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 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

AQIM’s Threat to Western Interests in the Sahel

Samuel L. Aronson

Maritime Piracy on the Rise in West Africa

Stephen Starr

February 24, 2014

The In Amenas Attack in the Context of Southern Algeria’s Growing Social Unrest

Hannah Armstrong

Al-Shabab’s Capabilities Post-Westgate

Ken Menkhaus