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.

March 21, 2024

Media Matters: How Operation Shujaa Degraded the Islamic State’s Congolese Propaganda Output

Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell

On the Horizon: The Future of the Jihadi Movement

Barak Mendelsohn

January 19, 2024

Is Left-Wing Terrorism Making a Comeback in Germany? Analyzing the “Engel – Guntermann Network”

Christian Jokinen

The Online Frontline: Decoding al-Shabaab’s Social Media Strategy

Georgia Gilroy

Taliban Rule at 2.5 Years

Haroun Rahimi, Andrew H. Watkins

December 21, 2023

The Path to October 7: How Iran Built Up and Managed a Palestinian ‘Axis of Resistance’

Phillip Smyth

Iraq’s New Regime Change: How Tehran-Backed Terrorist Organizations and Militias Captured the Iraqi State

Michael Knights, Hamdi Malik, Crispin Smith

November 28, 2023

Commentary: No Good Choices: The Counterterrorism Dilemmas in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Asfandyar Mir

Texts or Praxes: How Do We Best Understand Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad After October 7?

Erik Skare

The Beginning of a New Wave? The Hamas-Israel War and the Terror Threat in the West

Tore Hamming