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The Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) is the US Military Academy's center for terrorism studies. It maintains expertise in four primary areas: terrorism, counterterrorism, homeland security and weapons of mass destruction. CTC Reports make use of primary source documents and material to better understand foreign and domestic terrorist threats to security and provide policy analysis and assistance to leaders dealing with terrorist threats.

Publishers: Combating Terrorism Center (CTC)
Publications: Down, but Not Out: An Updated Examination of the Islamic State’s Visual Propaganda
The Islamic State and Drones: Supply, Scale and Future Threats
Boko Haram beyond the Headlines: Analyses of Africa´s Enduring Insurgency
Targeted Terror: The Suicide Bombers of al-Shabaab
Then and Now: Comparing the Flow of Foreign Fighters to AQI and the Islamic State
From Cradle to Grave: The Lifecycle of Foreign Fighters in Iraq and Syria
Remotely Piloted Innovation: Terrorism, Drones and Supportive Technology
Communication Breakdown: Unraveling the Islamic State´s Media Efforts
The Caliphate’s Global Workforce: An Inside Look at the Islamic State’s Foreign Fighter Paper Trail
Held Hostage: Analyses of Kidnapping Across Time and Among Jihadist Organizations
Islamic Groups’ Social Service Provision and Attitudinal Change in Egypt
The Rationale of Political Assassinations
Managing a Transnational Insurgency: The Islamic State of Iraqʹs “Paper Trail,” 2005‐2010
The Group That Calls Itself a State: Understanding the Evolution and Challenges of the Islamic State
Risky Business: The Global Threat Network and the Politics of Contraband
Jihadi Discourse in the Wake of the Arab Spring
Usama Bin Ladin's
The Fighters of Lashkar‐e‐Taiba: Recruitment, Training, Deployment and Death
Challengers from the Sidelines: Understanding America's Violent Far-Right
Haqqani Network Financing: The Evolution of an Industry
Beware of Imitators
Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin Sidelined?
Edges of Radicalization
Policy Considerations in Combating Terrorism
A False Foundation? AQAP, Tribes and Ungoverned Spaces in Yemen
A False Foundation?
The Haqqani Nexus and the Evolution of al-Qaida
The 'Arab Spring': Investing in Durable Peace
Self-Inflicted Wounds
Crime and Insurgency in the Tribal Areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan
Shiism and Sectarian Conflict in Pakistan
The Failure of Jihad in Saudi Arabia
Deadly Vanguards
Embattled in Arabia
Dysfunction and Decline
Radical Islamic Ideology in Southeast Asia
Terrorism, Deterrence and Nuclear Weapons
Iranian Strategy in Iraq
Bombers, Bank Accounts and Bleedout
The Power of Truth: Questions for Ayman Al-Zawahiri
The Late Sheikh Abdullah Azzam’s Books (I)
The Late Sheikh Abdullah Azzam’s Books (II)
The Late Sheikh Abdullah Azzam’s Books (III)
Sheikh Abdel‐Fatah Al‐Khalidi Revitalizes Sayid Qutb
Al-Qa'ida's Foreign Fighters in Iraq: A First Look at the Sinjar Records
Trends in Egyptian Salafi Activism
Cracks in the Foundation: Leadership Schisms in al-Qaida from 1989-2006
Al-Qaida's (Mis)Adventures in the Horn of Africa
The GSPC: Newest Franchise in al-Qa’ida’s Global Jihad
Ansar al‐Sunnah Threatens Al‐Qa’ida in Iraq
Militant Ideology Atlas - Executive Report
Militant Ideology Atlas - Research Compendium
Al‐Qa’ida Secedes From Iraq: Implications for Bleedout and U.S. Policy
Al-Qa'ida's Spymaster Analyzes US Intelligence
Jihadi After Action Report: Syria
Abu Hamzah al‐Muhajir’s 15‐Day Strategy
Biodefense Report
Bioterrorism Symposium (2006)
The Islamic Imagery Project: Visual Motifs in Jihadi Internet Propaganda
Stealing al-Qa'ida's Playbook
Paradigmatic Jihadi Movements
Bioterrorism Symposium (2005)
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