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February 2026

From the Editors Ahmed al-Sharaa’s ongoing consolidation of power in Syria will depend to a great extent on the integration...

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January 2026

From the Editors In December 2025, the United States reported that it had launched strikes against Islamic State fighters in...

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November/December 2025

From the Editors Our cover article focuses on how we measure risk in the terrorism field, a task that is...

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October 2025

From the Editors Whether Hamas will pursue external operations in Europe—and potentially elsewhere—is the subject of our cover article this...

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September 2025

From the Editors The prospect of, and the potential outcomes and dynamics associated with, possible U.S. military action against cartels...

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August 2025

From the Editors In our cover article this month, Matthew Levitt examines potential retaliation by Iran against the U.S. homeland...

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July 2025

From the Editors What are the impacts of the war in Ukraine on the threat of drone terrorism? That is...

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June 2025

From the Editors From March 15 to May 5 of this year, the United States conducted a major aerial and...

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May 2025

From the Editor In the May 2025 feature article, Daisy Muibu and Yayedior Mbengue examine the evolving counterterrorism challenge in...

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April 2025

From the Editor In this month’s feature article, Michael Knights illuminates the nexus between Iraq’s oil sector and the Iran...

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March 2025

From the Editor The March issue focuses in particular on the drone threat. In the feature article, Don Rassler and...

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February 2025

From the Editor In this month’s feature article, Moustafa Ayad examines 93 unofficial Islamic State groups and outlets operating across...

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January 2025

From the Editor France24’s Wassim Nasr is the only international journalist to spend time with Syria’s de facto leader Ahmed...

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December 2024

From the Editor In the feature article, Graham Macklin evaluates ‘transnationalism’ as an analytical lens for understanding racially or ethnically...

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November 2024

From the Director I’m thankful to borrow this space from our Editor-in Chief, Paul Cruikshank. Our CTC Sentinel, its editorial...

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