Publication
8 Sep 2011
No major al-Qaeda attack has taken place since the 2 May 2011 killing of Osama Bin Laden. While the Arab Spring is said to have depleted al-Qaeda's popular appeal, the difficult fiscal situation in the United States would explain public statements by the Obama administration about the outfit’s reduced threat potential. This paper suggests, however, that a trend analysis of the threat from al-Qaeda post-Abbotabad indicates otherwise.
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Author | Shanthie Mariet D'Souza |
Series | ISAS Briefs |
Issue | 216 |
Publisher | Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) |
Copyright | © 2011 Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) |