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Combating Terrorism Center at West Point: January 2021 Edition of the CTC Sentinel

Thu, 01/14/2021 - 6:26pm

Link: https://ctc.usma.edu/january-2021/

 

In This Issue

Terrorism and Counterterrorism Challenges for the Biden Administration

Bruce Hoffman, Jacob Ware

A View from the CT Foxhole: David Lasseter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction

Stephen Hummel, Paul Cruickshank, Don Rassler

Afghanistan’s Security Forces Versus the Taliban: A Net Assessment

Jonathan Schroden

The April 2020 Islamic State Terror Plot Against U.S. and NATO Military Bases in Germany: The Tajik Connection

Nodirbek Soliev

Brain Scans, Boycotts, and Counter-Terrorism? SWJED Tue, 12/11/2018 - 1:59pm
Terrorists make the case for violent, radical change and recruit aggrieved individuals to be part of the change. But in radicalization, there is more than a political mission at play —violent extremists warped political identity includes dehumanizing others, speaking to grievance, victimhood, and local characteristics of social orientation.
The Introspection and Rebuilding of al Qaeda SWJED Tue, 12/04/2018 - 7:11am
The ferocious rise of the Islamic State, and the impact of their barbaric acts, turned attention away from Al Qaeda. This has enabled the organization to slip back into shadows, and to reassess their strategic options, in light of new factors that have developed in the Middle East.
The War on Terror... Over? Part 2 Peter J. Munson Tue, 04/16/2013 - 3:20am

Some US objectives remain unmet.

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