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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 16, 2019

The Hardline Stream of Global Jihad: Revisiting the Ideological Origin of the Islamic State

Tore Hamming

December 14, 2018

Fixing the Cracks in the Pakistani Taliban’s Foundation: TTP’s Leadership Returns to the Mehsud Tribe

Amira Jadoon, Sara Mahmood

The Islamic State Inside Iraq: Losing Power or Preserving Strength?

Michael Knights

November 8, 2018

Qassem Soleimani and Iran’s Unique Regional Strategy

Ali Soufan

October 12, 2018

Revisiting the Mali al-Qa`ida Playbook: How the Group is Advancing on its Goals in the Sahel

Jami Forbes

Two Houses Divided: How Conflict in Syria Shaped the Future of Jihadism

Hassan Hassan

September 10, 2018

From Caliphate to Caves: The Islamic State’s Asymmetric War in Northern Iraq

Derek Henry Flood

The Houthi War Machine: From Guerrilla War to State Capture

Michael Knights

Al-Qa`ida’s First American Foreign Fighter after 9/11

Bryant Neal Viñas, Mitchell Silber

August 8, 2018

The Islamic State in Africa: Estimating Fighter Numbers in Cells Across the Continent

Jason Warner, Charlotte Hulme

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