Katherine Zimmerman
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Past articles by Katherine:
The dangers of Iran’s drones in Ukraine
While the U.S. and NATO will reap the benefits of the Ukrainian military’s experience, so, too, will Iran. → Read More
What Zawahiri’s Death Means for al Qaeda
The US has killed al Qaeda’s leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, in Kabul, Afghanistan. But as before, al Qaeda and its threat lives on. → Read More
The Houthis Still Have the Upper Hand in Yemen
A tenuous U.N. truce has provided relief to civilians but may only entrench a power imbalance in the country’s civil war. → Read More
Afghanistan is set to become a sanctuary for extremists
The danger is that Salafi-jihadi beliefs do not stop at Afghanistan’s borders; the Taliban's vision is global. → Read More
Road To The Caliphate: The Salafi Jihadi Movement's Strengths
America’s failure to defeat the Salafi-jihadi movement, of which al Qaeda and the Islamic State are only two parts, despite 18 years of c... → Read More
Yemen's Houthi Movement Can Still Be Split From Iran
The United States and its partners might still be able to reverse Iran’s pull on the Houthis. → Read More
Taking The Lead Back In Yemen
Introduction Statement before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism on “The Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen: Addressing Current Political and Humanitarian Challenges.” Chairman Deutch, Ranking Member Wilson, and members of the subcommittee, thank you for your attention to securing America’s interests in Yemen and for the… → Read More
The Salafi-jihadist movement is winning
Many observers, including the president, look at these outcomes and deem the terrorist threat finished — but our enemies take a different... → Read More
Terrorism, Tactics, And Transformation: The West Vs The Salafi Jihadi Movement
Executive Summary America’s counterterrorism strategy risks becoming irrelevant to the new reality. It misconceptualizes the enemy as a set of discrete groups and individuals to defeat and kill. It wrongly emphasizes a kinetic approach to addressing the threats these groups pose to American interests and the homeland. It underestimates the importance of the Salafi-jihadi movement that persists… → Read More
The Assault on al Hudaydah: Surfacing America’s Partnership Problems
The United States needs it partners much more now than they need the U.S. → Read More
The Never-Ending War on Terror
Earlier this month, the United States announced that it was launching operations to liberate the final strongholds of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria in what seemed to signal “mission accomplished” in the fight against global terrorism. Having finally wound down major combat operations in Iraq in late April, Washington was able to shift the focus of its offensive operations there to its fight… → Read More
Only the US can reach a peaceful political settlement in Yemen
"Securing a resolution to Yemen’s war is in America’s national interest, not just as a global power, but also as a moral leader." → Read More
President Saleh is Dead. What's Next for Yemen?
The death of former President Ali Abdullah Saleh is a turning point for Yemen’s civil war. → Read More
Are political Islamists America's enemies in the fight against terrorism?
A Point-Counterpoint in response to Katherine Zimmerman’s report, “America’s Real Enemy.” → Read More
In the fight against jihadist ideology, win the people to win the war
OPINION | "The only way for the United States and the West to defeat this enemy is to break its ties to communities." → Read More
America’s Real Enemy: The Salafi-Jihadi Movement
The United States is losing the war against an enemy it has misunderstood for decades. Al Qaeda, the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (I... → Read More
Testimony: Al Qaeda’s Strengthening In The Shadows
US strategy is setting the stage for al Qaeda to lead the Salafi-jihadi movement again when that movement is the strongest it has ever be... → Read More
Testimony: Al Qaeda's strengthening in the shadows
Al Qaeda has adapted and evolved as America focused myopically on retaking two cities from the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS). Al Qaeda has become more resilient and ready to exploit our own strategic weaknesses. → Read More
AQAP Post-Arab Spring and the Islamic State
AQAP’s absence from the headlines is deliberate, not a sign that the group is weak. Instead, AQAP is more deeply embedded with the local ... → Read More
Warning From The Sahel: Al Qaeda's Resurgent Threat
The US and its partners need to renew their efforts to counter al Qaeda in the Sahel or risk AQIM developing a latent threat capability t... → Read More