Lawfare Archive: Jihadology Podcast: al-Qaeda's Franchising Strategy
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🗓️ 21 August 2021
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Summary
From February 2, 2016: Barak Mendelsohn comes on the Jihadology Podcast to discuss his new book, “The al-Qaeda Franchise: The Expansion of al-Qaeda and Its Consequences.” Some of the topics covered include:
- How organizations expand
- Why AQ decided to branch out and the strategy behind that decision
- AQ’s choices on where to expand
- Case studies on AQ’s different branches
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:32.6 | Hello, this is Alvaro Madanjón with an episode from the LawFair Archives for August 21, |
| 0:46.6 | 2021. |
| 0:48.2 | The rapid developments in Afghanistan this past week with a Taliban taking over has created |
| 0:53.2 | tremendous pressure for the President Biden. |
| 0:56.0 | The Taliban's quick actions should also alert the Biden administration to focus on other |
| 1:00.4 | threats, including terrorism around the world. |
| 1:03.9 | For today's episode from the Archives, I've chosen a conversation between Aaron Zellin |
| 1:08.3 | and Barack Mendelssohn from February 2, 2016 on Mendelssohn's new book, The Alcada |
| 1:15.2 | Franchise, The Expansion Alcada and its consequences. |
| 1:19.3 | During this discussion, they cover among other things why and where Alcada decided to branch |
| 1:23.6 | out and the strategy behind that decision, how the organizations expand and how other |
| 1:29.4 | case studies on different Alcada branches have turned out. |
| 1:35.2 | I'm Aaron Zellin, founder of G. Hadology.net. |
| 1:38.6 | And I'm Karl Morand, the shows producer. |
| 1:41.4 | This episode features an interview with Barack Mendelssohn, an associate professor of political |
| 1:46.4 | science at Haberford College, and senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. |
| 1:52.4 | He is also the author of the new book, The Alcada Franchise, The Expansion of Alcada |
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