Middle East

October 12, 2018

The Islamic State’s Mufti on Trial: The Saga of the “Silsila ‘Ilmiyya”

Cole Bunzel

Two Houses Divided: How Conflict in Syria Shaped the Future of Jihadism

Hassan Hassan

September 10, 2018

From Caliphate to Caves: The Islamic State’s Asymmetric War in Northern Iraq

Derek Henry Flood

The Houthi War Machine: From Guerrilla War to State Capture

Michael Knights

August 8, 2018

Iran’s Deadly Diplomats

Matthew Levitt

A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, Former Commander of U.K. CBRN Regiment

Paul Cruickshank

June 22, 2018

The Islamic State’s Veterans: Contrasting the Cohorts with Jihadi Experience in Libya and Afghanistan

David Sterman

May 24, 2018

A View From the CT Foxhole: Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times Foreign Correspondent

Bryan Price with Mikki Franklin

April 26, 2018

The Islamic State’s Lingering Legacy among Young Men from the Mosul Area

Scott Atran, Hoshang Waziri, Ángel Gómez, Hammad Sheikh, Lucía López-Rodríguez, Charles Rogan, Richard Davis

February 15, 2018

Letters from Home: Hezbollah Mothers and the Culture of Martyrdom

Kendall Bianchi