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Strategy, History, & Goals

Ends, ways, and means. Terrorist organizations are familiar with these concepts and the development of strategy too. Over the course of our history the CTC has studied and released reports and articles about terrorist goals and strategy. Browse the content below to learn more.

March 28, 2025

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

Alexandre Rodde, Justin Olmstead

The New Syrian Government’s Fight Against the Islamic State, Hezbollah, and Captagon

Aaron Y. Zelin

On the Horizon: The Ukraine War and the Evolving Threat of Drone Terrorism

Don Rassler, Yannick Veilleux-Lepage

February 28, 2025

Teenage Terrorists and the Digital Ecosystem of the Islamic State

Moustafa Ayad

January 31, 2025

Answers from the Sahel: Wassim Nasr, Journalist, France24, on His Interview with Deputy JNIM Leader Mohamed (Amadou) Koufa

Paul Cruickshank

The August 2024 Taylor Swift Vienna Concert Plot

Nicolas Stockhammer, Colin Clarke

January 10, 2025

Journey to Damascus: An Interview with Wassim Nasr, Journalist, France24

Paul Cruickshank, Julika Enslin

December 20, 2024

Looking West: The Houthis’ Expanding Footprint in the Horn of Africa

Michael Horton

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

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