Publication

This edition of the CTC Sentinel focuses on 1) the threat environment in the UK following the terrorist attacks in London and Manchester; 2) an analytical framework on how to predict the shape and intensity of Iraq’s next Sunni insurgencies; 3) the so-called Islamic State’s shift in its position on female fighters in response to manpower shortages; and 4) the dangers of undermining encrypted online communication tools in response to the use of such technology by terrorists. The issue additionally features an interview with Edward You, a Supervisory Special Agent in the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Biological Countermeasures Unit.