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The Apostasy of Patriotism: ISIS and the Nice Attack

On the French holiday of Bastille Day, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel drove a truck into a crowd of people celebrating in Nice, killing 84. What does [...] More

High Stakes

Last Thursday’s attack in Nice generates questions about France’s vulnerability to these kinds of threats and what the country and the region will do [...] More

A Long-Term Problem

On Thursday evening, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel drove for more than a mile through a crowd of people celebrating France’s independence day on the [...] More

France’s Vulnerabilities in a Changing Terror Landscape

Europe is increasingly vulnerable to terrorist attacks because of the changing terrorism landscape. Especially troublesome is the uptick in lone wolf [...] More

Almost Impossible to Stop a Plot of One

Whether ISIS had any connection with the terrorist attack in Nice, it really “doesn’t matter,” former CIA case officer and Soufan Group Director of [...] More

A Boon to ISIS

The Cipher Brief sat down with Former Director of Analysis at the NYPD, Mitch Silber, to discuss the implications of Thursday’s terrorist attack in [...] More

The Aftermath of the Nice Attack: Is ISIS’ “Prestige” on the Rise?

While details continue to emerge about Thursday’s terrorist attack in Nice, France, one thing remains clear: regardless of whether ISIS orchestrated [...] More

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