Great review of my book WMD & Terrorism (co-edited with Russ Howard), from the Spring 2013 Journal of Strategic Studies. Click here:Â http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1243&context=jss
Counterterrorism
Political Violence and the Illicit Economies of West Africa
My article on West Africa, co-authored with Vanda Felbab-Brown, has been published by the journal Terrorism and Political Violence. A summary is available for free on the Brookings website [ Click Here ] and the full version of the article is available for free at the following link:Â http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IPbdZnuckan5GzsKd3j7/full
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Attacks
My Op-Ed piece, co-authored with Vanda Felbab-Brown, is available online at the Brookings website [ Click Here ]
John Brennan and James Forest on WMD
See page 7 of the attached conference report from the threat convergence summit in Zurich Zurich Conference Final Report
Thoughts on the Killing of al-Awlaki
So, Anwar al-Awlaki was targeted and reportedly killed by a drone this morning. Samir Khan, another American-born AQAP member (and allegedly the principal editor and architect behind the popular online magazine INSPIRE) may also have been killed in the attack. If this morning’s media accounts are accurate, this is a Continue Reading
June 2011: National Counterterrorism Strategy
“We are bringing targeted force to bear on al-Qaeda at a time when its ideology is also under extreme pressure,” states the Obama administration’s “National Strategy for Counterterrorism.” Click here to download.
Bin Laden’s Death
Bin Laden’s Death and the Implications for Jihadism By Scott Stewart U.S. President Barack Obama appeared in a hastily arranged televised address the night of May 1, 2011, to inform the world that U.S. counterterrorism forces had located and killed Osama bin Laden. The operation, which reportedly happened in the Continue Reading
Beware of bad “counterterrorism experts”
For anyone planning to go into law enforcement, or already working in that profession, this is an important article: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2011/1103.stalcup-craze.html There are too many sham “counterterrorism experts” out there giving law enforcement professionals all kinds of bad information, often false assertions and outright lies. People need to be forewarned of Continue Reading
Brachman Testimony
Jarret Brachman Testifies on AQAP Media Earlier this week my colleague Jarret Brachman provided expert testimony to the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. The hearing, which was entitled, “Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland – Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP),” focused on AQAP’s use Continue Reading
Can Al Qaeda Survive the Revolts in the Middle East?
Great commentary by Bruce Riedel. “As the Arab world undergoes the most profound changes it has seen in over a half century, and the first-ever democratic revolutions in its history, al Qaeda has been caught off guard like everyone else. Now it is trying to regain its footing by looking Continue Reading