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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.

March 16, 2009

Dysfunction and Decline

Brian Fishman

October 13, 2008

Iranian Strategy in Iraq

Brian Fishman, Joseph Felter

July 2, 2007

Al-Qa’ida’s (Mis)Adventures in the Horn of Africa

Clint Watts, Jacob Shapiro, Vahid Brown

January 2, 2007

Cracks in the Foundation: Leadership Schisms in Al-Qa`ida From 1989-2006

Vahid Brown

November 28, 2023

The Road to October 7: Hamas’ Long Game, Clarified

Devorah Margolin, Matthew Levitt

September 20, 2023

The Islamic State’s Shadow Governance in Eastern Syria Since the Fall of Baghuz

Aaron Y. Zelin, Devorah Margolin

After Prigozhin: The Future of the Wagner Model in Africa

Christopher Faulkner, Raphael Parens, Marcel Plichta

September 12, 2023

CTC-ICT Focus on Israel: In Word and Deed? Global Jihad and the Threat to Israel and the Jewish Community

Lorena Atiyas-Lvovsky, Eitan Azani, Michael Barak, Assaf Moghadam

July 3, 2024

Caliphate Complaint Box 380

Caliphate Complaint Box 379

Caliphate Complaint Box 378

Caliphate Complaint Box 377

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