This series seeks to fill a con spic u ous gap in the burgeoning lit er a ture on terrorism,
guerrilla warfare, and insurgency. The series adheres to the highest standards of …

After incurring significant losses during France's 2013 Operation Serval in Mali, Al Qaeda in
the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) is back. Mokhtar Belmokhtar has rejoined the group, violent …

Terrorist groups are commonly understood to be groups that carry out acts of terrorism, and
their actions viewed as terrorist campaigns. Yet, recent events are a reminder that the …

Armed Groups is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the
key actors that pose a threat to today's security arena—terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents …

While there is some scholarship in management and organization studies on forms of
organized violence, it has rarely focused on the role of organized violence within wider …

The malaise that the United States, and the West, have experienced in recent campaigns
stems in large part from unclear thinking about war, its political essence, and the strategies …

Violence during war often involves upswings and downturns that have, to date, been
insufficiently explained. Why does violence at a particular point in time increase in intensity …

When I was twelve I traveled from the United States to Germany for the first time. I spent the
summer in Hamburg, where I lived with the wonderful Ruhnau family and trained with a …

Most observers cannot help but notice that each of the major armed conflicts that occurred
during the 1990s and the first decade of the present century–Bosnia, Kosovo, Chechnya …

This article explores mechanisms fostering cohesion in jihadist organizations in relation to
territorial presence. This article takes four types of territorial presence as its point of …