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Articles of the Week – 5/4-5/10

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Monday May 6:

Gender in the jihad: Characteristics and outcomes among women and men involved in jihadist-inspired terrorism – Christine Shahan Brugh, Sarah L. Desmarais, Joseph Simons-Rudolph, and Samantha A. Zottola, Journal of Threat Assessment and Management:

Boko Haram’s resurgence in Chad – Remadji Hoinathy, Institute for Security Studies: https://bit.ly/2Jv61D9

Tuesday May 7:

The quality of terrorist violence: Explaining the logic of terrorist target choice – Sara MT Polo, Journal of Peace Research: https://bit.ly/2vRUtSq

Wednesday May 8:

A comparative analysis of right-wing radical & Islamist communities’ strategies for survival in social networks (evidence from VKontakte) – Mikhail Myagkov, Evgeniy V Shchekotin, Sergey I Chudinov, and Vyacheslav L Goiko, Media, War & Conflict: https://bit.ly/2HjKfzw

Let the Terrorists Win? – Robin Simcox, The National Interest: https://bit.ly/2VyrMcN

Change is the Only Constant: The Evolving Role of Women in the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) – Ruth Gan, Loo Seng Neo, Jeffery Chin, and Majeed Khader, Women & Criminal Justice: https://bit.ly/2Q8SVgc

Thursday May 9:

A Site-Level Market Model of the Antiquities Trade – Fiona Greenland, James V. Marrone, Oya Topçuoğlu, and Tasha Vorderstrasse, International Journal of Cultural Property: https://bit.ly/2wauNk2

New issue of The Islamic State’s newsletter: “al-Nabā’ #181″

Posted on by Aaron Y. Zelin

For prior parts see: #180, #179, #178, #177, #176, #175, #174, #173, #172, #171, #170, #169, #168, #167, #166, #165, #164, #163, #162, #161, #160, #159, #158, #157, #156, #155, #154, #153, #152, #151, #150, #149, #148, #147, #146, #145, #144, #143, #142, #141, #140, #139, #138, #137, #136, #135, #134, #133, #132, #131, #130, #129, #128, #127, #126, #125, #124, #123, #122, #121, #120, #119, #118, #117, #116, #115, #114, #113, #112, #111, #110, #109, #108, #107, #106, #105, #104, #103, #102, #101, #100, #99, #98, #97, #96, #95, #94, #93, #92, #91, #90, #89, #88, #87, #86, #85, #84, #83, #82, #81, #80, #79, #78, #77, #76, #75, #74, #73, #72, #71, #70, #69, #68, #67, #66, #65, #64, #63, #62, #61, #60, #59, #58, #57, #56, #55, #54, #53, #52, #51, #50, #49, #48, #47, #46, #45, #44, #43, #42, #41, #40, #39, #38, #37, #36, #35, #34, #33, #32, #31, #30, #29, #28, #27, #26, #25, #24, #23, #22, #21, #20, #19, #18, #17, #16, #15, #14, #13, #12, #11, #10, #9, #8, #7, #6, #5, #4, #3, #2, and #1.

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