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Sadat’s War Strategy: Political Gains vs. Military Victory
This article was originally published by The Strategy Bridge. On Nov. 20, 1977, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat stood before the Israeli Knesset on a historic trip to the country. Addressing 120 Israeli parliamentary members, Sadat said, “I come to you today on solid ground to shape a new life and to establish peace.” Never before had […]
Tens of Thousands of Syrian Rebels Poised to Regroup
Tens of Thousands of Syrian Rebels Poised to Regroup Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, “Tens of Thousands of Syrian Rebels Poised to Regroup,” The Cipher Brief, October 12, 2017 Al Qaeda’s role in the Syrian civil war drastically increased after the al Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) managed to take control of Syria’s northwestern Idlib province and position itself as the […]
Terrorists Are Using Drones Now. And That’s Not the Worst of It.
Terrorists Are Using Drones Now. And That’s Not the Worst of It. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, “Terrorists Are Using Drones Now. And That’s Not the Worst of It,” Fortune, September 9, 2017 Sixteen years after the 9/11 attacks and the onset of the “war on terror,” the jihadist movement has grown stronger in almost every measurable way. Jihadists enjoy more […]
Save The Terrorism Prevention Toolkit
Save the Terrorism Prevention Toolkit George Selim & Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, “Save the Terrorism Prevention Toolkit,” War on the Rocks, August 28, 2017 The images from Charlottesville captured the nation’s attention. Cameras showed Nazi salutes, swastikas, and militant antifa counter-protesters. As pepper spray and ramming vehicles supplanted debate, those events highlighted ideological strains different from the jihadist movement that […]
Manchester Shows How Terrorists Learn
The Manchester Attack Shows How Terrorists Learn Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, “The Manchester Attack Shows How Terrorists Learn,” The Atlantic, May 23, 2017 Yesterday’s terrorist attack that struck at the end of an Ariana Grande concert in Britain’s Manchester Arena—leaving 22 people dead and 59 injured, by the latest count—feels perhaps even more callous and personal than other such recent […]