Weapons & Tactics

Gun. Knife. Bomb. Vehicle-Ramming. Suicide Attack. Mixed Method Assault. Terrorists face a variety of choices when it comes to weapons and tactics. Learn more about trade-offs and specific preferences.

January 15, 2009

Shifting Trends in Suicide Attacks

Assaf Moghadam

November 15, 2008

Violent Trends in Algeria Since 9/11

Hanna Rogan

September 15, 2008

Preparing the Mujahidin

Imtiaz Ali

August 15, 2008

Curtailing Illicit and Terrorist Activity in Algeria’s Tamanrasset

Geoff D. Porter

May 15, 2008

Abu Yahya al-Libi’s “Human Shields in Modern Jihad”

Abdullah Warius, Jarret Brachman

Al-Qa`ida’s Medinan Strategy

Jack F. Williams, Marisa Urgo

Combating Terrorism with Non-Lethal Weapons

John B. Alexander

February 15, 2008

Takeovers of Moderate Muslim Institutions

Madeleine Gruen

December 15, 2007

Countering Terrorist Use of the Web as a Weapon

Bruce Hoffman