Articles of the Week – 10/9-10/15

Sunday October 10:

Recalibrating U.S. Counterterrorism: Lessons Learned From Spain – Kim Cragin, Michael Bartlett, and Will Crass, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3AKKLk3

Can (Salafi) jihadi insurgents politicise and become pragmatic in civil wars? Social movement restraint in Ahrar al-Sham in Syria – Jerome Drevon, Third World Thematics: A TWQ Journal: https://bit.ly/3BKVDjd

Terrorism and economic growth in Africa: understanding the role of military expenditure – Chimere O. Iheonu and Hyacinth E. Ichoku, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/3p4osDy

Becoming a violent extremist: a General Need and Affect model of psychological variables – Helma van den Berg and Dianne A. van Hemert, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/3BKVI6v

Examining the Outcome of Investigations and Prosecutions of Extremism in the United States – Rachel Yon and Daniel Milton, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/3j0N3W0

Monday October 11:

Counter-terrorism and the repression of Islamic activism: Hizb ut-Tahrir in Britain and Denmark – Richard McNeil-Willson, Journal of Contemporary European Studies: https://bit.ly/3ALbrB8

Tuesday October 12:

Into Darkness? Scrutinizing Economic Explanations for African Jihad – Stig Jarle Hansen, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology: https://bit.ly/3GesWxu

Wednesday October 13:

Unsettling Victory: Storylines of Success and Anxiety in the Coverage of the Decline of ISIS in Three U.S. Newspapers – Stefanie Z. Demetriades, Christina Hagen, Daria Griffin, and Patricia Rile, International Journal of Communication: bit.ly/3iXRtgd

The Schism of Jihadism in the Sahel: How Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State are Battling for Legitimacy in the Sahelian Context – Lina Raafat, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/3BKeUkt

Where is AQAP Now? – Elisabeth Kendall, Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies: https://bit.ly/3m2HMiI

Thursday October 14:

The Taliban Can’t Take on the Islamic State Alone – Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines, War on the Rocks: https://bit.ly/2YXtF5t

Online Regulation of Terrorist and Harmful Content – Jacob Berntson and Maygane Janin, Lawfare: https://bit.ly/3mYcadm

Articles of the Week – 1/30-2/5

Monday February 1:

Jailing Jihadists in the West – Tam Hussein, Newlines: https://bit.ly/3jlE7cI

ISIS Attacks Rekindle Iraqi-Saudi Conflict – Rasha Al Aqeedi, Center for Global Policy: https://bit.ly/3rpgClN

Discourse patterns used by extremist Salafists on Facebook: identifying potential triggers to cognitive biases in radicalized content – Catherine Bouko, Brigitte Naderer, Diana Rieger, Pieter Van Ostaeyen, and Pierre Voué, Critical Discourse Studies: https://bit.ly/3oRU4sf

Fighting ISIS in Syria: Operation Euphrates Shield and the lessons learned from the al-Bab Battle – Ömer Faruk Cantenar and Cyprian Aleksander Kozera, Small Wars & Insurgencies: https://bit.ly/2Mu7WvX

Wednesday February 3:

How global Jihad relocalises and where it leads : the case of HTS, the former AQ franchise in Syria – Jerome Drevon and Patrick Haenni, European University Institute: https://bit.ly/3aFASJl

In Syria’s Idlib, Washington’s Chance to Reimagine Counter-terrorism – Dareen Khalifa and Noah Bonsey, International Crisis Group: https://bit.ly/3pWN3YA

Friday February 5:

Boko Haram, the Islamic State, and the Surge in Female Abductions in Southeastern Niger -Elizabeth Pearson and Jacob Zenn, ICCT: https://bit.ly/3jJNjb8

India’s Foreign Fighter Puzzle – Mohammed Sinan Siyech, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies: https://bit.ly/2OSxaF0

Articles of the Week – 10/24-10/30

Monday October 26:

A Comparative Analysis of the Nature and Evolution of the Domestic Jihadist Threat to Australia and Canada (2000-2020) – Shandon Harris-Hogan, Lorne L. Dawson, and Amarnath Amarasingam, Perspectives on Terrorism: bit.ly/3moh4hP

The Barcelona and Cambrils Attacks: A Case Study of the Impact of Political: Decentralization and Separatism on Counter Terrorism Policing – Rogelio Alonso and Jesús Castán, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism: https://bit.ly/2TB1Idh

ISIS in the North Caucasus – Nick Sturdee and Mairbek Vatchagaev, Center for Global Policy: https://bit.ly/35QdTsn

Tuesday October 27:

The consolidation of a (post-jihadi) technocratic state-let in Idlib – Jerome Drevon and Patrick Haenni, Project on Middle East Political Science: https://bit.ly/34LEzvr

Digital Dunes and Shrublands: A Comparative Introduction to the Sahelian Jihadi Propaganda Ecosystem – Héni Nsaibia and Rida Lyammouri, GNET: https://bit.ly/37RjbXr

Community perspectives of former terrorist combatants, militants and reintegration programmes in Nigeria: a systematic review – Tarela Juliet Ike, Danny Singh, Sean Murphy, Dung Ezekiel Jidong, Fran Porritt, and Evangelyn Ebi Ayobi, Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression: https://bit.ly/2TAgaSW

Wednesday October 28:

From bad to worse: The fate of European foreign fighters and families detained in Syria, one year after the Turkish offensive – Thomas Renard and Rik Coolsaet, Egmont: https://bit.ly/2TCXEt7

Shifting Gears: HTS’s Evolving Use of SVBIEDs During the Idlib Offensive of 2019-20 – Hugo Kaaman, Middle East Institute: https://bit.ly/3jFdON5

The Jihadist Fight for West Africa – Toulu Akerele, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology: https://bit.ly/2TY12yO

Thursday October 29:

The “Central African” Jihad: Islamism and Nation-Building in Mozambique and Uganda – James Barnett, Current Trend in Islamist Ideology: https://bit.ly/2TZDBFr

Friday October 30:

Ritual, Spectacle, and Menace: An Ancient Oath-Sacrifice and an IS “Message” Video – Margo Kitts, Journal of Religion and Violence: https://bit.ly/3e8TIdb

Articles of the Week – 7/11-7/17

Saturday July 11:

The Children of ISIS: Statelessness and Eligibility for Asylum under International Law – Ana Luquerna, Chicago Journal of International Law: 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: 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: bit.ly/3eH3GRF