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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.

December 21, 2017

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

Goktug Sonmez

October 18, 2017

The Cybercoaching of Terrorists: Cause for Alarm?

John Mueller

New Developments in the Islamic State’s External Operations: The 2017 Sydney Plane Plot

Andrew Zammit

The Evolution of the Islamic State’s Chemical Weapons Efforts

Columb Strack

October 16, 2017

A View from the CT Foxhole: Lisa Monaco, Former Assistant to President Barack Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism

Paul Cruickshank

September 21, 2017

Al-Qa`ida in Pakistan: A Metric Problem?

Don Rassler

August 16, 2017

Britain on Alert: The Attacks in London and Manchester and the Evolving Threat

Raffaello Pantucci

June 27, 2017

Terror in Tehran: The Islamic State Goes to War with the Islamic Republic

Chris Zambelis

Crossing the Canal: Why Egypt Faces a Creeping Insurgency

Michael Horton

The Battle for Raqqa and the Challenges after Liberation

Hassan Hassan