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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

May 30, 2024

A View from the CT Foxhole: Ahmad Zia Saraj, Former General Director of the National Directorate of Security of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Paul Cruickshank

From Tajikistan to Moscow and Iran: Mapping the Local and Transnational Threat of Islamic State Khorasan

Amira Jadoon, Abdul Sayed, Lucas Webber, Riccardo Valle

April 30, 2024

The Somali National Army Versus al-Shabaab: A Net Assessment

Paul D. Williams

The State of al-Qa`ida Central

Kévin Jackson

July 3, 2024

Caliphate Complaint Box 380

Caliphate Complaint Box 379

Caliphate Complaint Box 378

Caliphate Complaint Box 377

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