A consortium of researchers dedicated to improving the understanding of the human causes and consequences of terrorism

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

Title Investigators Project Period
Bargaining on and off the Battlefield: The Bargaining Model of War and Negotiations with the Afghan Taliban Barnett S. Koven -
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure (CT NEADS) Barnett S. Koven -
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency SIGMA+ Thomas Guarrieri, Marcus A. Boyd, Steve S. Sin, Ph.D. -
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah Barnett S. Koven, Samuel D. Henkin -
ISIL: Branding, Leadership Culture and Lethal Attraction Gina Scott Ligon
Measuring Up: Aligning SOF and Interagency CT Efforts Across the Tactical, Operational and Strategic Levels Barnett S. Koven -
Radicalization in the Ranks Michael Jensen, Sheehan Kane -
Project Title Publication Date Publication Type
‘Nondemocratic Islamists’ and Support for ISIS in the Arab World 2020-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
#JESUISPARIS?: An Appeal to Hypocrisy and Justifications for Mass Casualty Violence 2019-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Comparison of ISIS Foreign Fighters and Supporters Social Media Posts: An Exploratory Mixed-method Content Analysis 2019-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A Comparison of Political Violence by Left-wing, Right-wing and Islamist Extremists in the United States and the World 2022-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A genosonic analysis of ISIL and US counter-extremism video messages 2017-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
A State, an Insurgency, and a Revolution: Understanding and Defeating the Three Faces of ISIS 2018-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
A Strategic Analysis of Violent Extremist Organizations in the United States Central Command Area of Responsibility 2020-03-01T12:00:00 White Paper
A Tale of Two Caliphates: Al-Qaida and its Associated Movement vs. the Islamic State and its Associated Movement 2015-09-01T12:00:00 Presentation
Al Qaeda and the Islamic State's Break: Strategic Strife or Lackluster Leadership? 2017-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Another Look at Jujitsu Politics 2016-09-01T12:00:00 Discussion Point
Apologia for Suicide: Martyrdom in Contemporary Jihadist Discourse 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Beyond al-Qa'ida 2012-11-01T12:00:00 Discussion Point
Caliphate in Decline: An Estimate of Islamic State's Financial Fortunes 2017-03-01T12:00:00 Report
Catch Them Coming and Going: Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters 2016-03-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Choosing to Fight, Choosing to Die: Examining How ISIS Foreign Fighters Select Their Operational Roles 2020-07-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Counterterrorism Net Assessment Data Structure 2020-04-01T12:00:00 Project Fact Sheet
Debates among Salafi Muslims about use of violence 2017-05-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah 2021-12-01T12:00:00 Report
Divergent Dimensions of Radicalization Risk: Migration and Violent Extremism in Sabah, Malaysia 2020-12-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Do Machines Replicate Humans? Toward a Unified Understanding of Radicalizing Content on the Open Social Web 2019-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Dynamic Dimensions of Radicalization and Violent Extremism in Sabah, Malaysia 2021-12-01T12:00:00 Report
Fratricidal Jihadists: Why Islamists Keep Losing their Civil Wars 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
From Freedom Fighters to Jihadists: Human Resources of Non State Armed Groups 2019-05-01T12:00:00 Book
Guiding Principles for Countering and Displacing Extremist Narratives 2016-08-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Images of Death and Dying in ISIS Media: A Comparison of English and Arabic Print Publications 2018-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Is the Enemy of My Enemy My Friend? How Terrorist Groups Select Partners 2018-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
ISIS in Iraq: The Social and Psychological Foundations of Terror 2023-05-18T12:00:00 Book
ISIS: Its History, Ideology, and Psychology 2018-04-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Islamic State Chemical Weapons: A Case Contained by its Context? 2018-03-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Mapping Today's Jihadi Landscape and Threat 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Mass-Fatality, Coordinated Attacks Worldwide, and Terrorism in France 2015-11-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Mental Illness and Terrorism 2016-07-01T12:00:00 Discussion Point
Nexus of Global Jihad: Understanding Cooperation Among Terrorist Actors 2017-05-01T12:00:00 Book
Not My Brother’s Keeper: Factional Infighting in Armed Islamist Movements 2019-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Not Your Father's Intelligence Failure: Why the Intelligence Community Failed to Anticipate the Rise of ISIS 2018-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Patterns of Islamic State-Related Terrorism, 2002--2015 2016-08-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Probabilistic Pathway Projection to Counter Foreign Fighters 2016-04-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) 2023-03-09T12:00:00 Research Brief
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) 2020-05-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS) 2018-10-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States (PIRUS): Mass Casualty Extremist Offenders 2023-03-10T12:00:00 Research Brief
Radicalization in the Ranks 2022-04-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Rebel Group Attrition and Reversion to Violence: Micro-Level Evidence from Syria 2020-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Rethinking Transnational Terrorism: An Integrated Approach 2020-02-01T12:00:00 Report
Say Terrorist, Think Insurgent: Labeling and Analyzing Contemporary Terrorist Actors 2014-10-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Swedish Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq: An Analysis of Open-Source Intelligence and Statistical Data 2017-06-01T12:00:00 Report
Syria Barometer Survey: Opinions about War in Syria and about Radical Action 2016-06-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Taking the Sinai Province of the Islamic State Seriously Without Helping it Destabilize Egypt 2015-08-01T12:00:00 Discussion Point
Territorial Havens and the Risk of Complex Terrorist Attacks in the United States 2018-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Terrorism in Belgium and Western Europe; Attacks against Transportation Targets; Coordinated Terrorist Attacks 2016-03-01T12:00:00 Background Report
Terrorist Attacks on US Coalition Supply Convoys and Bases in Iraq 2023-06-27T12:00:00 Research Brief
Terrorist Propaganda After the Islamic State: Learning, Emulation, and Imitation 2019-12-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The Challenges of Terrorism in a Globalized World 2019-05-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The Crisis Within Jihadism: The Islamic State’s Puritanism vs. al-Qa`ida’s Populism 2020-09-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Curse of Cain: Why Fratricidal Jihadis Fail to Learn from Their Mistakes 2017-11-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Evolution of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL): Relationships 2004-2014 2014-06-01T12:00:00 Fact Sheet
The Online Caliphate: Internet Usage and ISIS Support in the Arab World 2019-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
The Psychology of Terrorism 2017-01-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
The War Within: A Look Inside al-Qaeda's Undoing 2016-08-01T12:00:00 Book
Transcending Organization: Individuals and “The Islamic State” 2014-06-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Transnational Volunteers: American Foreign Fighters Combating the Islamic State 2020-04-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Trends of Anashid Usage in Da‘esh Video Messaging and Implications for Identifying Terrorist Audio and Video 2019-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
U.S. Muslim Opinions about ISIS, the Syrian Conflict and the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election 2017-06-01T12:00:00 START Reports
U.S. Muslims with Radical Opinions Feel More Alienated and Depressed 2017-08-01T12:00:00 START Reports
Understanding the Threat: What Data Tell Us about U.S. Foreign Fighters 2015-09-01T12:00:00 Research Brief
Validating Extremism: Strategic Use of Authority Appeals in al-Naba' Infographics 2018-05-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Violent Non-State Actors and the Kashmir Conflict 2019-09-01T12:00:00 White Paper
What is the State of Islamic Extremism: Key Trends, Challenges and Implications for U.S. Policy 2015-02-01T12:00:00 Congressional Testimony
When Terrorism Works: Explaining Success and Failure Across Varying Targets and Objectives 2018-06-01T12:00:00 Book Chapter
Why ISIS' Message Resonates: Leveraging Islam, Socio-Political Catalysts and Adaptive Messaging 2016-01-01T12:00:00 Journal Article
Title Job Title Institution
Margaret Margaret Hayden Researcher, GTD University of Maryland