While Transitioning, Please Mind the Gap! – Craig Whiteside, 1001 Iraqi Thoughts: https://bit.ly/2DJLSn4
Music of the Islamic State – Nelly Lahoud & Jonathan Pieslak, Survival: https://bit.ly/2DWqrzB
Israel and the Jihadi Threat – Elisabeth Marteu, Survival: https://bit.ly/2BOW9g8
Explaining the Radicalization of Central Asian Migrants – Mohammed Elshimi and Raffaello Pantucci, The Diplomat: https://bit.ly/2nCu3zt
Tuesday January 30:
Civil War as State-Making: Strategic Governance in Civil War – Megan A. Stewart, International Organization: https://bit.ly/2nDz371
Tactical Diversity in Militant Violence – Michael C. Horowitz, Evan Perkoski, and Philip B.K. Potter, International Organization: https://bit.ly/2zW7evH
Inquiring About A Role In Suicide Bombings Via WhatsApp – Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2rXBZ3Q
Exploring officer views of community policing in counterterrorism – Erin M. Kearns, Police Practice and Research: https://bit.ly/2E6vLDP
Thinking Sociologically about Religion and Violence: The Case of ISIS – Mark Juergensmeyer, Sociology of Religion: https://bit.ly/2Bhxq7D
Community Stakeholder Responses to Countering Violent Extremism Locally – Caitlin Ambrozik, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2Bm00ow
Wednesday January 31:
Sayyid Qutb and the Crisis of Culture in Late 1940s Egypt – Giedre Sabaseviciute, International Journal of Middle East Studies: https://bit.ly/2GFcx6u
Thursday February 1:
Boko Haram’s al-Qaeda Affiliation: A Response to ‘Five Myths about Boko Haram’ – Jacob Zenn, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2s2sArL
ISIS’s War on Families Never Ended – Kinana Qaddour, Foreign Policy: https://bit.ly/2EcLC3F
Foe Not Friend: Yemen’s Tribes and Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula – Nadwa Al-Dawsari, POMED: https://bit.ly/2s4vyMi
Understanding the Idea: Dynamic Equivalence and the Accurate Translation of Jihadist Concepts – Brandon Colas, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2E7ezOt

Sunday January 21: Marginalizing Violent Extremism Online – Audrey Alexander and William Braniff, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2Gl124e Tuesday January 23: Representations of Mahmud of Ghazni in the Islamic State’s texts – Neil Aggarwal, Contemporary South Asia: https://bit.ly/2EaLIq0 Talking about Islam’s origins – Fred M. Donner, Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies: https://bit.ly/2FkKZlv Wednesday January 24: “Spaniards, You Are Going to Suffer:” The Inside Story of the August 2017 Attacks in Barcelona and Cambrils – Fernando Reinares and Carola García-Calvo, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2BxyC3m The Evolution of Shi`a Insurgency in Bahrain – Michael Knights and Matthew Levitt, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2Fk0rhI The Potential Jihadi Windfall from the Militarization of Tunisia’s Border Region with Libya – Anouar Boukhars, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2Ec2Onu (Re)Constituting Community: Takfir and Institutional Design in Tunisia and Yemen – Ian M. Hartshorn and Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2DJl8ak Muslim Youth Unemployment and Expat Jihadism – Bored to Death? – Moamen Gouda and Marcus Marktanner, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2nw8rpm Thursday January 25: Pre-Radicalization Criminal Activity of United States Extremists – START: https://bit.ly/2E7dnut Friday January 26: Sunni Islamist dynamics in context of war: What happened to al-Islah and the Salafis? – Laurent Bonnefoy, Project on Middle East Political Science: https://bit.ly/2E8odxH Impact of the Yemen war on militant jihad – Elisabeth Kendall, Project on Middle East Political Science: https://bit.ly/2GmFhkw

Saturday January 13: 
A New American Leader Rises in ISIS – Seamus Hughes, Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens, and Bennett Clifford, The Atlantic: https://theatln.tc/2rpTtFX
Sunday January 14:
Five Myths About Boko Haram – Alex Thurston, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2mVhPlZ
Monday January 15:
Through the Looking Glass: Taking Stock of Offender Reentry – Melinda D. Schlager, Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice: https://bit.ly/2B5sRt6 
Tuesday January 16:
The Others: Foreign Fighters in Libya – Aaron Y. Zelin, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/2B6NLIE
Driving Factors behind Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq – Elena Pokalova, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2DkmMv4
Thursday January 18:
Muslim-American Involvement with Violent Extremism, 2017 – Charles Kurzman, Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security: https://unc.live/2DlGGWm

Sunday January 7:
Virtual Caliphate Rebooted: The Islamic State’s Evolving Online Strategy – Charlie Winter and Jade Parker, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2DrvJUl
Monday January 8:
Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Friend? How Terrorist Groups Select Partners – Tricia Bacon, Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2CUcvp4
Why Radicalization Fails: Barriers to Mass Casualty Terrorism – Pete Simi & Steven Windisch, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2FrGVRb
Political Elites and the Rise of the Boko Haram Insurgency in Nigeria – Wisdom Oghosa Iyekekpolo, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2mnCtdp
The Islamic State Attacks on Shia Holy Sites and the “Shrine Protection Narrative”: Threats to Sacred Space as a Mobilization Frame – Benjamin Isakhan, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2D5wnd8
Radicalization as Martialization: Towards a Better Appreciation for the Progression to Violence – Kevin D. Haggerty & Sandra M. Bucerius, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2FwQs9M
The Language of Radicalization: Female Internet Recruitment to Participation in ISIS Activities – Leah Windsor, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2qVXSjD
Organizational Dynamics, Public Condemnation and The Impetus to Disengage from Violence – Ioana Emy Matesan, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2ATOAEk
Tuesday January 9:
End of the Lone Wolf: The Typology that Should Not Have Been – Bart Schuurman, Lasse Lindekilde, Stefan Malthaner, Francis O’Connor, Paul Gill, and Noémie Bouhana, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2D4oX9N
Fighting Terrorism: The Democracy Advantage – Amichai Magen, Journal of Democracy: https://bit.ly/2AY5QZ6
Dashed Hopes and Extremism in Tunisia – Geoffrey Macdonald and Luke Waggoner, Journal of Democracy: https://bit.ly/2D87w8l 
Wednesday January 10:
Our Common Enemy: Ambiguous Ties Between al-Qaeda and Yemen’s Tribes – Nadwa al-Dawsari, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: https://ceip.org/2D5ODmI
The Language of New Terrorism: Differences in Psychological Dimensions of Communication in Dabiq and Inspire – Matteo Vergani and Ana-Maria Bliuc, Journal of Language and Social Psychology: https://bit.ly/2rpSVQp
Images of death and dying in ISIS media: A comparison of English and Arabic print publications – Carol Winkler, Kareem ElDamanhoury, Aaron Dicker, and Anthony F Lemieux, Media, War & Conflict: https://bit.ly/2rFT825
The Language of New Terrorism: Differences in Psychological Dimensions of Communication in Dabiq and Inspire – Matteo Vergani and Ana-Maria Bliuc, Journal of Language and Social Psychology: https://bit.ly/2GRyIXc 
Friday January 12:
Funding rebellion: The Rebel Contraband Dataset – James Igoe Walsh, Justin M Conrad, Beth Elise Whitaker, and Katelin M Hudak, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/2D5y6z7 
‘Radicalisation: the journey of a concept’, revisited – Derek M. D. Silva, Race & Class: https://bit.ly/2DnjVBi

Tuesday December 12, 2017:
The Fate of the Perpetrator in the Jihadist Modus Operandi: Suicide Attacks and Non-Suicide Attacks in the West, 2004-2017 – Teun van Dongen, The International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague: https://bit.ly/2AACBfy
Wednesday December 13, 2017:
Unusual Lessons from an Unusual War: Boko Haram and Modern Insurgency – Nathaniel D. F. Allen, The Washington Quarterly: https://bit.ly/2yFWDDR
Thursday December 14, 2017:
Transitional Journeys Into and Out of Extremism. A Biographical Approach – Stijn Sieckelinck, Elga Sikkens, Marion van San, Sita Kotnis, and Micha De Winter, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2yGyJrT
Friday December 15, 2017:
From Criminals To Terrorists and Back? – Globsec: https://bit.ly/2AJ3pyh
Resisting Hayat Tahrir al-Sham: Syrian Civil Society on the Frontlines – Haid Haid, Adopt A Revolution: https://bit.ly/2ogdAVr

Monday December 4:
Tactical Diversity in Militant Violence – Michael C. Horowitz, Evan Perkoski, and Philip B.K. Potter, International Organization: https://bit.ly/2zW7evH
Tuesday December 5: 
Hamas as a Wasati Movement: Pragmatism within the Boundaries of the Sharia – Sagi Polka, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2Bhoi3x
Understanding Push and Pull Factors in Kosovo: Primary Interviews with Returned Foreign Fighters and their Families – UNDP: https://bit.ly/2Am6MLr
Wednesday December 6:
Struggle Over Scripture: Charting the Rift Between Islamist Extremism and Mainstream Islam – Milo Comerford and Rachel Bryson, Tony Blair Institute for Global Change: https://bit.ly/2kIaPLm
Tunisia’s Jihadi Problem and How to Deal with It – Lisa Watanabe and Fabien Merz, Middle East Policy: https://bit.ly/2yORNHy
The Impact of ISIS on Algeria’s Security Doctrine – Djallil Lounnas, Middle East Policy: https://bit.ly/2Bhe82R
Reality Versus Perception: Toward Understanding Boko Haram in Nigeria – Anneli Botha and Mahdi Abdile, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2iF2nbl
How Boko Haram specifically targets displaced people – Aimée-Noël Mbiyozo, Institute for Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2AF5SXw 
Boko Haram Conflict Enters Counterinsurgency Phase as Nigeria Erects “Fortresses” – Jacob Zenn, Africa in Transition: https://on.cfr.org/2BOkaV2
Thursday December 7:
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb: Financial Assessment – Yaya J. Fanusie and Alex Entz, Foundation for Defense of Democracies: https://bit.ly/2nIDWin

Monday November 27: The Curse of Cain: Why Fratricidal Jihadis Fail to Learn from Their Mistakes – Mohammed Hafez, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2A971IF  The Implications of Iran’s Expanding Shi`a Foreign Fighter Network – Colin Clarke and Phillip Smyth, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2A8Uy7M  Europe’s True Southern Frontier: The General, the Jihadis, and the High-Stakes Contest for Libya’s Fezzan Region – Andrew McGregor, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2hYjbK8  A Legitimate Challenger? Assessing the Rivalry between al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Somalia – Jason Warner and Caleb Weiss, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2A8RHf3  Tuesday November 28: Post-Marawi Lessons From Detained Extremists in the Philippines – Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict: https://bit.ly/2zwGBgI Wednesday November 29:

Metastases: Exploring the impact of foreign fighters in conflicts abroad – R. Kim Cragin and Susan Stipanovich, Journal of Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/2Ajbet4 

Crime Pays: Terrorist Group Engagement in Crime and Survival – James A. Piazza and Scott Piazza, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2AlHo5p 

Fratricidal Rebels: Ideological Extremity and Warring Factionalism in Civil Wars – Mohammed M. Hafez, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2AcVdGr

The Wider Jihadi Movement Will Take Over Where the Islamic State Left Off – Tore Hamming, World Politics Review: https://bit.ly/2iWE9NI

Thursday November 30:

Spousal Coping Strategies in the Shadow of Terrorism – Mally Shechory-Bitton and Keren Cohen-Louck, Journal of Interpersonal Violence: https://bit.ly/2iX8mvP 

Sunday November 19:
What Is the Qur’an? – William McCants, Idea: https://bit.ly/2i2dDlv
Monday November 20:
Abu al-Qassam: Zarqawi’s right-hand man who stayed loyal to al-Qaida – Tore Hamming, Jihadica: https://bit.ly/2zYXlyl 
The Origins of America’s Jihadists – Brian Michael Jenkins, RAND: https://bit.ly/2A9RW7G
Spectacles of Sovereignty in Digital Time: ISIS Executions, Visual Rhetoric and Sovereign Power – Roxanne L. Euben, Perspectives on Politics: https://bit.ly/2hP7Uf3
‘Russian-Speaking’ Fighters In Syria, Iraq And At Home: Consequences And Context – Cerwyn Moore and Mark Youngman, CREST: https://bit.ly/2A84bl8
Tuesday November 21:
“Who Is a Muslim?”: Mubi Mosque Attack, Masjid ad-Ḍirār, and the Historical Attempt at Defining a Muslim in the 19th, 20th and 21st Century Hausaland and Bornu – Abdulbasit Kassim, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/2zxBK2P
Jihadist waves: Syria, the Islamic State, and the changing nature of foreign fighters – Güneş Murat Tezcür and Clayton Besaw, Conflict Management and Peace Science: https://bit.ly/2BfHWsD 
Wednesday November 22:
Georgian foreign fighter deaths in Syria and Iraq: what can they tell us about foreign fighter mobilization and recruitment? – Bennet Clifford, Caucasus Survey: https://bit.ly/2A1iibH 
Party dualities: Where does political Islam go now? – George Joffé, Mediterranean Politics: https://bit.ly/2A3EPVC 
Radicalization patterns and modes of attack planning and preparation among lone-actor terrorists: an exploratory analysis – Lasse Lindekilde, Francis O’Connor, and Bart Schuurman, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2jeCWxa 
Thursday November 23:
Islamic State media output goes into sharp decline – Mina al-Lami, BBC: https://bit.ly/2B81iQk

Saturday November 11, 2017:

Qari Hekmat’s Island: A Daesh enclave in Jawzjan? – Obaid Ali, Afghanistan Analysts Network: https://bit.ly/2ytfUsU 

Monday November 13, 2017:

Waves of the Black Banner: An Exploratory Study on the Dutch Jihadist Foreign Fighter Contingent in Syria and Iraq – Reinier Bergema and Marion van San, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2AUYNBI 

The Jihadist Threat in Italy: A Primer – Lorenzo Vidino and Francesco Marone, ISPI: https://bit.ly/2zL54lN

Tuesday November 14, 2017:

Actividad yihadista en España, 2013-2017: de la Operación Cesto en Ceuta a los atentados en Cataluña – Fernando Reinares and Carola García-Calvo, Real Instituto Elcano: https://bit.ly/2zZbJcO

Wednesday November 15, 2017:

The Islamic State is more like a street gang than like other terrorist groups – Matthew Phillips and Matthew Valasik, Monkey Cage: https://wapo.st/2yRILak

Thursday November 16, 2017: 

Modern Extremist Groups and the Division of the World: A Critique from an Islamic Perspective – Mohamed Badar a and Masaki Nagata b, Arab Law Quarterly: https://bit.ly/2AQSFdM 

Friday November 17, 2017:

‘What does terrorism look like?’: university lecturers’ interpretations of their Prevent duties and tackling extremism in UK universities – Keith Spiller, Imran Awan, and Andrew Whiting, Critical Studies on Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2AWfsF7 

Islamic State Da’wa in Anbar: Sample Report of the Ramadi Belt – Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi: https://bit.ly/2zyWyHg