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Islamic Jihad militants ride on a pickup truck as they follow the convoy of freed Palestinian prisoner Ibrahim Baroud, upon his arrival in the northern Gaza Strip April 8, 2013 (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem).
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Fighting Salafi-Jihadist Insurgencies: How Much Does Religion Really Matter?
April 2013, Daniel L. Byman
Daniel Byman explores the differences between jihadist and non-jihadist insurgencies, and discusses the challenges that confront U.S. policymakers seeking to devise policies that will weaken these groups at the local level while diminishing support for international terrorism.
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E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Senior Fellow, Governance Studies
William A. Galston
The Ezra K. Zilkha Chair in Governance Studies
Jonathan Laurence
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center on the United States and Europe
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