Volume 9 Issue 47 December 22, 2011 Former Pakistan Army Chief Reveals Intelligence Bureau Harbored Bin Laden in Abbottabad “The Notion of Spring Does Not Exist in the Arab world”: Djibouti’s President Ismail Guelleh Wards off the Arab Spring The Twitter War: A New Battleground for Kenya and al-Shabaab BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 46 December 16, 2011 BRIEFS The Turn to Armed Rebellion in Syria: The Rise of the Free Syrian Army Bringing London’s “Christmas Bombers” to Trial Jund al-Khilafa Operations Expand in Kazakhstan
Volume 9 Issue 45 December 9, 2011 BRIEFS Jihadists and Saudi Arabia in the Shadow of the Arab Spring The Impossible Dream: Tehran Rethinks its Commitment to an Iranian-Built Aircraft Carrier Islamist Reaction to the NATO Airstrike on the Pakistani Border
Volume 9 Issue 44 December 2, 2011 Hezbollah Risks Regional Credibility by Its Support for the Syrian Regime BRIEFS Will the Return of Ethiopia’s Military to Somalia Destroy al-Shabaab or Revive It?
Volume 9 Issue 42 December 2, 2011 A Comparative Look at the Islamists of the Egyptian and Tunisian Revolutions Wahhabist Militancy in Bosnia Profits from Local and International Inaction Al-Qaeda and Algiers Struggle to Cope with the Implications of the Arab Spring Turkey Anxiously Weighs Cost of Escalation with Syria BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 43 November 24, 2011 Khartoum Besieged? : Sudan’s Rebel Movements Unite against the Center Muslims Against Crusades Banned in Latest Episode of the UK Jihad “By the Hands of Men Who Don’t Fear Death” – Jund al-Khilafa Launches Islamist Insurgency in Kazakhstan BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 41 November 11, 2011 Unrest in Syria Shaping a New Strategic Triangle of Hezbollah, Iran and Egypt Jaish-e-Muhammad’s Charity Wing Revitalizes Banned Group in Pakistan Turkey Afraid Syria Will Target Its Kurdish Achilles’ Heel
Volume 9 Issue 40 November 4, 2011 Clan and Conflict in Somalia: Al-Shabaab and the Myth of “Transcending Clan Politics” Islamist Militants of the Philippines Restructure to Intensify the Anti-Government Jihad BRIEFS The Three Strategies behind Iran’s Projection of Naval Power
Volume 9 Issue 39 October 28, 2011 Growing Urban Islamist Militancy in Punjab Province Poses New Challenge for Pakistani Authorities The Third Intervention: Kenya’s Incursion into Somalia Goes Where Others Have Failed BRIEFS A Portable War: Libya’s Internal Conflict Shifts to Mali
Volume 9 Issue 38 October 21, 2011 Saudi Arabia's "Iran Initiative" and Arab Tribalism: Emerging Forces Converge in the Arab World Sectarian Violence Escalates in Balochistan as Shi’a Holy Month Approaches Perspectives on the Islamist and Salafist Parties in Egypt: Similarities and Dissimilarities BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 37 October 14, 2011 Bringing Shari’a Rule to Yemen and Saudi Arabia: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula’s Post-Revolution Strategies Iraqi Militants Encourage People of Khuzestan to Launch Jihad against Iran The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan’s Expanding Western Connections BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 36 September 22, 2011 Can Nigeria Exploit the Split in the Boko Haram Movement? Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s Operational Revival in Northern Algeria Probing the Reasons behind Iran’s “Pre-emptive” Military Offensive against Kurdish Rebels BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 35 September 15, 2011 Pakistan Seeks Administrative Solution to Terrorism on the Northwest Frontier What the Tuareg Do After the Fall of Qaddafi Will Determine the Security Future of the Sahel Shiite Proselytizing in Northeastern Syria Will Destabilize a Post-Assad Syria BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 34 September 9, 2011 Jihadists in Syria: Myth or Reality? The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters and the Future of the Peace Process in the Southern Philippines BRIEFS Pakistan’s Military Urges Tribal Uprising against Militants in North Waziristan
Volume 9 Issue 33 August 19, 2011 Uyghur Unrest in Xinjiang Shakes Sino-Pakistani Relations Iraq’s Kata’ib Hezbollah Seek Greater Popularity through Threats to Kuwaiti Port Development Iran Uses Cross-Border Incursions to Pressure Iraqi Kurds to End PJAK Insurgency BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 32 August 12, 2011 Indonesia’s “Ghost Birds” Tackle Islamist Terrorists: A Profile of Densus 88 The Battle for Zinjibar: The Tribes of Yemen’s Abyan Governorate Join the Fight against Islamist Militancy Somalia’s Famine Contributes to Popular Revolt against al-Shabaab Militants BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 31 August 4, 2011 Syrian Unrest Raises Sectarian Tensions in Lebanon Haqqani Network Growing Stronger at the Expense of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Mauritania Confronts Structural Problems as It Steps Up Counterterrorism Efforts BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 30 July 29, 2011 The Muslim Brotherhood in Somalia: An Interview with the Islah Movement’s Abdurahman M. Abdullahi (Baadiyow) Semtex or Stability? The Conflict in Libya and its Impact on Security in Niger To Pay or Not to Pay? The French Hostage Dilemma BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 29 July 22, 2011 Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: Internal Divisions and External Challenges in the Post-Mubarak Era Radical Islamists Step Up Militancy in West Kazakhstan BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 28 July 14, 2011 Pakistan’s Jamaat-ud-Dawa Steps Up Campaign of Anti-American Rhetoric From Islamic Emirate to Nationalist Insurgency: Reckoning with Afghanistan’s Taliban Irreconcilables Al-Qaeda Uses Pakistani Intelligence Course to Train International Operatives BRIEF
Volume 9 Issue 27 July 7, 2011 Al-Qaeda’s Egyptian Ideologues Planning Caliphate’s Return to Egypt Regime Loyalists Fight On as Opposition Prepares for a Post-Qaddafi Libya Confrontation Looms as PKK Ceasefire Fails to Stop Turkish Security Operations BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 26 July 1, 2011 Salafist Ideologue’s Book Urges the Tribes of Yemen to Join al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula The Abandoned Army: War Returns to Sudan’s Nuba Mountains Franco-Algerian Security Rapprochement is Threatened by Divergent Views on Libya BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 25 June 23, 2011 Turkistan Islamic Party Video Attempts to Explain Uyghur Militancy to Chinese Tribes, Salafists and Separatists: Yemen’s Changing Political Landscape Growing Financial Crisis Reversing al-Shabaab’s Gains in Somalia BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 24 June 17, 2011 Contradictions in Pakistan’s Counterterrorism Strategy Leading to Security Collapse Insurgents Intensify Attacks in Iraq as U.S. Prepares Military Withdrawal Shiite Militancy Makes Inroads in Sunni Gaza BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 23 June 9, 2011 Attacks on Saudi Diplomats in Karachi May Be Part of a Saudi-Iranian Proxy War Understanding Strategic Change in al-Qaeda’s Central Leadership after Bin Laden Yemen Without President Ali Abdullah Saleh BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 22 June 2, 2011 India Pressures Pakistan on Other Terrorist Fugitives after Bin Laden’s Death Unrest in Syria Inspires New Wave of Kurdish Activism Salafists, Copts and Sectarianism in Egypt after the Revolution BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 21 May 27, 2011 From Rommel to Qaddafi: Petrol Supplies Still the Key to Military Success in Libya Demise of Philippines’ Abu Sayyaf Terrorist Group Begins in Abbottabad Algeria’s Response to the Revolt in Libya BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 20 May 20, 2011 After Bin Laden: Al-Qaeda Strategy in Yemen Pakistani Ex-Servicemen Help Imran Khan Block Supplies to NATO Forces in Afghanistan Jamestown Interview: Iraqi General in Mosul Under Pressure From Islamist and Nationalist Groups BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 19 May 12, 2011 Jihadis Share Methods of Bringing Down U.S. Predators over Libya Europol Identifies Security Threat to Europe from North Africa’s “Arab Spring” The Island at the Center of the World: The Silencing of Bahrain's Crisis BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 18 May 5, 2011 Jordan’s New Generation of Salafi-Jihadists Take to the Streets to Demand Rule by Shari’a Bin Laden’s Neighbors Say Compound Was Under Surveillance Since 2005 Boko Haram Exploits Sectarian Divisions to Incite Civil War in Nigeria BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 17 April 28, 2011 The Jubaland Initiative: Is Kenya Creating a Buffer State in Southern Somalia? Mapping Qaddafi’s Tribal Allegiances in Libya: An Overview Clashes Erupt Between Khyber Tribesmen and Lashkar-e-Islam Militants BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 16 April 22, 2011 Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula: Challenges and Opportunities in Revolutionary Yemen Pakistani Taliban Continue Their Campaign against Sufi Shrines The Internal Crisis of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 15 April 14, 2011 Pakistani Taliban Widen the Civil War --- Against Fellow Deobandis Conflict Between Somali Leaders Halts Military Operations against Islamist Insurgents Missiles, Money and Migration: The Impact of the Libyan Crisis on the African Sahel BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 14 April 7, 2011 Egypt’s Internal Security Service Collapses in a Storm of Charges and Revelations Trial of Indonesia’s Abu Bakr Ba’asyir a Test of Indonesia’s Counterterrorism Resolve Picking Up Where the Red Army Faction Left Off: Tales from the German Jihad BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 13 April 1, 2011 New Tensions in Kirkuk as Kurdish Peshmerga Surround City The Khurasan Mujahideen Seek to Eliminate Espionage in Waziristan BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 12 March 24, 2011 The Unseen Hand: Saudi Arabian Involvement in Yemen Qaddafi Tries to Secure Loyalty of Circassians of Misrata After Mubarak: Egypt’s Islamists Struggle to Adapt to the Egyptian Revolution BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 11 March 17, 2011 What Do the Uprisings in The Middle East Mean for al-Qaeda? Jihad in China? Marketing the Turkistan Islamic Party Al-Shabaab Threats Panic Kenya as Fighting Erupts on the Border with Somalia BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 10 March 10, 2011 The Libyan Battle for the Heritage of Omar al-Mukhtar, the “Lion of the Desert” The Case of the Iranian Warships and the Suez Canal Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and the Protests in Yemen BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 9 March 3, 2011 Special Report from Inside Libya: Assessing Libyan Rebel Forces “How I Joined Jihad”: Nigerian Bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in His Own Words (Part Two) Taliban Regroups in Pakistan’s Dir Region after Successful Government Offensive BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 8 February 24, 2011 Sufi Militants Struggle with Deobandi Jihadists in Pakistan After Mubarak: Egypt’s Islamists Respond to a Secular Revolution Government Offensive Triggers Taliban Reprisal Attacks in Pakistan’s Mohmand Agency
Volume 9 Issue 7 February 17, 2011 “How I Joined Jihad”: Nigerian Bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in His Own Words (Part One) AQIM Operations Threaten Niger’s Return to Democracy Al-Awlaki Recruits Bangladeshi Militants for Strike on the United States BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 6 February 10, 2011 “We Wish to Be In the Front Lines With You”: Islamist Radicals on the Lotus Revolution Merger of Islamist Groups Challenges Somali Government's Pledge to Retake Mogadishu Makati City Bombing Brings Abu Sayyaf Terrorism to Manila BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 5 February 4, 2011 Muqtada al-Sadr and Iran Use “Soft Power” to Pursue Objectives in Iraq Tunisia’s Battered Islamist Movement Seeks a Place in the Era of Change Fresh Violence Threatens to Make Karachi the New Mogadishu BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 4 January 28, 2011 Defeating the “Forces of Paganism”: Former Military Intelligence Chief Hamid Gul Blends Pakistani Nationalism and Islamic Revolution Hostage Killings Raise Tension between France and Niger Is the Islamic State of Iraq Going Global? BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 3 January 20, 2011 The Tribes of Yemen: An Asset or Impediment to Stability? Part Two Operation Neath: Is Somalia's al-Shabaab Movement Active in Australia? Islamist Militants of the TNSM Plan Return to Pakistan's Swat Valley BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 2 January 14, 2011 Back with a Vengeance: The Baloch Insurgency in Iran Security Implications of Muqtada al-Sadr's Return to Iraq Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's Growing War with North Yemen's Houthist Movement BRIEFS
Volume 9 Issue 1 January 6, 2011 The Role of Egyptian Militants in Developing al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Al-Shabaab Desertions Increase in Southern Somalia The Tribes of Yemen: An Asset or Impediment to Stability? Part One BRIEFS