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Recent CTC Publications

"The Failure of Jihad in Saudi Arabia"                                   by Thomas Hegghammer

Deadly Vanguards: A Study of al-Qa'ida's Violence Against Muslims
Arabic Translation of the Deadly Vanguard Findings:
        Part I
        Part II

“Embattled in Arabia: Shiis and the Politics of Confrontation in Saudi Arabia” by Toby Jones

Dysfunction and Decline: Lessons Learned From Inside al-Qa`ida in Iraq (اضغظ هنا لتحميل الرابط    )

The CTC Sentinel: Cutting Edge Research

CTC News

12 January, 2009: Dr. Forest to speak at conference on "Shaping the New Administration's Counterterrorism Strategy"

10 December: Two new books released by CTC Faculty

24 July: NPR on the CTC-FBI Collaborative (audio)

30 May: FBI Profiles the FBI-CTC Collaborative

5 May: Brian Fishman on NPR discussing Zawahiri's recent question and answer session

1-2 April 2008 - 28 Cadets from the Terrorism Studies program met with senior policymakers in Washington, DC.

1 April 2008 - CTC featured on Fox News.

28-29 February 2008 - CTC co-sponsored a conference on "Countering Terrorism in Africa through Human Security Solutions" with the Bradley Foundation,, the USMA Program for Conflict and Human Security Studies, and the Jebsen Center for Counterterrorism Studies, Fletcher School, Tufts University.

1 February 2008 - CTC announces the appointment of GEN (r) John Abizaid as Distinguished Chair.

28 January - 1 February 2008
CTC speakers were featured at the annual Army Antiterrorism Conference, held in Orlando, Florida.

25 January 2008
James Forest guest lectured at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland

19 December 2007
The first issue of The Sentinel, the CTC's new online journal, is now available here