Jihadi Discourse in the Wake of the Arab Spring
This report analyzes jihadi discourse in the wake of the “Arab Spring” to address two related questions: (1) why have global jihadi leaders been struggling to advance a...
View ResultMilitant Ideology Atlas
The Militant Ideology Atlas identifies the most influential thinkers in the Jihadi Movement and delineates the movement’s key ideological vulnerabilities. It situates the Jihadi Movement within the various...
View ResultCracks in the Foundation: Leadership Schisms in Al-Qa`ida From 1989-2006
Though it has long been known that al-Qa’ida has suffered from disunity at the leadership level, analysis of documents declassified from the Harmony Database allow us to gain...
View ResultA False Foundation? AQAP, Tribes and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen
The report attempts to disaggregate the threat posed by al-Qa`ida in the Arabian Peninsula from the sources of instability surrounding it, by examining the group’s strategy, tactics and...
View ResultThe Failure of Jihad in Saudi Arabia
This paper traces and assesses al-Qa’ida’’s efforts to launch an insurgency in Saudi Arabia from the mid-1990s until today. It examines the background of Usama bin Ladin’s 1996...
View ResultIranian Strategy in Iraq
Iranian Strategy in Iraq: Politics and “Other Means” assesses Iran’s strategy to project influence in Iraq and the means it uses to do so. This report addresses Iran’s...
View ResultDysfunction and Decline
Al-Qa`ida in Iraq (AQI) is a shadow of its former self, primarily because broad sectors of Iraq’s Sunni population rejected it after more than three years of active...
View ResultThe Terrorist Lists: An Examination of the U.S. Government’s Counterterrorism Designations Efforts
After the attacks of September 2001, the U.S. government grappled with ways to apply all aspects of its national power against the terrorist groups it found itself combating...
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