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Terrorism
(see International Security)

 

The Madrid Bombings and Global Jihadism - Reinares, Fernando
Survival, April–May 2010,v52, #2, pp83–104

Continuity and Change: Reshaping the Fight against Terrorism -
Levitt, Matthew; Jacobson, Michael (eds.) - Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Policy Focus #103, April 2010, online edition, 106p (PDF)

Is Afghanistan the Right War?
- Pillar, Paul; Nagl, John - The National Interest, March/April 2010, #106, pp33-43

American Jihad - Hoffmann, Bruce - National Interest, May/June 2010, #107, online edition

Nuclear Terrorism Redux: Conventionalists, Skeptics, and the Margin of Safety - Masse, Todd - Orbis, March 2010, v54, #2, pp302-319

Nightmares of Nuclear Terrorism
- Mowatt-Larssen, Rolf - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March 2010, v66, #2, pp37-45

Mind Over Martyr
- Stern, Jessica - Foreign Affairs, January/February 2010, v89, #1, pp95-109

The True Lessons of Yemen and Detroit: How the US Must Expand and Redefine International Cooperation in Fighting Terrorism - Cordesman, Anthony H. - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Draft Paper, January 21, 2010, online edition, 11p

Obama's War over Terror
- Baker, Peter - New York Times Magazine, January 17, 2010, pp30-42

Why Are There No Arab Democracies?
Diamond, Larry - Journal of Democracy, January 2010, v21, #1, pp93-104

How Is the Terrorist Threat Changing? - Foxell, Joseph - American Foreign Policy Interests, December 2009, v31, #6, pp389-399

In the Quicksands of Somalia
- Bruton, Bronwyn - Foreign Affairs, November/December 2009, v88, #6, pp79-94

The Contours of Al Qaeda's Media Strategy - Ciovacco, Carl J. - Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, October 2009, v32, #10, pp853-875

Al Qaeda, Deterrence, and Weapons of Mass Destruction - Stone, John
Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, September 2009, v32, #9, pp763-775

Why Has the United States Not Been Attacked Again? - Boyd, Dallas; Dunn, Lewis; Scouras, James - Washington Quarterly, Summer 2009, v32, #3, pp3-19

Al-Qaeda's Palestinian Problem
- Mendelsohn, Barak - Survival, Summer 2009, v51, #4, pp71-86

The Geography of U.S. Terrorist Incidents, 1970-2004 - Webb, Jennifer; Cutter, Susan - Survival, Summer 2009, v21, #3, pp428-449

A Counterterrorism Strategy for the Obama Administration - Hoffman, Bruce - Terrorism and Political Violence, July 2009, pp359-377

Country Reports on Terrorism 2008
- U.S. Department of State, April 30, 2009, 351p (PDF)

The 'New Terrorism': Revolution or Evolution? - Field, Antony - Political Studies Review, April 2009, v7, pp195-208

The Serpent in our Garden: Al-Qa’ida and the Long War
- Drinkwine, Colonel Brian M. - Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, January 26, 2009, 82p

FATA - A Most Dangerous Place: Meeting the Challenge of Militancy and Terror in the Federally Administered Tribal Area of Pakistan
Nawaz, Shuja - Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), January 27, 2009, 57p (PDF)

Al Qaeda: Refining a Failing Strategy - Hart, Martin J - Joint Force Quarterly: (JFQ), Fourth Quarter 2008, #51, pp-125

Terrorist Assets Report - Office of Foreign Assets Control, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Web posted October 13, 2008, 19 pages (PDF)

Al-Qaeda and Its Affiliates: A Global Tribe Waging Segmental Warfare Ronfeldt, David - RAND Corporation, Web posted October 10, 2008, 23pages (PDF)

Impact of Iraq War on Jihadist Terrorism
- Pollack, Kenneth M. - Brookings Institute, October 8, 2008, online edition

The Terrorism Index - Foreign Policy, September/October 2008, #168, pp79-86

Terrorist Threat and U.S. Response: A Changing Landscape - Levitt, Matthew; Jacobson, Michael (eds.) - The Washington Institute for Near-East Policy, Policy Focus #86, September 2008

Saudi Arabia's "Soft" Counterterrorism Strategy: Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Aftercare - Boucek, Christopher - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Middle East Program, September 2008, 32p

Comte's Caveat: On How we Misunderstand Terrorism - Garfinkle, Adam - Orbis, Summer 2008, v52, #3, pp403-421

Rogue Operators - Byman, Daniel - The National Interest, July/August 2008, #96, pp52-59

Are We Winning the War on Terror? - Boot, Max - Commentary, July/August 2008, v126, #1, pp15-21

The Rebellion Within - Wright, Lawrence - The New Yorker, June 2, 2008, online edition 14p

The Changing Nature of State Sponsorship of Terrorism
Byman, Daniel L. - Brookings Institution, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, Saban Center Analysis Paper #16, May 2008, 58p

Listing our Terror Problems - Byman, Daniel - The National Interest Online, May 2, 2008

Making the Grade: From A to F, how the U.S. Measures up in its Struggle against Global Extremism - Hamilton, Lee H.; Hoffman, Bruce; Jenkins, Brian Michael; Pillar, Paul R. et al. - National Interest, March/April 2008, #94, pp12-15

The Cost of Terrorism: The Relationship Between International Terrorism and Democratic Governance - Weinberg, Leonard; Eubank, William; Francis, Elizabeth - Terrorism and Political Violence, March/April 2008, 15p

Country Reports on Terrorism 2007 - Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, United States Department of State, April 30, 2008

Channeling Reagan: The Homeland Security Secretary Speaks
Chertoff, Michael - National Interest, March 27, 2008

Iran, Terrorism, and Weapons of Mass Destruction - Byman, Daniel - Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, March 2008, v31, #3, pp169-181

The Next Generation of TERROR - Sageman, Marc - Foreign Policy, March/April 2008, #165, pp37-43

Connecting Terrorist Networks - Magouirk, Justin; Atran, Scott; Sageman, Marc, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, January 2008, v31, #1, pp1-16

Democracy, Al Qaeda, and the Causes of Terrorism: A Strategic Analysis of U.S. Policy - Freeman, Michael, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, January 2008, v31, #1, pp40–59

Stopping Nuclear Terrorism - Levi, Michael - Foreign Affairs, December/January 2008, v87, #1, pp131-141

Executive Power in the War on Terror - McGinnis, John O. - Policy Review, December/January 2008, #146, pp63-75

Can the War on Terror Be Won? - Gordon, Philip H. - Foreign Affairs, November/December 2007, v86, #6, online edition

The Global War on Terrorism: A Religious War? Dobrot, Laurence Andrew; Lieutenant Colonel - Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, November 29, 2007, online edition, 25p

National Strategy for Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress - Perl, Raphael F. - Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report, November 1, 2007, online edition, 19p

The Challenge of Islamists for EU and US Policies: Conflict, Stability and Reform - Asseburg, Muriel - Joint Publication of SWP and United States Institute of Peace (USIP), Washington, DC, SWP Research Paper 2007/RP 12, November 2007, 83p

The Terrorism Index 2007 - Foreign Policy and The Center for American Progress and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, September/October 2007, #162, pp60-68

The Return of the Knights: al-Qaeda and the Fruits of Middle East Disorder - Riedel, Bruce, Survival, Autumn 2007, v49, #3, pp107-120

Rethinking Transnational Counterterrorism: Beyond a National Framework - Jeremy Pressman - The Washington Quarterly, Autumn 2007, v30, #4, pp63-73

Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat - Silber, Mitchell D.; Bhatt, Arvin, New York Police Department (NYPD), NYPD Intelligence Division, Web posted August 15, 2007, 90p

Success or Failure? Iraq's Insurgency and Civil Violence and US Strategy: Developments through June 2007 - Cordesman, Anthony H.
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), July 9, 2007, online edition, 125p

Al Qaeda Confusion: How to Think about Jihad - Radu, Michael - Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI), July 2007, online edition

Global Terrorist Threat: Is Al-Qaeda on the Run or on the March?
Hoffman, Bruce - Middle East Policy, Summer 2007, v14, #2, pp44-59

Al Qaeda Strikes Back - Riedel, Bruce - Foreign Affairs, May/June 2007, v86, #3, p24

Web of Terror - Katz, Rita and Josh Devon - Forbes, May 7, 2007, v179, #10, pp184-188

Where the War on Terror Is Succeeding - Kurlantzick, Joshua - Commentary, May 2007, v123, #5, pp35-39

The Myth of the Invincible Terrorist - Harmon, Christopher C. - Policy Review, April/May 2007, #143, pp57-74

Country Reports on Terrorism 2006 - Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State, Web posted April 30, 2007

The Unthinkable: Can the United States be Made Safe from Nuclear Terrorism - Coll, Steven - New Yorker, March 12, 2007, v83, #3, pp48-57

The Victims of Terrorism: An Assessment of their Influence and Growing Role in Policy, Legislation, and the Private Sector - Hoffman, Bruce; Kasupski, Anna-Britt - Rand Report, March 2007, online edition, 66p

Precision Terror: Suicide Bombing as Control Technology
- Lewis, Jeffrey W. - Terrorism and Political Violence, June 2007, v19, #2, pp223-245

A Supreme Commander for the War on Terror - Stringer, Kevin D.
JFQ: Joint Force Quarterly, Spring 2007, #44, pp19-23


Terrorist Threats to NATO Countries: A Bestiary - NATO Review, Spring 2007, online edition

Religious Basis for Islamic Terrorism: The Quran and Its Interpretations
- Venkatraman, Amritha - Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, March 2007, v30, #3, pp229-248

Jigsaw Jihadism
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Rosenthal, Justine A.
- The National Interest, January/February 2007, #87, pp61-67

Countering Female Terrrorism - Cunningham. Karla J. - Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, February 2007, v30, #2, pp113-129

Notes on the Future of Terrorism - Benjamin, Daniel - Politique Étrangère, December 2006, online edition

National Strategy for Combating Terrorism 2006 - The White House, November 2006, online edition,26p

Suicide Terrorism & Democracy:What we 've learned since 9/11
Pape, Robert A. - Cato Institute, November 1, 2006, online edition, 20p

The Terror War is an Honor War - Rauch, Jonathan - National Journal, October 14, 2006, v38, #8, pp18-19

Terrorism Now - New Perspectives Quarterly, Fall 2006, v23, #4, online edition

Why Terrorism Does Not Work - Abrahams, Max - International Security, Fall 2006, v31, #2, pp43-78

Al Qaeda's Pandemic
- Kitfield, James - National Journal, September 2, 2006, v38, #35, pp.20-27

High-Tech Terrorism: Al-Qaeda's Use of the New Technology
Brachmann, Jarrett M. - Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Summer 2006, v30, #2, pp149-164

How al-Qaida Ends: The Decline and Demise of Terrorist Groups
Cronin, Audrey Kurth - International Security, Summer 2006, v31,#1, pp7-48

Challenges in Fighting a Global Insurgency - Barno, David W.
Parameters, Summer 2006, v36, #2, pp15-29

Sustaining Our Resolve
- Shultz, George P. - Policy Review; August/September 2006, #138, pp3-17

International Terrorism: Threat, Policy, and Response - Perl, Raphael F. - Congressional Research Service Report, August 9, 2006, online edition, 33p

The Terrorism Index - The Center for American Progress and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Foreign Policy, July/ August 2006, #155, pp49-55

Jihad 2.0 - Labi, Nadya - The Atlantic Monthly, July/August 2006, v297, #6, pp 102-108

Tentacles of Jihad: Targeting Transnational Support Networks
Brimley, Shawn - Parameters, Summer 2006, v36, #2, pp30-46

Private Jihad; Annals of Terrorism - Wallace-Wells, Benjamin
The New Yorker, May 29, 2006, v82, #15, p28

A War on Jihadism – Not Terror - Rauch, Jonathan - National Journal, April 15, 2006, v38, #15, pp18-19

Currents and Crosscurrents of Radical Islamism - Report of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Transatlantic Dialogue on Terrorism, April 2006, 32p.

The Challenge of Terrorism and Religious Extremism in Jordan
Boukhars, Anouar - Strategic Insights, April 2006, v5, #4, 11p

The Evolving Al-Qaeda Threat - Phillips, James - The Heritage Foundation, Heritage Lecture #928, March 17, 2006, 10p

Israel's Lessons for Fighting Terrorists and Their Implications for the United States - Byman, Daniel L. & Avi Dicter - Saban Center Analysis #8, Brookings Institution, March 2006, 29p.

National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism - Department of Defense, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, February 1, 2006, 40p

Terrorist Innovations and Anti-Terrorist Policies
- Faria,Joa˜o Ricardo - Terrorism & Political Violence, vol.18, #1, January 2006, pp.47-57

How to Think About Terrorism - Richard K. Betts - Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2006, v30, #1, pp44-49

Assessing the Biological Weapons and Bioterrorism Threat -
Leitenberg, Milton - Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College, December 2005, 123p.

The New Children of Terror: The Making of a Terrorist: Recruitment, Training, and Root Causes - Peter W. Singer, - Brooking Institution, December 2005, online edition

Mother.Daughter.Sister.Bomber. - Bloom, Mia - Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Nov/Dec.2005, v61 #6, pp54-62

Passive Sponsors of Terrorism - Byman, Daniel L. Survival, Winter 2005, v47, #4, pp117-144

Contending Cultures of Counterterrorism: Transatlantic Divergence or Convergence? Rees, Wyn; Aldrich, Richard J. International Affairs, October 2005, v81, #5, pp905-923

Fighting the War of Ideas - Baran, Zeyno - Foreign Affairs, November/December 2005,v84,#6, pp68-78

Global Jihad: Does a Terrorist Movement Threaten the West? Katel, Peter - CQ Researcher, October 14, 2005, v15, #36, pp850-880

The Invisible Bankers - Freedman, Michael - Forbes, October 17, 2005, v176, #8, pp94-104

What's in a Name? "War on Terror" Out, "Struggle Against Extremism" In - Holmes, Kim R. -Heritage Foundation, WebMemo #805, July 26, 2005

Islamic Extremism: Common Concern for Muslim and Western Public Support for Terror Wanes Among Muslim Publics - Pew Global Attitudes Project, July 14, 2005

Watching al-Jazeera - Lynch, Marc - The Wilson Quarterly, Summer 2005, v29, #3, pp36-46

The "War on Terror" in Historical Perspective - Robert, Adams -Survival, Summer 2005, v47, #2, pp101-130

Rescuing the Law of War: A Way Forward in an Era of Global Terrorism - Hoffmann, Michael - Parameters, Summer 2005, pp18-35

The Democratic Imperative vs. the Authoritarian Impulse: The Maghreb State between Transition and Terrorism - Entelis, John P. -Strategic Insights, June 2005, v4, #6, online edition

Terrorist Motivations for the Use of Extreme Violence -Maj. Jaime Gomez, Jr. - Strategic Insights, May 2005, v4, #5, 11p

The Origins of al Qaeda’s Ideology: Implications for U.S. Strategy - Christopher Henzel - Parameters, Spring 2005, v35, #1, pp69-80

 

 




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