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.

November 30, 2016

The Global Terror Threat and Counterterrorism Challenges Facing the Next Administration

Bruce Hoffman

The Mosul Campaign: From Here to the Horizon

Tim Lister

November 10, 2016

The Islamic State’s External Operations and the French-Belgian Nexus

Jean-Charles Brisard, Kevin Jackson

October 17, 2016

Unseating the Caliphate: Contrasting the Challenges of Liberating Fallujah and Mosul

Zana Gulmohamad

September 7, 2016

A View from the CT Foxhole: An Interview with John Brennan, Director, CIA

Paul Cruickshank, Brian Dodwell

Al-Qa`ida’s Comeback in Afghanistan and its Implications

Anne Stenersen

July 27, 2016

The Islamic State Threat to Germany: Evidence from the Investigations

Florian Flade

June 6, 2016

Protecting Euro 2016 and the Rio Olympics: Lessons Learned from London 2012

Richard Walton

May 19, 2016

The Evolving Challenges for Explosive Detection in the Aviation Sector and Beyond

Robert Liscouski, William McGann

March 17, 2016

A View from the CT Foxhole: John J. Miller, NYPD Deputy Commissioner for Intelligence & Counterterrorism, with Ambassador Michael Sheehan

Maria Southard