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Recruitment & Radicalization

Like any organization, terrorist groups must recruit to sustain their membership. How terrorist organizations radicalize and recruit new members continues to change and evolve, especially with use of social media and encrypted messaging apps. Explore our reports, articles, and other commentary about terrorist radicalization and recruitment below.

October 10, 2016

Communication Breakdown: Unraveling the Islamic State’s Media Efforts

Daniel Milton

April 18, 2016

The Caliphate’s Global Workforce: An Inside Look at the Islamic State’s Foreign Fighter Paper Trail

Brian Dodwell, Daniel Milton, Don Rassler

April 4, 2013

The Fighters of Lashkar-e-Taiba: Recruitment, Training, Deployment and Death

Don Rassler, Christine Fair, Anirban Ghosh, Arif Jamal, Nadia Shoeb

January 15, 2013

Challengers from the Sidelines: Understanding America’s Violent Far-Right

Arie Perliger

July 24, 2025

From TikTok to Terrorism? The Online Radicalization of European Lone Attackers since October 7, 2023

Nicolas Stockhammer

December 20, 2024

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

Graham Macklin

August 13, 2024

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

Noah Tucker, Edward Lemon

A View from the CT Foxhole: William Braniff, Director, Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Kristina Hummel, Samuel Bowles

October 10, 2019

Abu Umar Tayyarah personnel form

Wahsh al Ansari personnel form

Naqtah al Ansari personnel form

Abu Abbad al Jazrawi personnel form

August 15, 2016

CTC report featured in AP article on Islamic State recruits

July 18, 2016

Der Spiegel report features CTC analysis

CTC research map featured in CNN article by Sentinel editor

April 20, 2016

Latest Islamic State report garners national media attention

October 13, 2011

Anti-Terrorism Advisory Council Lecture and Discussion

Brian Dodwell

October 12, 2011

CTC Contributes to NY State Intel Summit

Brian Dodwell

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