Perspectives on Terrorism

1. ‘Oil-Qaeda’: Jihadist Threats to the Energy Sector
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‘Oil-Qaeda’: Jihadist Threats to the Energy Sector by Tim Pippard The West's and the Saudi's dependence on oil has made the energy sector a target for Al-Qaeda. The article discusses past and current ...

2. Confronting al-Qaeda: Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan
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Confronting al-Qaeda: Understanding the Threat in Afghanistan by Marc Sageman Counter-terrorism policy should be based on a comprehensive analysis of the facts. A comprehensive survey of global neo-jihadi ...

3. Foreign Fighters and Their Economic Impact: A Case Study of Syria and al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI)
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Foreign Fighters and Their Economic Impact: A Case Study of Syria and al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) by Matthew Levitt Over the past several years, terrorist and insurgent groups have established sophisticated ...

4. Terrorist Drop-outs: One Way of Promoting a Counter-Narrative
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Terrorist Drop-outs: One Way of Promoting a Counter-Narrative by Michael Jacobson The answer to the question whose voice is most effective in terms of delivering a counter-narrative to al-Qaeda’s Single ...

5. Understanding al-Qaeda’s Ideology for Counter-Narrative Work
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Understanding al-Qaeda’s Ideology for Counter-Narrative Work by Tom Quiggin In order to counter the process of radicalization, it is necessary to understand the attraction of the narrative or the “messages” ...

6. Operation Praline: The Realization of Al-Suri’s Nizam, la Tanzim?
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... Praline, and the broader international conspiracy that supported the group responsible may constitute an organic evolution of terrorist networks towards 'al-Qaeda' “architect” Abu Musab al-Suri’s nizam, ...

7. Dealing with FATA: Strategic Shortfalls and Recommendations
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... role in the stabilization of security in neighboring Afghanistan and the war against terrorism. The region is believed to be a “safe haven” used by the al-Qaeda high command for planning future terrorist ...

8. In Cold Blood: The Madrid Bombings
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... in which individual cells respond to direction from al-Qaeda’s core leadership. In effect, this can be understood in its strictest form as a command and control model and in a softer form as an affiliation ...

9. The Global War on Terror and State Terrorism
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... impact of that day, it has been the response of the Bush administration and its impact on multiple audiences around the world which have been more important than the al-Qaeda attacks in shaping the post ...

10. The Impact of Egyptian Islamist Revisionists on Al-Qaeda
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The Impact of Egyptian Islamist Revisionists on Al-Qaeda Deradicalization of Jihad? By Omar Ashour In July 1997, the largest armed Islamist movement in Egypt surprised many officials, observers ...

11. From the 'Global War on Terror' to Containment: An Opinion Brief
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... that war and the president himself, and the stubborn persistence of al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden have shifted Washington’s rhetoric. President Kennedy famously referred to the long, patient effort to contain ...

12. Business as Usual? Leveraging the Private Sector to Combat Terrorism
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Business as Usual? Leveraging the Private Sector to Combat Terrorism By Stacy Reiter Neal “Big business” and today’s transnational terrorist movements such as al-Qaeda are, at first glance, drastically ...

13. Abu Yahya’s Six Easy Steps for Defeating al-Qaeda
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Abu Yahya’s Six Easy Steps for Defeating al-Qaeda By Jarret Brachman In his 10 September 2007 video release, Shaikh Abu Yahya al-Libi offered the United States several unsolicited tips for better prosecuting ...

14. Al-Qaeda’s Propaganda Advantage and How to Counter It
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Al-Qaeda’s Propaganda Advantage and How to Counter It By Brigitte L. Nacos In early 2006, Jarret Brachman and William McCants published an article entitled “Stealing al-Qa’ida’s Playbook,” that examined ...

15. Jihadist Propaganda and its Audiences: A Change of Course?
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Jihadist Propaganda and its Audiences: A Change of Course? By  Manuel R. Torres Soriano Winning the ‘hearts and minds’ of the Muslim world have been a priority of al-Qaeda and its network of affiliated ...

16. Initiative Participants
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... the implementation of measures imposed against al Qaeda, the Taliban, and associated terrorist groups. Maura Conway is the MA Programme Director at the School of Law & Government, Dublin City ...

17. 1, 2, 3…Coup! Of Violence, Incursions on Sovereignty and Recourses in Pakistan

1, 2, 3…Coup! Of Violence, Incursions on Sovereignty and Recourses in Pakistan

18. 13 Years since Tokyo: Re-Visiting the 'Superterrorism' Debate

13 Years since Tokyo: Re-Visiting the 'Superterrorism' Debate

19. A Perspective on Intelligence Reform

A Perspective on Intelligence Reform

20. Abu Yahya’s Six Easy Steps for Defeating al-Qaeda

Abu Yahya’s Six Easy Steps for Defeating al-Qaeda ...