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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.

December 15, 2015

The Islamic State Goes Global

Richard Barrett

December 14, 2015

The Paris Attacks and the Evolving Islamic State Threat to France

Jean-Charles Brisard

October 23, 2015

Tunisian Jihadism after the Sousse Massacre

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Bridget Moreng

The Islamic State Digs In

Jessica Lewis McFate

The First Defector: Abu Sulayman al-Utaybi, the Islamic State, and al-Qa`ida

Brian Fishman

Tailored Online Interventions: The Islamic State’s Recruitment Strategy

J.M. Berger

The Ankara Bombings and the Islamic State’s Turkey Strategy

Metin Gurcan

Kunduz Breakthrough Bolsters Mullah Mansoor as Taliban Leader

Saleem Mehsud

September 11, 2015

From Khorasan to the Levant: A Profile of Sanafi al-Nasr

Kevin Jackson

A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with Nick Rasmussen, Director, NCTC

Paul Cruickshank

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