CTC Sentinel

The CTC Sentinel is a monthly, independent publication that leverages the Center’s network of scholars and practitioners to understand and confront contemporary terrorism threats.

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From Insurgency to Statecraft: Al-Sharaa and Syria’s Foreign Fighters Test

Adrian Shtuni

A View from the CT Foxhole: Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Executive Director, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)

Don Rassler

True Crime Community: Understanding the Depths of Digital Fandom and Performative Violence

Peter Smith, Cat Cadenhead, Clara Broekaert

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In This Issue

From Insurgency to Statecraft: Al-Sharaa and Syria’s Foreign Fighters Test

A View from the CT Foxhole: Naureen Chowdhury Fink, Executive Director, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)

True Crime Community: Understanding the Depths of Digital Fandom and Performative Violence

Crime and Punishment: How International Cooperation Led to the Landmark Conviction of Two Islamic State Brothers in Portugal

Featured Sentinel Articles

From Insurgency to Statecraft: Al-Sharaa and Syria’s Foreign Fighters Test

Kachallas and Kinship: Understanding Jihadi Expansion and Diffusion in Nigeria

Feature Commentary: Red Teaming Hamas’ Options

Danger Zone: Terrorism Risk – Theory, Practice, and Evolution

CT Foxhole Interviews

Naureen Chowdhury Fink

Executive Director, Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT)

Admiral Frank Bradley

Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command

Zohar Palti

Former Director, Policy & Political-Military Bureau, Israel’s Ministry of Defense

James Stack

Director, Great Plains Diagnostic Network

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