Publication

This edition of CTTA focuses on the growing influence of individual actors within terrorist groups. The articles specifically focus on 1) the emergence of Bahrumsyah as a key jihadi leader among ISIS supporters in Southeast Asia; 2) the rise of Indonesian militant Bahrun Naim, who has plotted a number of terrorist attacks against local police forces as well as civilian targets; 3) the role being played by Gigih Rahmat Dewa, who is part of the Katibah Gonggong Rebus (KGR), as a key provider of logistical support to pro-ISIS activists in the Southeast Asian region; 4) Muhammad Wanndy Mohamed Jedi’s status as Malaysia’s online ‘jihadist celebrity’; 5) Isnilon Totoni Hapilon’s successful gathering of sixteen pro-ISIS militant groups in the Philippines; and 6) how ISIS’s over-ambitious religious and political goals have facilitated the organization’s internal collapse.