Marketing to Extremists: Waging War in Cyberspace
ISIS’s cyber efforts have paid off; the FBI told Congress in July 2016 that “the message of radicalization spreads faster than we imagined just a few years ago.
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After ISIL: The Conflict Following the War
This paper attempts to provide insight into a topic most have not yet thoroughly considered - what happens after ISIL is gone?
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Returning Foreign Fighters in the Caribbean: Issues and Approaches
Detailed study of foreign fighters and of their return to home countries has only emerged in the last 10 – 15 years, with even less written about it in relation to the Caribbean region.
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ISIS After Trump
Where will ISIS be after Donald J. Trump? The President has forcefully asserted that he will destroy not only ISIS, but also vowed to “exterminate” all of Islamic extremism.
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Syria’s Desert Hawks and the Loyalist Response to ISIS
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Wed, 04/05/2017 - 8:43am
The Desert Hawks are a hybrid entity, both SyAA strike force and Jaber brothers PMC. The latter role has allowed them to emerge as successful loyalist intermediaries.
Countering the Daesh Narrative
The United States is losing the information war against Daesh. Communication professionals must better understand the Daesh narrative, how it is constructed and promulgated.
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Honor in Hijrah as Expressed by the Islamic State
Islamic State emphasis for hijrah in the immediate future bring support to previous observations regarding the theme of Urgency.
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Will There Be A “Great Raid” Into Syria?
There are some good reasons to increase the U.S. military force level in Syria; but if we do, it should be a short and decisive intervention with a clear goal.
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ISIL & Drones: Understand the Network to Defeat the Network
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Wed, 02/15/2017 - 7:40pm
A partial solution is not expensive, created from exotic materials, or overly glamorous, but rather, an approach that requires only the slightest redirection of priorities.
“Remote Controlled” Terrorism and its Implications for Counter-Terrorism Efforts
Islamic State recruiters and leaders residing in Syria and Iraq are now directing attacks in the West, India, and East Asia via “homegrown” extremists.