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Tag: IslamicState

A Glimpse into the Islamic State’s External Operations, Post-Caliphate

May 29, 2019
Sam Heller
A Glimpse into the Islamic State’s External Operations, Post-Caliphate

Targeting the Islamic State, Or Why the Military Should Invest in Artificial Intelligence

May 16, 2019
Hans Vreeland
Targeting the Islamic State, Or Why the Military Should Invest in Artificial Intelligence

Can the Children of the ISIS Caliphate Ever Come Home?

March 22, 2019
Jennifer Percival and Rodger Shanahan
Can the Children of the ISIS Caliphate Ever Come Home?

Trump’s Syria Pullout Plan Cannot Win Turkey Back

January 30, 2019
Merve Tahiroglu and Aykan Erdemir
Trump’s Syria Pullout Plan Cannot Win Turkey Back

America’s Almost Withdrawal from Syria

January 29, 2019
Aaron Stein
America’s Almost Withdrawal from Syria

Why Did the Jihadi Cold War in Yemen End?

November 7, 2018
Tore Refslund Hamming
Why Did the Jihadi Cold War in Yemen End?

The Demographics of Southeast Asian Jihadism

September 5, 2018
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Vivian Hagerty, and Madeline Dement
The Demographics of Southeast Asian Jihadism

Bound to Fail: Transnational Jihadism and the Aggregation Problem

August 28, 2018
Barak Mendelsohn
Bound to Fail: Transnational Jihadism and the Aggregation Problem

With Islamic State in Decline, What’s Al-Qaeda’s Next Move?

April 27, 2018
Tore Refslund Hamming
With Islamic State in Decline, What’s Al-Qaeda’s Next Move?

Defeat as Victory? How the Islamic State Will Rely on Hijrah to Claim a Win

October 13, 2017
Burak Kadercan
Defeat as Victory? How the Islamic State Will Rely on Hijrah to Claim a Win

The Islamic State May Be Failing, but Its Strategic Communications Legacy Is Here to Stay

August 17, 2017
Colin Clarke and Charlie Winter
The Islamic State May Be Failing, but Its Strategic Communications Legacy Is Here to Stay

A Cultural Failure: U.S. Special Operations in the Philippines and the Rise of the Islamic State

July 3, 2017
Cole Livieratos
A Cultural Failure: U.S. Special Operations in the Philippines and the Rise of the Islamic State

A Military Assessment of the Islamic State’s Evolving Theory of Victory

June 26, 2017
Michael J. Mooney
A Military Assessment of the Islamic State’s Evolving Theory of Victory

Charting the Future of the Modern Caliphate

May 3, 2017
Colin Clarke and Craig Whiteside
Charting the Future of the Modern Caliphate

Turkey is Tangled up in Terrorism

January 11, 2017
Aaron Stein
Turkey is Tangled up in Terrorism

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