‘Al Shabaab’s Foreign Threat to Somalia’

This article focuses on the threat to Somalia by al Shabaab (The Youth), an extremist organization that controls most of southern and central Somalia. It learned its strategy and tactics from al Qaeda and the Taliban and relies heavily on a relatively small number of foreign fighters, most of whom are Somalis with foreign passports from the large Somali diaspora.

Somalia

‘Foreign Fighters-Recent Trends’ by Orbis

Beginning with a historical perspective on foreign fighters, this article then seeks to clarify ambiguities and biases that shape how we often analyze the foreign fighter phenomenon.

Foreign Fighters

‘The Arab Spring, Counterterrorism Policy, and the End of al-Qaeda’ by Audrey Cronin

In this video, Audrey Cronin, discusses the various ways terrorist organisations end and relates recent events to the potential demise of al-Qaeda.

Demise of Terrorist Groups