“The advent of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq”. Paper presented by Truls H. Tønnessen at “Understanding Jihadism: Origins, Evolution, and Future Perspectives”, a round-table seminar jointly organized by the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Sciences Po (France) and Combating Terrorism Center/West Point (USA) in Oslo on 19-21 March 2009.

 

"Which Jihad in Iraq?" Paper presented at The Annual International Studies Association Convention (ISA) in New York, 14-18 February 2009. By Truls Hallberg Tønnessen 

 

"Saudi militants in Iraq - backgrounds and recruitment patterns." By Thomas Hegghammer. Published as FFI Research Report No.2006/03875

 

"Combattants saoudiens en Irak". By Thomas Hegghammer. Publisert i Cultures & Conflits, 64 (2007).

"Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: Death of an Icon". By Thomas Hegghammer. Published in Opendemocracy.net

"The Ansar al-Islam Group Revisited". By Brynjar Lia. Paper presented at the "Islamism and European Security" -Seminar on 15-16 June 2006, sponsored by the Danish Social Science Research Council and hosted by the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

"Global Jihadism After the Iraq War". By Thomas Hegghammer. Published in The Middle East Journal, vol. 60 no. 1 (2006), pp. 11-32

"Irak-konflikten i radikal islamistisk ideologi". By Thomas Hegghammer. Published in Internasjonal Politikk, vol. 63 no. 4 (2005), pp. 351-370

"The Iraqi Hostage Crisis: abductions in Iraq April-August 2004". By Thomas Hegghammer. Published as FFI Research Report No.2004/03105.

 

 

FFI explains the al-Qaida document "Jihadi Iraq: Hopes and Risks".
Read the document here.
Read FFI's analysis here.

"Jihadi Strategic Studies: The Alleged Al Qaeda Policy Study Preceding the Madrid Bombings". By Brynjar Lia and Thomas Hegghammer. Published in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 27, 4, (Sep-Oct 2004): 355-375.

 

"Training on a Battlefield: Iraq as a Training Ground for Global Jihadis". By Truls Hallberg Tønnessen. Published in Terrorism and Political Violence, 20, 4, (Oct 2008): 543 – 562.

 

"Training in a battlefield: Iraq as a training ground for global jihadists". By  Truls Hallberg Tønnessen. Paper presented at the conference “The Jihadist Phenomenon: A Social Sciences Perspective” in Menton, France, 26-28 October, 2007.

 

"Jihadism in Western Europe After the Invasion of Iraq: Tracing Motivational Influences from the Iraq War on Jihadist Terrorism in Western Europe". By Petter Nesser. Published in Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Volume 29, Number 4, June 2006 , pp. 323-342.

 

"Abu Reuter and the E-Jihad: Virtual Battlefronts from Iraq to the Horn of Africa". By Hanna Rogan. Published in Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, vol. 8, no. 2, (Summer/Fall 2007), pp. 89-96

 

"Internasjonal terrorisme i kjølvannet av Irak-konflikten". Foredrag av Truls Hallberg Tønnessen i Oslo Militære Samfund, 16. oktober 2006.

 

"The Rise of Salafi-Jihadi Groups in Iraq: Some preliminary Observations". By Brynjar Lia. Doctor Philosophiae Lecture, University of Oslo, 20 November 2003.

 

"Norge og terrortrusselen etter Irak-krigen". Av Brynjar Lia. Publisert i prosjektrapporten "Hvilket Europa etter Irak-krigen?". Oslo: Europa-programmet, mars 2004.