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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.

January 27, 2022

A View from the CT Foxhole: Amy Zegart, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Don Rassler, Brian Fishman

The Islamic State at Low Ebb in Iraq: The Insurgent Tide Recedes Again

Michael Knights, Alex Almeida

December 22, 2021

A View from the CT Foxhole: Brigadier Rob Stephenson, Deputy Commander, NATO Special Operations Headquarters

Seth Loertscher, Connor Ingleson, James Garrison

The Oath Keepers and Their Role in the January 6 Insurrection

Matthew Kriner, Jon Lewis

November 17, 2021

“Without Us, There Would Be No Islamic State:” The Role of Civilian Employees in the Caliphate

Matthew Bamber

A View from the CT Foxhole: General Richard D. Clarke, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command

Sean Morrow, Nicholas Tallant

November 11, 2021

An Assessment of Taliban Rule at Three Months

Andrew H. Watkins

October 21, 2021

Lessons from the Collapse of Afghanistan’s Security Forces

Jonathan Schroden

A View from the CT Foxhole: Lieutenant General (Ret) H.R. McMaster, Former National Security Advisor

Sean Morrow

Discordance in the Iran Threat Network in Iraq: Militia Competition and Rivalry

Michael Knights, Crispin Smith, Hamdi Malik

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