Jihadology Podcast: Don't Call It a Comeback, AQAP's Been Here for Years
Katherine Zimmerman comes on the show to talk AQAP. Some of the topics covered include:
- AQAP since the death of Awlaqi and their withdrawal from territory in southern Yemen in 2012
- The effect of the rise of the Huthis and how the Saudi/Emirati war in Yemen has affected AQAP
- AQAP’s local outreach and how it compares to what it tried from 2011-2012
- How drone attacks on AQAP leadership have affected the group
- The Islamic State’s activities in Yemen and what they mean for AQAP
Links:
Katherine Zimmerman comes on the show to talk AQAP. Some of the topics covered include:
- AQAP since the death of Awlaqi and their withdrawal from territory in southern Yemen in 2012
- The effect of the rise of the Huthis and how the Saudi/Emirati war in Yemen has affected AQAP
- AQAP’s local outreach and how it compares to what it tried from 2011-2012
- How drone attacks on AQAP leadership have affected the group
- The Islamic State’s activities in Yemen and what they mean for AQAP
Links:
- Katherine Zimmerman » AEI Scholar
- Critical Threats | Katherine Zimmerman
- A New Model for Defeating al Qaeda in Yemen - Katherine Zimmerman | AEI
- AQAP: A Resurgent Threat - Katherine Zimmerman | CTC Sentinel
- Katherine Zimmerman (@KatieZimmerman) | Twitter
The podcast is produced by Karl Morand. If you have feedback you can email [email protected], or find us on Twitter: @JihadPod. You can subscribe to the show in iTunes, Stitcher, or with our RSS feed.
Aaron Y. Zelin is the Richard Borow Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a visiting research scholar in the Department of Politics at Brandeis University, and the founder of Jihadology. He is also the author of the book “Your Sons Are At Your Service: Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad” (Columbia University Press, 2020) and the recent booklet “The Age of Political Jihadism: A Study of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.”
