25 Years After 9/11: The Future Of The Global Jihadi Movement

Supported by Andrew Carnegie Foundation
and James S. Rowen VII. 

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the global jihadi movement has outlived its founders, its caliphate, and most of the forecasts made about its impending demise. The movement that has its roots in the Middle East and South Asia now increasingly threatens Africa, where some al-Qaeda affiliates govern large swaths of territory and where Islamic State Somalia Province has become a financial hub bankrolling operations on the continent and further afield. Capabilities that once belonged only to advanced militaries engaged in counterterrorism operations a decade ago are now in the hands of terrorists, insurgents, and homegrown violent extremists. Over that same period, jihadi terrorism has slipped down the threat rankings of the governments that once organized their security and foreign policy almost entirely around it. This book brings together nine of the field’s leading scholars and analysts to assess the movement on the evidence: where it has grown, where it has adapted, what the post-9/11 era got wrong, and what the current retreat from counterterrorism is likely to cost.

Edited by
Colin P. Clarke
Clara Broekaert

Preface By: Ali Soufan

Contributions From: Brian Michael Jenkins, Dr. Daniel Byman, Don Rassler, Dr. Tricia Bacon, Dr. Amira Jadoon, Dr. Assaf Moghadam, Peter Bergen, David Sterman, and Dr. Aaron Y. Zelin

This book was made possible by the generous support of James S. Rowen VII. This publication was also supported by a grant from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, formerly Carnegie Corporation of New York. The statements made and views expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors.