A new piece for CNN, this time looking in a bit more detail at the group Boko Haram to try to understand what lessons can be learned from nearby al Qaeda affiliates and fellow travellers to see about its trajectory as an global terrorist threat. My sense is that it is unlikely to start actively [...]
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What Might Boko Haram Do?
Posted: January 20, 2012 in CNNTags: Al Qaeda, AQAP, AQIM, Boko Haram, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, jihad, radicalization, shabaab, shabab, terrorism
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Lone Attacker or Lone Wolf?
Posted: December 26, 2011 in CNNTags: counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, defining terrorism, legislation, lone wolves, radicalization, terrorism
A new outlet, CNN’s Security Clearance blog, on an old topic: Lone Wolves and how exactly to define them using a couple of cases from earlier in the month. Not exactly a very seasonal topic, but terrorism seems to never stop. Lone attacker or lone wolf? By Raffaello Pantucci, Special to CNN EDITOR’S NOTE: Raffaello [...]
