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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.

December 19, 2022

The 2022 Somali Offensive Against al-Shabaab: Making Enduring Gains Will Require Learning from Previous Failures

Samira Gaid

How the Wagner Group Is Aggravating the Jihadi Threat in the Sahel

Wassim Nasr

A View from the CT Foxhole: Harun Maruf, Senior Editor, Voice of America Somali

Paul Cruickshank

The Terrorist Threats and Trends to Watch Out for in 2023 and Beyond

Bruce Hoffman, Jacob Ware

October 21, 2022

Feature Commentary: Elements of a Pragmatic Strategy to Counter Domestic Political Violence

Brian Michael Jenkins

The Houthi Jihad Council: Command and Control in ‘the Other Hezbollah’

Michael Knights, Adnan al-Gabarni, Casey Coombs

September 13, 2022

Poland’s Evolving Violent Far-Right Landscape

Michael Duffin

August 9, 2022

How Afghanistan’s Overthrown Governing Elites Viewed the Violent Extremism Challenge

Nishank Motwani

Al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent: An Appraisal of the Threat in the Wake of the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan

Tore Hamming, Abdul Sayed

The Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri: Succession Challenges, Tradeoffs, and Other Implications

Don Rassler, Muhammad al-`Ubaydi

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