Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 10/2013

The Future of Anti-Western Jihadism

Thomas Hegghammer

July 2013

Center for International Security and Cooperation

Abstract

Terrorism expert and CISAC Zukerman Fellow Thomas Hegghammer provided testimony to the House subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade. The hearing, titled "Global al-Qaeda: Affiliates, Objectives, and Future Challenges," focused on the future of al-Qaeda and related jihadi terrorist groups.