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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.

May 30, 2024

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

A View from the CT Foxhole: Colonel (Ret.) Miri Eisin, Director, International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT)

Sean Morrow, Asher Spain

Assessing the Houthi War Effort Since October 2023

Michael Knights

March 21, 2024

Media Matters: How Operation Shujaa Degraded the Islamic State’s Congolese Propaganda Output

Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell

On the Horizon: The Future of the Jihadi Movement

Barak Mendelsohn

January 19, 2024

Is Left-Wing Terrorism Making a Comeback in Germany? Analyzing the “Engel – Guntermann Network”

Christian Jokinen

The Online Frontline: Decoding al-Shabaab’s Social Media Strategy

Georgia Gilroy

Taliban Rule at 2.5 Years

Haroun Rahimi, Andrew H. Watkins

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