Ahmed Hashim

Professor Ahmed S. Hashim is a leading authority on Middle Eastern, Central and South Asian security issues. A member of the United States Naval War College's strategic research department, Hashim recently returned from field research in Iraq.

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Caliphate at War: Islamic State Ideology, War Fighting and State Formation

12.17.2015 Ahmed Hashim

A series of books that I remember from my teenage days when I was in school in France sought to provide a succinct explanation for...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Iraq

Terrorism and Complex Warfare in Iraq

05.19.2005 Ahmed Hashim

Few observers of the post-Saddam Iraqi scene expected an insurgency to break out in Iraq so shortly after conventional combat operations were officially declared to...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Middle East

Understanding the Roots of the Shi’a Insurgency in Iraq

05.17.2005 Ahmed Hashim

By the end of March 2004 – and to everyone's surprise – significant elements of the Shi'ite community rose in open rebellion against the coalition...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Middle East

Foreign Involvement in the Iraqi Insurgency

05.10.2005 Ahmed Hashim

The Iraqi insurgency spiked again in August 2004 when Muqtada al-Sadr took the offensive against the transitional Iraqi government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and...

Publication Terrorism Monitor Middle East