Jennifer Cafarella

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Al Qaeda General Command Pressures Salafi-Jihadi Factions to Coordinate Against Russia and Assad in Idlib

Jennifer Cafarella Emily Estelle Perez September 05, 2019 BRIEF

Al Qaeda’s senior leadership reinvigorated its effort to unite anti-Assad groups into a single military force in northwest Syria.

Confronting the Russian Challenge

Frederick W. Kagan Nataliya Bugayova Jennifer Cafarella June 19, 2019 ANALYSIS

Russia poses a significant threat to the United States and its allies for which the West is not ready.

Intelligence Estimate and Forecast: The Syrian Theater

Jessa Rose Dury-Agri Omer Kassim Matti Suomenaro Catherine Harris Elizabeth Teoman Franklin Holcomb Christopher Kozak Genevieve Casagrande Marie Donovan Jessica Lewis McFate Maseh Zarif Katherine Zimmerman Jennifer Cafarella Frederick W. Kagan Kimberly Kagan September 23, 2017 ANALYSIS

The United States will continue to risk its vital strategic interests in the Middle East unless it changes its policies in Syria and Iraq.

Syria Strike Opens Doors for U.S. Strategy

Genevieve Casagrande Jennifer Cafarella April 08, 2017 ANALYSIS

The U.S strike against an Assad regime base in northern Syria on April 6, 2017 opened the door to a reorientation of American strategy in...

America's Way Ahead in Syria

Kimberly Kagan Frederick W. Kagan Jennifer Cafarella March 14, 2017 ANALYSIS

US leadership is needed to drive a multinational strategy that rallies regional powers capable of building the moderate Sunni Arab resist...

Warning Update: al Qaeda's Global Attack Campaign

Jennifer Cafarella Katherine Zimmerman November 06, 2016 ANALYSIS

Al Qaeda never stopped planning attacks against the US even when it was prioritizing the local fights and working within local dynamics. ...

Avoiding al Qaeda's Syria Trap: Jabhat al Nusra's Rebranding

Jennifer Cafarella Katherine Zimmerman July 29, 2016 ANALYSIS

The leader of al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Jabhat al Nusra, announced the end of his group's operations and the creation of a new entity ...

Jabhat al Nusra and ISIS: Sources of Strength

Harleen Gambhir Jennifer Cafarella Katherine Zimmerman February 11, 2016 ANALYSIS

American strategy toward ISIS has mis-identified the group's center of gravity and is inadvertently strengthening al Qaeda affiliate Jabh...

Competing Visions for Syria and Iraq: The Myth of an Anti-ISIS Grand Coalition

Christopher Kozak Kimberly Kagan Katherine Zimmerman Jennifer Cafarella Harleen Gambhir Hugo Spaulding Frederick W. Kagan January 21, 2016 ANALYSIS

The superficial convergence of Iranian, Russian, Turkish, and Saudi strategic objectives with those of the U.S. on ISIS as a threat masks...

Al Qaeda and ISIS: Existential Threats to the U.S. and Europe

Katherine Zimmerman Harleen Gambhir Jennifer Cafarella Kimberly Kagan Frederick W. Kagan January 21, 2016 ANALYSIS

ISIS and al Qaeda pose an existential threat to the U.S. and Europe because they accelerate the collapse of world order, provoke domestic...

Salafi-Jihadi Global Tracker

Al Qaeda General Command Pressures Salafi-Jihadi Factions to Coordinate Against Russia and Assad in Idlib

September 05, 2019

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Jennifer Cafarella

Al Qaeda General Command Pressures Salafi-Jihadi Factions to Coordinate Against Russia and Assad in Idlib

Confronting the Russian Challenge

Intelligence Estimate and Forecast: The Syrian Theater

Syria Strike Opens Doors for U.S. Strategy

America's Way Ahead in Syria

Warning Update: al Qaeda's Global Attack Campaign

Avoiding al Qaeda's Syria Trap: Jabhat al Nusra's Rebranding

Jabhat al Nusra and ISIS: Sources of Strength

Competing Visions for Syria and Iraq: The Myth of an Anti-ISIS Grand Coalition

Al Qaeda and ISIS: Existential Threats to the U.S. and Europe

Al Qaeda General Command Pressures Salafi-Jihadi Factions to Coordinate Against Russia and Assad in Idlib

Confronting the Russian Challenge

Intelligence Estimate and Forecast: The Syrian Theater

Syria Strike Opens Doors for U.S. Strategy

America's Way Ahead in Syria

Warning Update: al Qaeda's Global Attack Campaign

Avoiding al Qaeda's Syria Trap: Jabhat al Nusra's Rebranding

Jabhat al Nusra and ISIS: Sources of Strength

Competing Visions for Syria and Iraq: The Myth of an Anti-ISIS Grand Coalition

Al Qaeda and ISIS: Existential Threats to the U.S. and Europe