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.

December 14, 2018

The Islamic State Inside Iraq: Losing Power or Preserving Strength?

Michael Knights

September 10, 2018

From Caliphate to Caves: The Islamic State’s Asymmetric War in Northern Iraq

Derek Henry Flood

The Houthi War Machine: From Guerrilla War to State Capture

Michael Knights

A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with Kevin McAleenan, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Brian Dodwell, Paul Cruickshank

August 8, 2018

A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with Hamish de Bretton-Gordon, Former Commander of U.K. CBRN Regiment

Paul Cruickshank

The June 2018 Cologne Ricin Plot: A New Threshold in Jihadi Bio Terror

Florian Flade

May 24, 2018

The Islamic State Threat to the 2018 FIFA World Cup

Brian Glyn Williams, Robert Troy Souza

March 29, 2018

Islamic State Chemical Weapons: A Case Contained by its Context?

Markus K. Binder, Jillian M. Quigley, Herbert F. Tinsley

February 15, 2018

A View from the CT Foxhole: Neil Basu, Senior National Coordinator for Counterterrorism Policing in the United Kingdom

Raffaello Pantucci

January 24, 2018

The Evolution of Shi`a Insurgency in Bahrain

Michael Knights, Matthew Levitt