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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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The Fragility of the Good Friday Peace: The Persistence of Terrorism in Northern Ireland

Abstract: The murder of a journalist, a recent car bombing in Northern Ireland, and a series of parcel bombs sent to...

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Hezbollah’s Procurement Channels: Leveraging Criminal Networks and Partnering with Iran

Abstract: Iran provides Lebanese Hezbollah with some $700 million a year, according to U.S. government officials. Beyond that cash infusion, Tehran...

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A Hollow Victory over the Islamic State in Syria? The High Risk of Jihadi Revival in Deir ez-Zor’s Euphrates River Valley

Abstract: As a result of military offensives on opposite sides of the Euphrates River by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and...

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The Hardline Stream of Global Jihad: Revisiting the Ideological Origin of the Islamic State

Abstract: The Islamic State has lost almost all its territorial control in Syria and Iraq and thus a central part of...

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