Groupe Islamique Armé and Islamic State parallels: the descent into violence and self-destruction

A brief historical analogy shows parallels between Groupe Islamique Armé and Islamic State: the descent into violence and self-destruction.

Sergei Boeke • February 03, 2016

Preventing small scale terrorist attacks by one or two perpetrators

Recent small scale terrorist attacks lead to asking the question whether authorities could have prevented these attacks.

Edwin Bakker • March 24, 2015

Negotiating with IS?

The brutal killing of an IS-held Jordanian pilot might make negotiating with IS not an option. Some captives of IS were freed though. So why not try to negotiate?

Wietse van den Berge • February 23, 2015

ISIS: Jihadists’ new forerunner?

The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) appears to have the ambition of overtaking the Al-Qaeda umbrella organization it belongs to as the forerunner of international jihadism. What is ISIS about and what is its effect for the Syrian conflict?

Wietse van den Berge • June 12, 2014

Who is the new Bin Laden?

Three years after Bin Laden’s death we wonder: who is the new face of terrorism?

Wietse van den Berge and Liesbeth van der Heide • May 09, 2014

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Groupe Islamique Armé and Islamic State parallels: the descent into violence and self-destruction

Preventing small scale terrorist attacks by one or two perpetrators

Negotiating with IS?

ISIS: Jihadists’ new forerunner?

Who is the new Bin Laden?