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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.

November 1, 2010

Revolution Muslim: Downfall or Respite?

Aaron Y. Zelin

Assessing the Success of Leadership Targeting

Austin Long

The Evolution of Iran’s Special Groups in Iraq

Michael Knights

Developing Policy Options for the AQAP Threat in Yemen

Gabriel Koehler-Derrick

October 1, 2010

The Role of Lashkar-i-Islam in Pakistan’s Khyber Agency

Syed Manzar Abbas Zaidi

From Iraq to Yemen: Al-Qa`ida’s Shifting Strategies

Ryan Evans

September 1, 2010

The Role and Significance of Signature Attacks in the Iraqi Insurgency

Michael Knights

The U.S.-Pakistan Relationship and Finding an End State in Afghanistan

Moeed W. Yusuf

July 3, 2010

The Punjabi Taliban

Ben Brandt

June 3, 2010

The Return of Moqtada al-Sadr and the Revival of the Mahdi Army

Babak Rahimi

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