If you only have time to read one article on the current state of al-Qaeda, read the new special report in the Economist. Not only does the author, Anton La Guardia, have great taste (Jihadica and some CTC products I worked on are listed in the sources), but he has done a masterful job of tying together a lot of conflicting trends.
(Note that the links for all of the articles in the report are on the right-hand side of the screen.)
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Hey Will,
Thanks for the tip, and I agree that this is a very solid big-picture account. As for good taste, looks like he made use of Cracks in the Foundation as well 😉
Cheers, and barak allah fik for the consistently outstanding reporting in this blog. I recommend it to all of my students.
– Vahid