Category: Articles of the Week

Saturday July 11:

The Children of ISIS: Statelessness and Eligibility for Asylum under International Law – Ana Luquerna, Chicago Journal of International Law: https://bit.ly/325ihni

Monday July 13:

Understanding the Online and Offline Dynamics of Terrorist Pathways – Joe Whittaker and Chamin Herath, GNET: https://bit.ly/3fF8NmL

The Propaganda Pipeline: The ISIS Fuouaris Upload Network on Facebook – Moustafa Ayad, ISD: https://bit.ly/3haGM6N

“They cowardly attack US, so we nobly eliminate them…”: The emergence of the translocal group in the propaganda of the Islamic State – Cristina Mayor-Goicoechea and Jesús Romero-Trillo, Pragmatics and Society: https://bit.ly/2OEUDGo

Tuesday July 14:

The Challenge and Promise of a Multidisciplinary Team Response to the Problem of Violent Radicalization – B. Heidi Ellis, Alisa B. Miller, Ronald Schouten, Naima Y. Agalab, and Saida M. Abdi, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3jnLK26

Wednesday July 15:

HTS and al-Qaeda in Syria: Reconciling the irreconcilable – Orwa Ajjoub, MEI: https://bit.ly/30ktNZt

Thursday July 16:

Al-Qaeda’s Iran Dilemma: Evidence from the Abbottabad Records – Bryce Loidolt, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3eFf28A

Repeated and Extensive Exposure to Online Terrorist Content: Counter-Terrorism Internet Referral Unit Perceived Stresses and Strategies – Zoey Reeve, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/394Yd5W

Unity, Segregation, and Obedience: Islamic State’s Use of Quranic Verses and How It Relates to State-Building – Maria-Louise Clausen, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2WuUxVV

Coin as Imagined Sovereignty: A Rhetorical Analysis of Coins as a Transhistorical Artifact and an Ideograph in Islamic State’s Communication – Ayse Deniz Lokmanoglu, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3fCfi9K

Foreign Fighters, Rebel Command Structure, and Civilian Targeting in Civil War – Austin C. Doctor and John D. Willingham, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/30zoCoP

Reconstructing the theater of terror – Matthew M. Sweeney, Arie Perliger, and Ami Pedahzur, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/39dsxvm

Friday July 17:

Reconceptualizing Ideology and Extremism: Toward an Empirically-Based Typology – Sara Doering,Garth Davies, and Raymond Corrado, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3eH3GRF

Saturday July 4:

Drone imagery in Islamic State propaganda: flying like a state – Emil Archambault and Yannick Veilleux-Lepage, International Affairs: https://bit.ly/3gPAIR7

Monday July 6:

The jihadi insurgency in Mozambique: origins, nature and beginning – Eric Morier-Genoud, Journal of Eastern African Studies: https://bit.ly/3f6Z0p3

Tuesday July 7:

Imprisonment and Terrorism – Vincenzo Bove and Tobias Böhmelt, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3efPzTb

Religious Radicalisation in the Albanian Diaspora – Ebi Spahiu, Balkan Investigative Reporting Network: https://bit.ly/38ChSty

Another Perspective on “Local Versus Global” in Analyzing Jihadism: “Contingent Versus Cohesive” – Alex Thurston, Sahel Blog: https://bit.ly/38wKN2q

Militants in Retreat: How Terrorists Behave When They Are Losing – Matthew Dixon, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2W55UE0

The Radicalization of Young Jihadi Convicted of Membership of Terrorist Organization in Spain: Analyzing the Pieces of the Puzzle – Rogelio Alonso and Paul Delgado, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2ZWVbwn

Reframing Islamic State: Trends and Themes in Contemporary Messaging – Telli Betül Karacan, Danish Institute for International Studies: https://bit.ly/325pcg3

ISIS in Iraq: The Challenge of Reintegrating ‘ISIS Families’ – Husham Al-Hashimi, Center for Global Policy: https://bit.ly/322ZGYY

Wednesday July 8:

Predicting behavioral profiles of online extremists through linguistic use of social roles – Phillip Conrad De Bruyn, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/38JPF4d

Provoking Ordinary People: The Effects of Terrorism on Civilian Violence – Jürgen Brandsch and André Python, Journal of Conflict Resolution: https://bit.ly/2Oe4T8g

Thursday July 9:

Singapore’s Radicalised – Shashi Jayakumar, GNET: https://bit.ly/2ZTvn4s

Life inside Syria’s al-Hol camp – Vera Mironova, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/3gG7gwA

Militant Islamism and local clan dynamics in Somalia: the expansion of the Islamic Courts Union in Lower Jubba province – Michael Skjelderup, Mukhtar Ainashe, and Ahmed Mohamed Abdulle “Qare”, Journal of Eastern African Studies: https://bit.ly/2CjzpLk

Friday July 10:

IS “Advisers”: How Online Jihadists Guided European Volunteers to Syria – Hugo Micheron, GNET: https://bit.ly/3984UUF

Monday June 29:

Inside the Islamic State in Mosul: A Snapshot of the Logic & Banality of Evil – Haroro Ingram and Devorah Margolin, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2ZwnVMs

The Islamic State’s Ideology: History of a Rift –  Cole Bunzel, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2NUOxRE

The Islamic State’s Real Estate Department: Documents and Analysis – Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, Program on Extremism: https://bit.ly/2YV9bax

The Security Threat COVID-19 Poses to the Northern Syria Detention Camps Holding Islamic State Members – Audrey Alexander, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3eXMisH

Pandemic Narratives: Pro-Islamic State Media and the Coronavirus Chelsea Daymon and Meili Criezis, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3dYTJyB

The Limits of ‘Shabaab-CARE’: Militant Governance amid COVID-19 – Christopher Hockey and Michael Jones, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/31NQOpQ

Tuesday June 30:

“Backstage” Responses to the Sydney Siege: A Case-study of the Sermons Delivered in the Mosques of Sydney in the Aftermath of the Incident – Husnia Underabi, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: https://bit.ly/2YXqRm5

Islamic State Telegram Stickers: Purposes, Themes, and Narratives – Meili Criezis, GNET: https://bit.ly/3gpb6KI

Friday July 3:

From 4G to Languages: The Developing Online Jihadist Propaganda Network in India – Kabir Taneja, GNET: https://bit.ly/3dTABSx

Mali’s peace networks: the role of Islamic religious leaders in conflict resolution – Thomas Hinkel and Bakary Fouraba Traore, Conflict, Security & Development: https://bit.ly/38GlGKC

Bringing the war home: the strategic logic of ‘North Caucasian terrorism’ in Russia – Vassily A. Klimentov, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2ZRDjmC

Monday June 22:

The YouTube Browsing Habits of a Lone-Actor Terrorist – Rajan Basra, GNET: https://bit.ly/3g0rnFv

An Alternative Vision of Statehood: Islamic State’s Ideological Challenge to the Nation-State – Nadia Kaneva and Andrea Stanton, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/383g3Wt

From Cooperation to Competition: Localization, Militarization and Rebel Co-Governance Arrangements in Syria – Benedetta Berti, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/380XiD8

Homecoming: Considerations for Rehabilitating and Reintegrating Islamic State-Affiliated Minors – Liesbeth van der Heide and Audrey Alexander, Combating Terrorism Center: https://bit.ly/2VcyrHb

Tuesday June 23:

#Hamas: A Thematic Exploration of Hamas’s English-Language Twitter – Devorah Margolin, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2Vlmwqt

ISIS in the Sinai: A Persistent Threat for Egypt – Allison McManus, Center for Global Policy: https://bit.ly/2YCcq6N

Wednesday June 24:

Lethal Violence in Civil War: Trends and Micro-Dynamics of Violence in the Northern Mali Conflict (2012-2015) – Adib Bencherif, Aurélie Campana, and Daniel Stockemer, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2YBKOP8

Reclaiming Saudi Salafism: The Saudi Religious Circles and the Threat of ISIS – Raihan Ismail, Journal of Arabian Studies: https://bit.ly/2ZcRQZB

Sunday June 14:

Negotiating With Jihadists in the Sahel and Nigeria – Jacob Zenn, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/2Ne6OJy

Tuesday June 16:

ISIS on the Iraqi-Syrian Border: Thriving Smuggling Networks – Husham Al-Hashimi, Center for Global Policy: https://bit.ly/2NekJ2i

Wednesday June 17:

Rethinking the weak state paradigm in light of the war on terror: Evidence from the Islamic Republic of Mauritania – Zekeria Ould Ahmed Salem, POMEPS: https://bit.ly/30Xr4Hl

Why Are There Few Islamist Parties South of the Sahara? – Alexander Thurston, POMEPS: https://bit.ly/2AHoWcc

How Do Leadership Decapitation and Targeting Error Affect Suicide Bombings? The Case of Al-Shabaab – Mohammed Ibrahim Shire, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2UUdVuT

Staying Engaged in Terrorism: Narrative Accounts of Sustaining Participation in Violent Extremism – Neil Ferguson and James W. McAuley, Frontiers in Psychology: https://bit.ly/2YBPkNO

Thursday June 18:

Logistical Details and (Competing?) Accounts of the Droukdel Strike – Alex Thurston, Sahel Blog: https://bit.ly/311KJG3

They Always Come Back: A Look at the Ben Khemais Network in Milan – Hindsight Is 20/20: https://bit.ly/37GXA1E

Friday June 19:

Fake It till You Make It? Representation of Special Operations Forces Capabilities in Jihadist Propaganda Videos – Daniel Koehler, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2A5KKxE

“We Will Conquer Your Rome”: Italy and the Vatican in the Islamic State’s Propaganda – Francesco Marone and Marco Olimpio, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2VlUkE4

“Sorry, We’re Closed”: Applying Business Models to Failed Terrorist Organizations – Keith W. Ludwick, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2B3Kb8f

Spreading Hate on TikTok – Gabriel Weimann and Natalie Masri, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3eCnC97

Saturday June 6:

Exploring the hidden social networks of ‘lone actor’ terrorists – David Bright, Chad Whelan, and Shandon Harris-Hogan, Crime, Law and Social Change: https://bit.ly/3hfo0fk

Monday June 8:

The future of the Islamic State’s Women: assessing their potential threat – Jessica Davis, ICCT: https://bit.ly/2YwBc79

Tuesday June 9:

On the Reported Death of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb’s Emir Abdelmalek Droukdel – Alex Thurston, Sahel Blog: https://bit.ly/30B96ub

Islamic State in Khorasan: Attempting to Absorb Rival Groups – Amira Jadoon, Center for Global Policy: https://bit.ly/2YqXqaF

Brokers of Legitimacy: Women in Community-Based Armed Groups – Hilary Matfess, Resolve Network: https://bit.ly/3fja3eB

Strategic Targeting: The Islamic State and Use of Violence in Iraq and Syria – Michael Burch and Elise Pizzi, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2Ys11Fs

Islamist radicalisation in Italy: just A myth? – Michele Groppi, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2MXCxyd

Musical Criminology: A Comparative Analysis of Jihadist Nasheeds and Narco Corridos – Hayat Alvi, The Air Force Journal of European, Middle Eastern, & African Affairs: https://bit.ly/30XVhWQ

Wednesday June 10:

Social Media as a Mirror of External Circumstances: Insights Into a Radical Group – Mika Josephine Moeller, GNET: https://bit.ly/2UCRjik

“Jurisprudence Beyond the State: An Analysis of Jihadist “Justice” in Yemen, Syria and Libya – Joana Cook, Haid Haid, and Inga Trauthig, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2YwD67N

The impact of terrorism on international mergers and acquisitions: Evidence from firm-level decisions – Babet Hogetoorn and Michiel Gerritse, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/2XZOWIF

How Terrorism Spreads: Emulation and the Diffusion of Ethnic and Ethnoreligious Terrorism – Sara M. T. Polo, Journal of Conflict Resolution: https://bit.ly/2Yqxwni

Thursday June 11:

“Help for Sisters”: A Look at Crowdfunding Campaigns with Potential Links to Terrorist and Criminal Networks – Audrey Alexander, GNET: https://bit.ly/30zXpDS

Friday June 12:

Islamic Caliphate or nation state? Investigating the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant’s imagined community – Ben Caló, David Malet, Luke Howie, and Pete Lentini, Nations and Nationalism: https://bit.ly/3eiiRkK

Indonesia’s missing Left and the Islamisation of dissent – Vedi R. Hadiz, Third World Quarterly: https://bit.ly/37Jl7iw

Monday June 1:

Jihadists see COVID-19 as an Opportunity – Mina al-Lami, GNET: https://bit.ly/2XCkC6p

The inter-Islamic competition and the shift in al-Nur party stance towards civil state in Egypt – Shaimaa Magued, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies: https://bit.ly/2Y6GO7W

Muslim Student Radicalism and Self-Deradicalization in Indonesia – Mun’im Sirry, Islam and Christian–Muslim Relations: https://bit.ly/30ank4U

Bourgeois Jihad: Why Young, Middle-Class Afghans Join the Islamic State – Borhan Osman, USIP: https://bit.ly/2z7Dgd7

Tuesday June 2:

ISIS and al Qaeda: Partnership is Not in the Cards – Aymenn Al-Tammimi, Center for Global Policy: https://bit.ly/2Y89flF

ISIS in Africa: The End of the “Sahel Exception” – Wassim Nasr, Center for Global Policy: https://bit.ly/2AGnYML

Radicalization’s Core – Zin Derfoufi, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3ePavRq

Kosovo’s Experience in Repatriating Former Foreign Fighters – Julie Coleman and Teuta Avdimetaj, ICCT: https://bit.ly/2XDd8A0

Sidelining the Islamic State in Niger’s Tillabery – Hannah Armstrong, ICG: https://bit.ly/2XAehZ9

Thursday June 4:

Part and Parcel? Examining Al Shabaab and Boko Haram’s Violence Targeting Civilians and Violence Targeting Women – Hilary Matfess, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3083NlE

Measuring the success of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria: findings on the strategic and tactical outcomes of the uses of terrorism Brenda Mugeci Githing’u, Fritz Nganje, and J. Tochukwu Omenma, Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research: https://bit.ly/3dWYdXn

Sunday May 24:

Islamic State is back and this time the west is ill-prepared to take it on – Hassan Hassan, The Guardian: https://bit.ly/2Ma8inx

Monday May 25:

How to evaluate a program working with terrorists? Understanding Australia’s countering violent extremism early intervention program – Shandon Harris-Hogan, Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism: https://bit.ly/36Hclku

Gendered Reflections? Extremism in the UK’s Radical Right and al-Muhajiroun Networks – Elizabeth Pearson, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3gz3q9k

Rebel governance, rebel legitimacy, and external intervention: assessing three phases of Taliban rule in Afghanistan – Niels Terpstra, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2TPXlLU

Tuesday May 26:

Remaining and Expanding: The Recovery of Islamic State Operations in Iraq in 2019-2020 – Michael Knights and Alex Almeida, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3cbFUff

ISIS in Africa: The Caliphate’s Next Frontier – Jacob Zenn, Center for Global Policy: https://bit.ly/2M722Nr

Thursday May 28:

The Evolution of East African Salafi-jihadism – James Barnett, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology: https://bit.ly/2Xfeqkw

Refugees of Conflict, Casualties of Conjecture: The Trojan Horse Theory of Terrorism and its Implications for Asylum – Cory Eybergen and Martin A. Andresen, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3gvXHRM

The ABC Model: Commentary from the Perspective of the Two Pyramids Model of Radicalization – Clark McCauley, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3ddn1da

Friday May 29:

The Controller: How Basil Hassan Launched Islamic State Terror into the Skies – Mette Mayli Albæk, Puk Damsgård, Troels Kingo, and Jens Vithner, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/2XFWLTH

Monday May 18:

Introducing a Dataset of Multi-Scale Geographies of ISIS Ideology from ISIS Sources Christopher Fuhriman, Richard M. Medina, and Simon Brewer, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/2TucySJ

Tuesday May 19:

ISIS 2020: New Structures and Leaders in Iraq Revealed May 19, 2020 – Husham Al-Hashimi, Center for Global Policy: https://bit.ly/2yuaxim

Wednesday May 20:

Will Hayet Tahrir al-Sham destroy al-Qaeda in Syria? – Orwa Ajjoub, The Conflict Archives: https://bit.ly/36ynX9L

Thursday May 21:

State Atrocities in the Sahel_ The Impetus for Counterinsurgency Results is Fueling Government Attacks on Civilians – Héni Nsaibia, ACLED: https://bit.ly/36lyRPQ

A Tribute to Jihadology – The Islamic State Police in Wilayat Halab – Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi, Jihadology: https://bit.ly/2XjZyjM

The 2017 Manchester Bombing and the British-Libyan Jihadi Nexus – Eran Benedek and Neil Simon, CTC Sentinel: https://bit.ly/3eaUmFL

Monday May 11:

What Can Work (and What Has Not Worked) in Women-Centric P/CVE Initiatives: Assessing the Evidence Base for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism – Emily Winterbotham, RUSI: https://bit.ly/360Sblr

Domestic Jihadist Threat to Australia and Canada 2000-2020: An Overview – Shandon Harris-Hogan, Lorne L. Dawson, and Amarnath Amarasingam, TSAS: https://bit.ly/2WClY0J

Tuesday May 12:

The Lure of (Violent) Extremism: Gender Constructs in Online Recruitment and Messaging in Indonesia – Melissa Frances Johnston, Muhammad Iqbal, and Jacqui True, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2y5p0RD

Terrorism and the Mass Media – Jessica White, RUSI: https://bit.ly/2zE8cl1

Rise O Muwahhid, Wherever You May Be: An Analysis of the Democratization of the Terrorist Threat in the West – Reinier Bergema and Olivia Kearney, ICCT: https://bit.ly/2WTHfSo

Wednesday May 13;

When Measuring ISIS’s “Resurgence”, Use the Right Standard – Sam Heller, ICG: https://bit.ly/2T50Ttu

Women Too: Explaining Gender Ideologies of Ethnopolitical Organizations – Victor Asal, Nazli Avdan, and Nourah Shuaibi, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3dOQZnG

Iran and Hezbollah’s Pre-Operational Modus Operandi in the West – Ioan Pop and Mitchell D. Silber, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3dR0D9g

Thursday May 14:

Green Without Borders: The Operational Benefits of Hezbollah’s Environmental NGO – Matthew Levitt and Samantha Stern, Washington Institute for Near East Policy: https://bit.ly/2yP71PP

Shifts in the visual media campaigns of AQAP and ISIS after high death and high publicity attacks – Carol Winkler, Kayla McMinimy, Kareem El-Damanhoury, and Monerah Almahmoud, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2y4ykVM

Silencing the Guns in Syria’s Idlib – ICG: https://bit.ly/3bTeDy3

Friday May 15:

The Jihadi-Backed Salvation Government and Covid-19 in Northwest Syria – Aaron Y. Zelin, ISPI: https://bit.ly/3e5cock

Doing Good while Killing: Why Some Insurgent Groups Provide Community Services – Victor Asal, Shawn Flanigan, and Ora Szekely, Terrorism and Political Violence: https://bit.ly/3dSNfBU