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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.

October 31, 2014

Boko Haram’s Regional Cross-Border Activities

Scott Menner

September 29, 2014

Iraq’s New Government and the Question of Sunni Inclusion

Reidar Visser

The Combat Performance of Hamas in the Gaza War of 2014

Jeffrey White

August 27, 2014

The Death Knell for Foreign Fighters in Pakistan?

Raza Khan

The Pakistani Taliban’s Campaign Against Polio Vaccination

Animesh Roul

ISIL’s Political-Military Power in Iraq

Michael Knights

July 30, 2014

Contrasting the Leadership of Mullah Fazlullah and Khan Said Sajna in Pakistan

Daud Khattak

Boko Haram, the Chibok Abductions and Nigeria’s Counterterrorism Strategy

J.N.C. Hill

The ISIL’s Theft of WMD Components in Iraq

Stephen Hummel

June 30, 2014

A Profile of Syria’s Strategic Dar`a Province

Nicholas A. Heras

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