Self Inflicted Wounds
Self‐Inflicted Wounds: Debates and Divisions within al‐Qa’ida and its Periphery examines the internal, or endogenous, reasons that have hastened the decline of the jihadi movement. In doing so,...
View ResultThe Power of Truth
...HAMAS, the killing of innocents, Yusuf al-Qaradawi and the Muslim Brotherhood, the Lebanese Jihadist group Fatah al-Islam, and Zawahiri’s dispute with Sayyid Imam Sharif, the former Emir of...
View ResultRemotely Piloted Innovation: Terrorism, Drones and Supportive Technology
In early October 2016, the group that calls itself the Islamic State killed two Kurdish soldiers with an explosive device hidden inside a drone. While terrorist groups have...
View ResultLetters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin Sidelined?
This report is a study of 17 de-classified documents captured during the Abbottabad raid and released to the Combating Terrorism Center (CTC). They consist of electronic letters or...
View ResultRadical Islamic Ideology In Southeast Asia
The 17 July 2009 terrorist attacks on two hotels in Jakarta, Indonesia were a vivid reminder of the breadth of the battle space and the importance of constant...
View ResultIslamic Groups’ Social Service Provision and Attitudinal Change in Egypt
Islamic organizations’ educational, medical, financial and charitable services benefit millions of Egyptians each year. Scholars and policymakers alike argue that, in the process of meeting Egyptians’ basic needs,...
View ResultHarmony and Disharmony: Exploiting Al-Qa`ida’s Organizational Vulnerabilities
In the text of newly-released al-Qa’ida documents captured during recent operations in support of the Global War on Terror and maintained in the Department of Defense’s Harmony database,...
View ResultThe ‘Arab Spring’: Investing in Durable Peace
This White Paper, prepared by members of the Departments of Social Sciences, Foreign Languages and History, addresses the implications of the Arab Spring for the United States. The...
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