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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.

June 29, 2020

Iran’s COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign

Mark Dubowitz, Saeed Ghasseminejad

The Limits of ‘Shabaab-CARE’: Militant Governance amid COVID-19

Christopher Hockey, Michael Jones

Pandemic Narratives: Pro-Islamic State Media and the Coronavirus

Chelsea Daymon, Meili Criezis

May 29, 2020

Reviewing Iran’s Proxies by Region: A Look Toward the Middle East, South Asia, and Africa

Nakissa Jahanbani

May 26, 2020

Remaining and Expanding: The Recovery of Islamic State Operations in Iraq in 2019-2020

Michael Knights, Alex Almeida

March 24, 2020

Addressing the Enemy: Al-Shabaab’s PSYOPS Media Warfare

Christopher Anzalone

Dollars for Daesh: The Small Financial Footprint of the Islamic State’s American Supporters

Lorenzo Vidino, Jon Lewis, Andrew Mines

February 27, 2020

“Breaking the Walls” Goes Global: The Evolving Threat of Jihadi Prison Assaults and Riots

Bennett Clifford, Caleb Weiss

“Fighters Without Borders”—Forecasting New Trends in Iran Threat Network Foreign Operations Tradecraft

Matthew Levitt

January 23, 2020

Lessons from the Islamic State’s ‘Milestone’ Texts and Speeches

Haroro J. Ingram, Craig Whiteside, Charlie Winter

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