Snapshot
Bruce Hoffman revisits the debate over whether the jihadi threat is top-down or bottom-up and argues that Osama bin Laden called the shots even in hiding.
Response
Jul/Aug
2008
Debating whether the real terrorist threat is top-down or bottom-up.
Review Essay
May/June
2008
Marc Sageman claims that al Qaeda's leadership is finished and today's terrorist threat comes primarily from below. But the terrorist elites are alive and well, and ignoring the threat they pose will have disastrous consequences.
Review Essay
Mar/Apr
1999
A raft of new books confronts a very real threat--the terrorist use of weapons of mass destruction--and propose vital, though moderate, responses.
