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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.

September 10, 2018

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

The Renewed Jihadi Terror Threat to Mauritania

Geoff D. Porter

Iran’s Deadly Diplomats

Matthew Levitt

June 22, 2018

A View from the CT Foxhole: Lieutenant Colonel Bryan Price, Ph.D., Outgoing Director, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Brian Dodwell

May 24, 2018

A View From the CT Foxhole: Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times Foreign Correspondent

Bryan Price with Mikki Franklin

The Islamic State Threat to the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Brian Glyn Williams, Robert Troy Souza

April 26, 2018

The British Hacker Who Became the Islamic State’s Chief Terror Cybercoach: A Profile of Junaid Hussain

Nafees Hamid

Challenging the ISK Brand in Afghanistan-Pakistan: Rivalries and Divided Loyalties

Amira Jadoon, Nakissa Jahanbani, Charmaine Willis

NYPD vs. Revolution Muslim: The Inside Story of the Defeat of a Local Radicalization Hub

Jesse Morton, Mitchell Silber

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