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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.

June 26, 2025

Feature Commentary: An Assessment of Operation Rough Rider

Gregory Johnsen

May 30, 2025

The Evolution of the Islamist Terror Threat Landscape in Germany Since 2020

Julika Enslin

Leaders, Fighters, and Suicide Attackers: Insights on TTP Militant Mobility Through Commemorative Records, 2006-2025

Saif Tahir, Amira Jadoon

Somalia at a Crossroads: Resurgent Insurgents, Fragmented Politics, and the Uncertain Future of AUSSOM

Daisy Muibu, Yayedior Mbengue

April 30, 2025

The Baloch Insurgency in Pakistan: Evolution, Tactics, and Regional Security Implications

Ayush Verma, Imtiaz Baloch, Riccardo Valle

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