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Operations, Plots & Attacks

Learn more about specific terrorist operations, plots, and attacks through the case studies, profiles, and lessons learned articles that we have produced.

March 28, 2025

Into the Crowd: The Evolution of Vehicular Attacks and Prevention Efforts

Alexandre Rodde, Justin Olmstead

February 28, 2025

The May 2024 Ulu Tiram Attack: Islamic State Extremism, Family Radicalization, Doomsday Beliefs, and Off-the-Grid Survivalism in Malaysia

Munira Mustaffa

January 31, 2025

The August 2024 Taylor Swift Vienna Concert Plot

Nicolas Stockhammer, Colin Clarke

December 20, 2024

Evaluating ‘Transnationalism’ as an Analytical Lens for Understanding REMVE Terrorism

Graham Macklin

November 22, 2024

Go Big or Stay Home? A Framework for Understanding Terrorist Group Expansion

Daniel Milton

October 6, 2024

A Draw Is a Win: The Houthis After One Year of War

Michael Knights

The October 7 Attack: An Assessment of the Intelligence Failings

Michel Wyss

September 11, 2024

Islamic State-Somalia: A Growing Global Terror Concern

Caleb Weiss, Lucas Webber

Commentary: The Global Jihadi Terror Threat in September 2024

Edmund Fitton-Brown

August 13, 2024

A ‘Hotbed’ or a Slow, Painful Burn? Explaining Central Asia’s Role in Global Terrorism

Noah Tucker, Edward Lemon