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Back to SearchThe Bin Laden Papers: The Inner Workings of Al-Qeada’s Leadership
This episode dives into the internal workings and communications of al-Qaeda and uses that insight to draw lessons for counterterrorism strategies. From the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden to t…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: US Intelligence in a Changing World
This episode focuses on the US intelligence community and its role in supporting the spectrum of national security missions, from the heavy counterterrorism focus of the post-9/11 era to today's envi…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Money Talks: How Nonstate Armed Groups Finance their Operations and Organizations
How do terrorist organizations and other nonstate armed groups finance their activities? And just as importantly, how can the United States and its allies counter those streams of money? Those questi…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
Political Warfare and the Road to Invasion: Irregular Warfare in Ukraine since 2014
In this episode, the second in our two-part series focused on irregular warfare in Ukraine, we're once again joined by Michael Kofman and Kent DeBenedictis. After hearing them discuss Russia’s concep…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago
From Little Green Men to Tanks Outside Kyiv: Irregular Warfare in Ukraine since 2014
In this first episode of our two-part series focused on irregular warfare in Ukraine, we're joined by Michael Kofman, the research program director in the Russia Studies Program at the Center for Nav…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Plan Colombia: Anatomy of a Successful Counterinsurgency Campaign
Plan Colombia has been described as a model of successful counterinsurgency and foreign internal defense at a time when large footprints in Iraq and Afghanistan have had mixed results. In this episod…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Digital Irregular Warfare: Cyber at the Tactical Level
This episode explores how cyber tools and weapons are used at the tactical level within irregular warfare. Our guests, Dr. Trey Herr and Major Sally White, highlight some of the limitations of execut…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Little Blue Men in the South China Sea: Unmasking China’s Maritime Militia
Since completing its terraforming and island reclamation projects in the Spratly Islands in 2016, the People’s Republic of China has shifted its emphasis to asserting dominance over the South China S…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Digital Terrorists: Policy and Practice in the Online Counterterrorism Fight
In this episode, we consider how extremists of all types have exploited maneuver space online, and what this means for efforts to counter violent extremism today. To do so, we're joined by Nick Rasmu…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago
Dynamite to Drones: The Diffusion of Lethal Technology to Terrorists and Insurgents
From dynamite in the early twentieth century to drones, bioweapons, and private-sector satellite constellations today, lethal technologies are increasingly available to nonstate actors and individual…
Published on 3 years, 8 months ago