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.
Major Reports
December 16, 2014
The Group That Calls Itself a State: Understanding the Evolution and Challenges of the Islamic State
May 14, 2013
Usama bin Ladin’s “Father Sheikh”: Yunus Khalis and the Return of al-Qa`ida’s Leadership to Afghanistan
May 3, 2012
Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin Sidelined?
October 3, 2011
A False Foundation? AQAP, Tribes and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen
July 13, 2011
The Haqqani Nexus and the Evolution of al-Qa’ida
December 16, 2010
Self Inflicted Wounds
February 25, 2010
The Failure of Jihad in Saudi Arabia
March 16, 2009
