- A View from the CT Foxhole: John Brennan, Director, CIA By Paul Cruickshank and Brian Dodwell
- Fifteen Years On, Where Are We in the "War on Terror"? By Brian Michael Jenkins
- The Dawn of Mass Jihad: Success in Syria Fuels al-Qa`ida's Evolution By Charles Lister
- Al-Qa`ida's Comeback in Afghanistan and its Implications By Anne Stenersen
- A Predictable Failure: The Political Economy of the Decline of the Islamic State By Jacob Shapiro