Papers by Raffaello Pantucci
The Rusi Journal, 2009
... 16. Sami Yousafzai, 'Jihad Chic Comes to London', Newsweek, 23 March 2009 .... more ... 16. Sami Yousafzai, 'Jihad Chic Comes to London', Newsweek, 23 March 2009 ... In March 2006, a British court sentenced Coventry-born Mohammed Ajmal Khan to nine years in prison for raising 'millions of pounds' for Kashmiri focused terror group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and its then ...
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Terrorism and Political Violence, 2011
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Terrorism and Political Violence, 2010
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Terrorism and Political Violence, 2010
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Survival, 2008
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Survival, 2010
... Shaalan Jabury, 'A Letter from Baghdad: Memorable Days in China as a Muslim&#x27... more ... Shaalan Jabury, 'A Letter from Baghdad: Memorable Days in China as a Muslim', Xinhua, 16 July 2009. ... View all notes. In February 2007, the Chinese government executed Ismail Semed, an ethnic Uighur who had initially been picked up in Pakistan in 2001, on charges of ...
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Democratization, 2010
Page 1. A contest to democracy? How the UK has responded to the current terrorist threat Raffaell... more Page 1. A contest to democracy? How the UK has responded to the current terrorist threat Raffaello Pantucci* International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London, UK (Received July 2009; final version received December 2009) ...
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Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 2011
This article claims that the ongoing debate about the structure and dynamics of Al Qaeda has fail... more This article claims that the ongoing debate about the structure and dynamics of Al Qaeda has failed to appreciate the importance of an organizational layer that is situated between the top leadership and the grass-roots. Rather than being “leaderless,” it is the group's middle management that holds Al Qaeda together. In Clausewitzian terms, Al Qaeda's middle managers represent a center of gravity—a “hub of … power and movement”—that facilitates the grass-roots’ integration into the organization and provides the top leadership with the global reach it needs in order to carry out its terrorist campaign, especially in Europe and North America. They are, in other words, the connective tissue that makes Al Qaeda work. The article substantiates this hypothesis by providing a number of case studies of Al Qaeda middle managers, which illustrate the critical role they have played in integrating the grass-roots with the top leadership. The policy implications are both obvious and important. If neither the top leadership nor the grass-roots alone can provide Al Qaeda with strategic momentum, it will be essential to identify and neutralize the middle managers, and—in doing so—“cause the network to collapse on itself.”
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Terrorism Monitor, Jan 1, 2008
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Terrorism Monitor, Jan 1, 2009
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Jamestown Terrorism Monitor, Jan 1, 2009
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Terrorism Monitor, Jan 1, 2011
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Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Jan 1, 2010
... a group of five Britons were arrested by Yemeni security in Aden after a Daewoo van laden wit... more ... a group of five Britons were arrested by Yemeni security in Aden after a Daewoo van laden with explosives and weapons ran a roadblock and crashed, leading to a hunt for a group of dark skinned Britons.26 The five, including Abu Hamza's stepson, Mohsin Ghalain, were ...
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African Security, Jan 1, 2010
... In 2008, Ethiopian troops killed Abdullah Ali Afrah, a former Toronto resident who operated a... more ... In 2008, Ethiopian troops killed Abdullah Ali Afrah, a former Toronto resident who operated a money-transfer business in the Canadian city before returning to his native Somalia and becoming second deputy chairman of the Shura Council of the ICU and then joining al ...
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Perspectives on Terrorism, Jan 1, 2010
Keywords Afghanistan Africa Al-Qaida Databases Hezbollah Hizballah Hostage-Taking Iraq Jihadism L... more Keywords Afghanistan Africa Al-Qaida Databases Hezbollah Hizballah Hostage-Taking Iraq Jihadism LRA Lebanon Northern Ireland Pakistan Research Somalia Terrorism Research United Nations War on Terrorism al-Qaeda counterterrorism financing
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SAIS Review, Jan 1, 2007
After years of deteriorating transatlantic relations, the second administration of President Geor... more After years of deteriorating transatlantic relations, the second administration of President George W. Bush targeted its first major diplomatic gesture at Europe, sending newly appointed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice there in February 2005 to begin patching over the damage ...
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