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Sean M. Zeigler

Stephen Watts

Astrid Stuth Cevallos

Bryan Frederick

Nathan Chandler

Karl P. Mueller

Patrick B. Johnston

Trevor Johnston

Julia A. Thompson

Meagan L. Smith

Alexander Stephenson

The report analyzes the strategic effects of low-cost and small-footprint military options across a range of irregular warfare operations and in a range of operational environments.

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Limited Stabilization, Limited Strike, and Containment Operations

Limited Intervention

Benjamin Bahney

Howard J. Shatz

Jacob N. Shapiro

Jonathan Wallace

Danielle F. Jung

Patrick K. Ryan

Drawing from 140 recently declassified documents, this report comprehensively examines the organization, territorial designs, management, personnel policies, and finances of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) and al-Qa‘ida in Iraq. Analysis of the Islamic State predecessor groups is more than a historical recounting. It provides significant understanding of how ISI evolved into the present-day Islamic State and how to combat the group.

Management, Money, and Terror in Iraq, 2005-2010

Foundations of the Islamic State

Jason H. Campbell

Sarah H. Bana

Sameer Lalwani

This report describes counterinsurgency strategies and practices and conditions in which U.S. small-footprint partnerships may succeed. Case studies of the Philippines and Pakistan reinforce quantitative findings and highlight challenges for the U.S. in influencing partners.

Understanding U. S. Small-Footprint Interventions in Local Context

Countering Others' Insurgencies

Cynthia Dion-Schwarz

David Manheim

Terrorist organizations might increase use of digital cryptocurrencies to support their activities. RAND researchers consider the needs of such groups and the advantages and disadvantages of the cryptocurrency technologies available to them.

Technical and Organizational Barriers and Future Threats

Terrorist Use of Cryptocurrencies

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