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The October 7 Attack: An Assessment of the Intelligence Failings
Abstract: Hours after the Hamas attack of October 7 began, they were widely attributed to an apparent Israeli intelligence failure,...
ReadCommentary: The Global Jihadi Terror Threat in September 2024
The terrorist threat from jihadi groups was progressively degraded by counterterrorism measures after 9/11. The military defeat of the Islamic...
ReadIn the Shadow of the Caliphate: A Decade of Islamic State Gendered Violence
Abstract: Throughout its rule, the Islamic State employed an ideologically driven system of control and persecution, resulting in widespread gendered...
ReadThe Caliphate Complaint Box: Stories of Islamic State Governance in the Words of Those Who Lived It
In the summer of 2014, the terrorist organization known as the Islamic State declared itself the governing entity of a...
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