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December 04, 2025 Riza Kumar

Abduction As a Tactic, Not a Byproduct of Terrorism

More than a decade into the Islamist insurgency across the Sahel, terror groups—such as the al-Qaeda aligned Jama’at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen (JNIM) and Islamic State in the Sahel (IS Sahel)—remain consistent in their operations and tactics...

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November 10, 2025 Elena Martynova

The Uses of OSINT in Counter-Terrorism

Open-source intelligence (OSINT) has become a key component of modern strategic and operational intelligence work. It is defined as the practice of collecting and analyzing information gathered from publicly available sources, such as newspapers...