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.

March 24, 2020

Addressing the Enemy: Al-Shabaab’s PSYOPS Media Warfare

Christopher Anzalone

February 27, 2020

“Breaking the Walls” Goes Global: The Evolving Threat of Jihadi Prison Assaults and Riots

Bennett Clifford, Caleb Weiss

The Cyber Threat from Iran after the Death of Soleimani

Annie Fixler

“Fighters Without Borders”—Forecasting New Trends in Iran Threat Network Foreign Operations Tradecraft

Matthew Levitt

October 10, 2019

Operation Marksburg: Frontline Field Investigation and the Prosecution of Terrorism

Damien Spleeters

August 8, 2019

Returnee Foreign Fighters from Syria and Iraq: The Kosovan Experience

Kujtim Bytyqi, Sam Mullins

May 29, 2019

Terrorist Attacks Against Jewish Targets in the West (2012-2019): The Atlantic Divide Between European and American Attackers

Mitchell D. Silber

Terrorism on the Teardrop Island: Understanding the Easter 2019 Attacks in Sri Lanka

Amarnath Amarasingam

April 26, 2019

Doxing and Defacements: Examining the Islamic State’s Hacking Capabilities

Audrey Alexander, Bennett Clifford

March 21, 2019

The Islamic State’s Revitalization in Libya and its Post-2016 War of Attrition

Lachlan Wilson, Jason Pack