Two global jihads?

The Journal of Strategic Studies has just published a paper by Gilbert Ramsay and myself. Entitled Leaderless Global Jihad: The paradox of discriminate violence, the paper looks at the different profiles of attacks by those affiliated to wider militant networks and grassroots actors without such ties. In the paper we argue there are quite distinct targeting profiles between the different types of actor, prompting some interesting and important questions about how targets are selected, challenging the commentary that suggests jihadist violence is indiscriminate.

you can read the rest of the paper here [subscription]