The Feb. 2012 issue of the CTC Sentinel is now available, at: http://www.ctc.usma.edu/publications/sentinel
CFP: Manuscripts on Terrorist Groups
The Praeger Security International book series on Terrorists, Insurgents and other Armed Groups is now in its third year of publication. Recent volumes have included the Army of God, PKK, ETIM, Phinehas Priesthood and PLO. We are accepting proposals for new manuscripts. Please see the following web page for more Continue Reading
CFP: Perspectives on Terrorism
Please see the following web page for information on submitting articles to the journal Perspectives on Terrorism. http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions I’ve taken on a new role as Associate Editor of this journal. If you have something you’d like to submit for consideration, please let me know.
Nigeria’s Boko Haram Attacks
My Op-Ed piece, co-authored with Vanda Felbab-Brown, is available online at the Brookings website [ Click Here ]
Re: Boko Haram in Nigeria
Here are two recent perspectives on the increasing Boko Haram-related violence in northern Nigeria: The Economist (Jan. 14 2012 issue): http://www.economist.com/node/21542764 an Op-Ed that I co-authored (Jan. 12 2012): http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0112/Nigeria-s-Boko-Haram-attacks-are-misunderstood-as-regional-Islamist-threat I’ve also just completed a monograph on Boko Haram, for Joint Special Operations University Press, currently under final review. Quite Continue Reading
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
Brief news
http://www.uml.edu/News/stories/2011-12/Forest-Influence-Warfare.aspx
Terrorism in Africa
Here is a link to the recent special issue of the journal Perspectives on Terrorism, which addresses Terrorism in Africa. http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot CONTENTS Terrorism and Political Violence in Africa: Contemporary Trends in a Shifting Terrain James J.F. Forest, Jennifer Giroux Terrorism in Liberation Struggles: Interrogating the Engagement Tactics of the Movement Continue Reading
Article on State Weakness
Just published a piece in the Netherlands-based NATO journal Atlantic Perspective. Here’s a link to the issue: http://www.atlcom.nl/upload/AP_2011_nr__6.pdf Ungoverned Territories: Engaging local nongovernmental entities in U.S. security strategy State weakness has become a prime concern for U.S. national security, and so-called ‘ungoverned territories’ are central to this concern. However, we Continue Reading
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