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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.

February 15, 2018

Letters from Home: Hezbollah Mothers and the Culture of Martyrdom

Kendall Bianchi

Can the UAE and its Security Forces Avoid a Wrong Turn in Yemen?

Michael Horton

How al-Qa`ida Lost Control of its Syrian Affiliate: The Inside Story

Charles Lister

January 24, 2018

The Potential Jihadi Windfall from the Militarization of Tunisia’s Border Region with Libya

Anouar Boukhars

Red on Red: Analyzing Afghanistan’s Intra-Insurgency Violence

Matthew DuPée

The Evolution of Shi`a Insurgency in Bahrain

Michael Knights, Matthew Levitt

December 21, 2017

A View from the CT Foxhole: Joseph Felter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia

Bryan Price

Insurgents Again: The Islamic State’s Calculated Reversion to Attrition in the Syria-Iraq Border Region and Beyond

Hassan Hassan

November 27, 2017

The Curse of Cain: Why Fratricidal Jihadis Fail to Learn from Their Mistakes

Mohammed Hafez

September 21, 2017

Al-Qa`ida in Pakistan: A Metric Problem?

Don Rassler

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