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The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point educates, advises, and conducts research to equip present and future leaders with the intellectual tools necessary to understand the challenges of terrorism and counterterrorism.

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A View from the CT Foxhole: A Virtual Roundtable on COVID-19 and Counterterrorism with Audrey Kurth Cronin, Lieutenant General (Ret) Michael Nagata, Magnus Ranstorp, Ali Soufan, and Juan Zarate

Audrey Kurth Cronin is a Professor at the School of International Service at American University and the Director of the...

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Homecoming: Considerations for Rehabilitating and Reintegrating Islamic State-Affiliated Minors

This report focuses on the topic of foreign minors who are stuck in limbo after the fall of the territorial...

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The Controller: How Basil Hassan Launched Islamic State Terror into the Skies

Abstract: After trying but failing to assassinate a critic of Islam in Denmark in 2013, Basil Hassan, a radicalized Danish engineering...

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Remaining and Expanding: The Recovery of Islamic State Operations in Iraq in 2019-2020

Abstract: The Islamic State has recovered from its territorial defeats since 2017 to mount a strong and sustained resurgence as an...

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