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A short commentary by Bruce Hoffman, which ends with:
Link:https://www.thecipherbrief.com/column_article/isis-shifting-focus

A report from late March 2019 and the summary states:
Link:https://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/after-baghouz-a-jihadi-archipelago

A curious item, originally on the BBC World Service (Arabic) and recirculated on YouTube:

It is just under ten minutes long, with English sub-titles....

A blogger, Kyle Orton, whose output I rarely capture and this article in a away supplements that by Hassan Hassan....

Originally posted by Joel Wing in the Iraq 2018 thread. It is an article by Hassan Hassan in 'The Atlantic' and hopefully the link works. The sub-title:

The article is based upon:...

An Anglo-Dutch report 'The Cost of Crying Victory: Policy Implications of the Islamic State’s Territorial Collapse' by ICSR and the International Centre for Counter-Terrorism – The Hague (ICCT).
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Bill,

It's Tuesday, it must be ISIS day. I write this as The Soufan Group has a similar commentary, which starts with - their emphasis:...

I am aware that ISIS publishes on-line and the pointer for this came from Professor Paul Rogers (who I cite often). His review opens with:

He concludes:...

This thread was closed in 2016 and now has 130,435v (up from 31,642v).

Nada Bakos, an ex-CIA analyst and highly regarded by a some here, was interviewed in May 2016, which I missed and caught today via Twitter; yes after Mr Trump's claim ISIS was created by "not the...

A summary of this week's two-day conference @ Kings College London, hosted by ICSR, on ISIS in Europe, with a variety of...

An article via CBC from a Belgian SME on terrorism and ISIS. A key passage:

Then a "lesson learnt":
Link:http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brussels-europe-isis-jihadism-1.3529884

Jason Burke's column after Brussels has the headline 'The tyranny of Isis terrorism will not always be with us. But history shows that a new militant threat will emerge' and sub-titled:...

Six substantial threads have been merged here; they all refer to defeating ISIS beyond and on the battlefield. Several were "stand alone" threads and one had several posts in response.

Two options to learn Malcolm Nance's viewpoint, a short written article and a 48 minute podcast. He is an expert and author of akey book on Iraq; see an old, closed 2015...

First a "one stop" explanation from the BBC 'Islamic State group: The full story' and then a Salon article, which includes a Q&A with Will McCants; with a sub-title:

The...

An excellent article on the arguments used by ISIS to justify their jihad against:...

A month ago Professor Hugh Kennedy (SOAS, London) and an acknowledged SME on Islamic history gave a lecture @ Birmingham University - it was excellent. From the organisers summary:...

There are two SWC threads:

1) Lone Wolves outside the USA:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/showthread.php?t=16226

2) Lone Wolves in the...

A short (8 pg PPT) from Europol, the full title being:Link:https://t.co/5mthVAPQDA

It was written after the latest Paris attacks and on a quick skim has few surprises. It does have some...

A short podcast (16 mins) of a SME William McCants @ Chicago speaking on 'The Power of an Idea' as part of an event on Terrorism: Behind the Headlines.

Link:https://www.chicagoideas.com/videos/876...

Professor Paul Rogers has a short commentary, via Oxford Research Group, that:Link:http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers_and_reports/islamic_state_and_revolts_margins
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A Lithuanian writer asks 'Putin’s Russia. Do traces of KGB, FSB and GRU lead to Islamic State?' or:...