Iraq

September 7, 2016

The Dawn of Mass Jihad: Success in Syria Fuels al-Qa`ida’s Evolution

Charles Lister

A Predictable Failure: The Political Economy of the Decline of the Islamic State

Jacob Shapiro

August 22, 2016

The Hard March to Mosul: A Frontline Report

Derek Henry Flood

Al-Qa`ida Uncoupling: Jabhat al-Nusra’s Rebranding as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham

Aymenn Al-Tamimi

A View from the CT Foxhole: Adam Szubin, Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, U.S. Dept. of Treasury

Nicole Magney, Paul Cruickshank

Destroying the Islamic State Hydra: Lessons Learned from the Fall of its Predecessor

Truls Tonnessen

July 27, 2016

The Polarizing Effect of Islamic State Aggression on the Global Jihadist Movement

William McCants

The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons: A Profile of the Arm’s-Length Proxy of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party

Metin Gurcan

A View from the CT Foxhole: Hazim Fouad and Behnam Said, Analysts at the Bremen and Hamburg Verfassungsschutz

Paul Cruickshank

Deciphering Competition Between al-Qa`ida and the Islamic State

Clint Watts