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William McCants, Authors/publisher may add/edit this information
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Johns Hopkins University
Abstract

On 9/11, the global jihadist movement burst into the world’s consciousness, but a decade later, thanks in part to the Arab Spring and the killing of Osama bin Laden, it is in crisis. With Western-backed dictators falling, al Qaeda might seem closer than ever to its goal of building Islamic states. But the revolutions have empowered the group’s chief rivals instead: Islamist parliamentarians, who are willing to use ballots, not bombs.

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McCants, William. “Al Qaeda's Challenge: The Jihadists' War With Islamist Democrats.” Foreign Affairs, vol. 90, no. 5, 2011, pp. 20–32.
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