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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 19, 2016

The Military Doctrine of the Islamic State and the Limits of Ba’athist Influence

Barak Barfi

A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with General (Ret) John P. Abizaid, former Commander, U.S. Central Command

Zach Schenk

February 18, 2016

Depictions of Children and Youth in the Islamic State’s Martyrdom Propaganda, 2015-2016

Mia Bloom, John Horgan, Charlie Winter

January 19, 2016

The Jakarta Attack and the Islamic State Threat to Indonesia

Kirsten E. Schulze

Al-Qa`ida and the Islamic State Benefit as Yemen War Drags On

Gregory D. Johnsen

Hezbollah’s Calculus after the Iran Nuclear Deal

Magnus Ranstorp

A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with Richard Walton, Head, Counter Terrorism Command, London Metropolitan Police

Paul Cruickshank

The Global Terror Threat in 2016: A Forecast

Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon

December 15, 2015

The Beirut Bombings and the Islamic State’s Threat to Lebanon

Hassan Rabih

The Islamic State in Southern Syria

Aaron Y. Zelin, Oula A. Alrifai

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