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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 Terrorist Calculus in Kidnapping Girls in Nigeria: Cases from Chibok and Dapchi

Abstract: Nearly four years since Boko Haram’s kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls in Chibok, Nigeria, Nigerian jihadis again carried out a mass...

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Targeted Terror: The Suicide Bombers of al-Shabaab

Al-Shabaab, an Islamist terrorist group that has been plaguing Somalia since 2006, was named the most deadly terror group in...

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An Idea or a Threat? Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir

In early February 2016, the Islamic State announced its intention to expand into Kashmir as part of its broader Khorasan...

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Financing Terror Bit by Bit

Terrorism is highly dependent on cash flows for the purchase of everything from munitions and supplies to domains and pamphlets....

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