http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/al-qaeda Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:14:57 -0400 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:14:57 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1574/terrorist-divorce-examining-alliance-break-ups-and-the-al-qaedaisil-split By Vivian G. Hagerty - Though somewhat counterintuitive given terrorist organizations' clandestine nature, such organizations do engage in strategic alliances and partnerships with one another. A handful of scholars have grappled with terrorist alliances, but a gap in the literature remains when it comes to how these alliances end. This study will examine "terrorist divorce" – the point at which these alliances fall apart – by building a preliminary theoretical discussion and investigating the break-up of al Qaeda Core and The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (formerly al Qaeda in Iraq). The study finds... Tue, 31 May 2016 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1574/terrorist-divorce-examining-alliance-break-ups-and-the-al-qaedaisil-split http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1245/the-awakening-how-revolutionaries-barack-obama-and-ordinary-muslims-are-remaking-the-middle-east By Peter Bergen - One, why were we attacked? When Bin Laden talked to us in March of 1997, we asked him "why are you declaring war on the United States?" There were a lot of things he didn't say. He didn't say, "I'm attacking you because of your freedoms, I'm attacking you because of the first amendment, I'm attacking you because of the Supreme Court, I'm attacking you because of Hollywood, I'm attacking you because of your policies on homosexuals, I'm attacking you because of feminism," he didn't mention any kind of cultural issue at all. It was a foreign policy critique of the United States and basically there... Sun, 15 Apr 2012 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1245/the-awakening-how-revolutionaries-barack-obama-and-ordinary-muslims-are-remaking-the-middle-east http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1226/adapt-qaeda-analyzing-the-relationship-between-ideology-organizational-transformation-and-the-exploitation-of-information-technology By Sandeep S. Chhabra - This paper traces and analyzes the organizational evolution of al-Qaeda from the late 1980s to the present day. It notes that al-Qaeda initially exhibited a hierarchical system and then adopted a hub network approach. Following 9/11 and the U.S assault in Afghanistan, the environment surrounding al-Qaeda was drastically altered, and thus organizational changes became necessary. Employing the concept of a "dune" organization to explain the unique and fluid organizational features al-Qaeda currently exhibits, this paper argues that al-Qaeda strategically chose to exploit the Internet and... Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:00 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1226/adapt-qaeda-analyzing-the-relationship-between-ideology-organizational-transformation-and-the-exploitation-of-information-technology