Middle East

February 15, 2018

How al-Qa`ida Lost Control of its Syrian Affiliate: The Inside Story

Charles Lister

January 24, 2018

The Potential Jihadi Windfall from the Militarization of Tunisia’s Border Region with Libya

Anouar Boukhars

The Evolution of Shi`a Insurgency in Bahrain

Michael Knights, Matthew Levitt

A View from the CT Foxhole: Nicholas Rasmussen, Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center

Paul Cruickshank

December 21, 2017

Violent Extremism among Central Asians: The Istanbul, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, and New York City Attacks

Goktug Sonmez

Insurgents Again: The Islamic State’s Calculated Reversion to Attrition in the Syria-Iraq Border Region and Beyond

Hassan Hassan

November 27, 2017

The Implications of Iran’s Expanding Shi`a Foreign Fighter Network

Colin Clarke, Phillip Smyth

The Curse of Cain: Why Fratricidal Jihadis Fail to Learn from Their Mistakes

Mohammed Hafez

October 18, 2017

The Hawija Offensive: A Liberation Exposes Faultlines

Derek Henry Flood

The Evolution of the Islamic State’s Chemical Weapons Efforts

Columb Strack