by editor | Oct 28, 2014 | COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Narrative
CSC has released a new white paper entitled De-Romanticizing the Islamic State’s Vision of the Caliphate. The Executive Summary is below, and you can download the full PDF here. Executive Summary Calls for restoration of the Caliphate are a regular feature of...
by editor | Jun 3, 2014 | Africa, Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Publications, Strategic Comm.
CSC has released a new white paper: The Narrative Landscape of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Executive Summary This report presents the results of an analysis of the narrative landscape produced in texts by and about al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) from 2007...
by lundry | Aug 16, 2012 | Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Islam, Media, Southeast Asia
by Chris Lundry Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist Noordin M. Top, who was responsible for multiple bombings in Indonesia and who is thought to have played a role in the 2002 Bali Bombings, is back in the news. He was killed almost three years ago in Central Java by Densus...
by editor | Jul 19, 2012 | Analysis, COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Indonesia, Politics, Publications, Religion, Southeast Asia
by Mark Woodward This ICG report recently reviewed by Chris Lundry is another example of that organization doing what it does best, providing detailed information about the activities of extremist groups linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in some way. But in my view the...
by lundry | Jul 18, 2012 | Analysis, Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communication, Counterterrorism, Islam
by Chris Lundry The International Crisis Group has released another outstanding report on Indonesian extremism (available here) that reflects their in-depth approach, extensive connections, and long reaching background into the topic. This report focuses on extremist...
by editor | Jul 16, 2012 | COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Politics, Publications
By Jeffry Halverson, Bennett Furlow & Steven R. Corman Our study, entitled How Islamist Extremists Quote the Qur’an, released last week, seems to have touched a nerve in some and has generated some negative commentary. To date, we have received no criticism from...