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Journey to Damascus: An Interview with Wassim Nasr, Journalist, France24
Wassim Nasr is a French journalist who has been monitoring jihadi groups for more than a decade for the French...
ReadEvaluating ‘Transnationalism’ as an Analytical Lens for Understanding REMVE Terrorism
Abstract: This article explores the extent to which ‘transnationalism’ offers analysts a meaningful prism through which to analyze racially or...
ReadSmart Pressure: Conceptualizing Counterterrorism for a New Era
Abstract: When it comes to counterterrorism, the United States has been living through an inflection point. It wants to focus...
ReadThe 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,...
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