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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.

January 23, 2020

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

Haroro J. Ingram, Craig Whiteside, Charlie Winter

Soleimani Is Dead: The Road Ahead for Iranian-Backed Militias in Iraq

Michael Knights

November 26, 2019

How Somaliland Combats al-Shabaab

Michael Horton

Next in Line to Lead al-Qa`ida: A Profile of Abu Muhammad al-Masri

Ali Soufan

October 10, 2019

Hezbollah’s “Virtual Entrepreneurs:” How Hezbollah is Using the Internet to Incite Violence in Israel

Michael Shkolnik, Alexander Corbeil

Russia’s Battlefield Success in Syria: Will It Be a Pyrrhic Victory?

Seth Jones

September 10, 2019

Taking Aim: Islamic State Khorasan’s Leadership Losses

Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines

Eighteen Years On: The War on Terror Comes of Age

Daniel Byman

August 8, 2019

Maduro’s Revolutionary Guards: The Rise of Paramilitarism in Venezuela

Ross Dayton

Returnee Foreign Fighters from Syria and Iraq: The Kosovan Experience

Kujtim Bytyqi, Sam Mullins

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