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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.

May 30, 2025

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

Saif Tahir, Amira Jadoon

Hurras al-Din: The Rise, Fall, and Dissolution of al-Qa`ida’s Loyalist Group in Syria

Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi

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

Iraqi Oil and the Iran Threat Network

Michael Knights

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

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