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.

August 21, 2015

Governing The Caliphate: The Islamic State Picture

Laith Alkhouri, Alex Kassirer

May 28, 2015

Islamic State Operations and Iraqi Fault Lines

Andrew Watkins

April 30, 2015

The Cult of the Offensive: The Islamic State on Defense

Michael Knights, Alexander Mello

February 27, 2015

Digging In and Trafficking Out: How the Destruction of Cultural Heritage Funds Terrorism

Brigadier General (Ret.) Russell Howard, Jonathan Prohov, Marc Elliott

January 20, 2015

The Causes and Impact of Political Assassinations

Arie Perliger

From Sydney to Paris: The Return of Terrorist Barricade Hostage Incidents?

Adam Dolnik

December 10, 2014

A Classical Analysis of the 2014 Israel-Hamas Conflict

Elad Popovich

September 29, 2014

Ebola: Not an Effective Biological Weapon for Terrorists

Stephen Hummel

Profiles of Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq

Evan F. Kohlmann, Laith Alkhouri

August 27, 2014

The Pakistani Taliban’s Campaign Against Polio Vaccination

Animesh Roul