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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 June 2018 Cologne Ricin Plot: A New Threshold in Jihadi Bio Terror

Abstract: In June 2018, German security services uncovered an alleged terrorist plot involving ricin by a Tunisian extremist living in Cologne...

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Down, but Not Out: An Updated Examination of the Islamic State’s Visual Propaganda

Since the summer of 2014, the Islamic State has experienced successes and setbacks on the battlefield. That pattern has also...

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The Islamic State and Drones: Supply, Scale, and Future Threats

The Islamic State is a group known for doing things a bit differently, for its capacity for innovation, and for...

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The Surabaya Bombings and the Evolution of the Jihadi Threat in Indonesia

Abstract: On May 13, 2018, three churches in Surabaya, Indonesia, were targeted by suicide bombers comprising one single family of six....

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