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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.

October 28, 2026

Terrorist and Insurgent Threats to Protected Areas in Africa: What Ranger Fatalities Can Reveal

Christian Jokinen

Bridging Warning and Response: Lessons from the Berlin Pride Attack for German and European Counterterrorism

Adrian Shtuni, Nicolas Stockhammer

September 8, 2026

Pressure and Adaptation: Mexico’s Changing Criminal Landscape under Sheinbaum

Sandra Pellegrini

July 31, 2026

A Domestic Mimetic Chain: Nihilistic Violent Extremism, Youth Radicalization, and School Violence in Italy

Francesco Marone

June 30, 2026

Remotely Coerced Violence: 764, The Com Network, and the Hybridization of Threats

Marc-André Argentino, Angus Lindsay

Standing With Iran: The Integrated Combat Performance of Iraqi Militias During Operation Epic Fury

Michael Knights, Alex Almeida, Crispin Smith

May 29, 2026

Mohammad Baqer al-Saadi: Profiling an IRGC and Iraqi Militia Operative

Crispin Smith, Michael Knights

May 1, 2026

Developments in the Sahel: An Interview with Wassim Nasr, Journalist, France24; Senior Research Fellow, Soufan Center

Don Rassler, Kristina Hummel

March 25, 2026

From Earth Liberation to Accelerationism: A High-Level Review of Fifty Years of Domestic Infrastructure Terrorism

Jesse Humpal

The Bondi Attack: The Islamic State’s Strategic Shifts and Jihadi Tactics in Australia

Andrew Zammit, Levi J. West