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 20, 2015

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

July 30, 2014

Boko Haram, the Chibok Abductions and Nigeria’s Counterterrorism Strategy

J.N.C. Hill

The ISIL’s Theft of WMD Components in Iraq

Stephen Hummel

May 29, 2014

Kidnappings and Murders Targeting Foreigners in Libya

Alison Pargeter

Boko Haram and the Kidnapping of the Chibok Schoolgirls

Jacob Zenn

April 28, 2014

Guns, Money and Prayers: AQIM’s Blueprint for Securing Control of Northern Mali

Morten Bøås