Publications
English publications Publikasjoner på norsk
Jihad in Saudi Arabia: Violence and Pan-Islamism since 1979, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010
Al-Qaida dans le texte [with G Kepel, S Lacroix, O Saghi and J P Milelli], Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 2005; German edition: Al-Qaida: Texte des Terrors, Piper Verlag, 2006; Italian edition: Al-Qaeda. I testi, Laterza, 2006; English edition: Al Qaeda in its own words, Harvard University Press, 2008;
"Jihad, Yes, But Not Revolution: Explaining the Extraversion of Islamist Violence in Saudi Arabia", British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 36, 3 (2009)
"The Ideological Hybridization of Jihadi Groups", Current Trends in Islamist Ideology 9 (2009).
"Islamist violence and regime stability in Saudi Arabia", International Affairs, 84, 4 (2008).
"Rejectionist Islamism in Saudi Arabia: The Story of Juhayman al-Utaybi Revisited" [with S Lacroix], International Journal of Middle East Studies, 39, 1 (2007).
"Combattants saoudiens en Irak", Cultures & Conflits, 64 (2007).
"Terrorist Recruitment and Radicalisation in Saudi Arabia", Middle East Policy, 13, 4 (2006).
"Global Jihadism After the Iraq War", Middle East Journal, 60, 1 (2006).
"Jihadi Strategic Studies: The Alleged Al Qaida Policy Study Preceding the Madrid Bombings" [with B Lia], Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 27, 5 (2004).
"Jihadi Salafis or Revolutionaries: On Religion and Politics in the Study of Islamist Militancy", in R Meijer (ed), Global Salafism: Islam's New Religious Movement, (London/New York: Hurst/Columbia University Press, 2009), pp. 244-266.
"Family Values", review of Najwa bin Laden et al, Growing up Bin Laden, in The National, 7 January 2010.
Review of Laurent Murawiec, The Mind of Jihad, in The Times Higher Education Supplement, 12 June 2009.
"The Struggle Within", review of the documentary film Recycle, in The National, 12 February 2009.
"Until the End of Time", review of Jean-Pierre Filiu, L'Apocalypse dans l'Islam, in The National, 15 January 2009.
"Jihadi Studies", Times Literary Supplement, 2 April (2008).
Review of Dore Gold, Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism, in The British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, 34, 2 (2007).
The Failure of Jihad in Saudi Arabia, West Point: Combating Terrorism Center, 25 February 2010.
Saudi Militants in Iraq: Backgrounds and Recruitment Patterns, Kjeller: FFI, 2007.
Paths to Global Jihad: Radicalisation and Recruitment to Terror Networks [with L Bokhari, B Lia, P Nesser and T Tønnessen] Kjeller: FFI, 2006.
Al-Qaida Statements 2003-2004: A Compilation of Translated Texts by Usama bin Ladin and Ayman al-Zawahiri, Kjeller: FFI, 2005.
Saudi Arabia Backgrounder: Who are the Islamists? [with S Lacroix], Brussels: International Crisis Group, 2004.
The Iraq Hostage Crisis: Abductions in Iraq, April-August 2004, Kjeller: FFI, 2004.
Restoring Peace or Provoking Terrorism? [with Å Kjøk, A Hansen and J Knudsen], Kjeller: FFI, 2004.
"Why Does Al-Qaeda Have a Problem With Norway?", TheAtlantic.com, 13 July 2010
"Lady Gaga vs. the Occupation", ForeignPolicy.com, 31 March 2010
"Yemeni Threat in Saudi Arabia", ForeignPolicy.com, 26 March 2010
There is nothing soft about Saudi counterterrorism, ForeignPolicy.com, 11 March 2010.
The Big Impact of Small Footprints, ForeignPolicy.com, 11 November 2009.
Irreparable damage, ForeignPolicy.com, 4 May 2009.
"Osama Bin Ladin's True Priorities", The Guardian, 4 December 2007.
Apostates vs. infidels: explaining differential use of suicide bombings by jihadist groups, FFI/Sciences-Po/West Point conference on "Understanding Jihadism" in Oslo, 20 March 2009; and Religion and Politics lecture series, Harvard University, 27 April 2009.
"The Origins of Global Jihad: Explaining the Arab Mobilization to the 1980s Afghan Jihad", Harvard Kennedy School, 22 January 2009.
"Al-Qaida in Saudi Arabia and Yemen", Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 24 November 2008.
"Orthodoxy and Radicalism in Saudi Arabia", CSIS Congressional Forum on Islam, 3 March 2008.
"Political Violence in Saudi Arabia: The Rise and Fall of al-Qaida on the Arabian Peninsula", Princeton University, 2 March 2007.
"Strategic Studies in Jihadist Literature", Middle East Institute, Washington DC, 17 May 2006.
Other publications:
"Deconstructing the myth about al-Qa'ida and Khobar", CTC Sentinel, 2, 3 (14 February 2008).
"Weakened al-Qaida shifts to oil targets", Oxford Analytica Daily Brief, 9 November 2007.
"Saudi Arabia: Terror threat reduced - for time being", Oxford Analytica In-Depth Analysis, 28 February 2007.
"Abu Musab al-Zarqawi: Death of an Icon", commentary posted on www.opendemocracy.net, 8 June 2006.
Publikasjoner på norsk
"Irak-konflikten og radikal islamistisk ideologi", Internasjonal Politikk 4 (2004)
"En oversikt over islamistiske terroristgrupper," i B E Rasch (red.), Islamistisk terrorisme, Oslo: Abstrakt, 2005
"Islamsk terror og krigen mot Irak," i B E Rasch et al (red.), Spillet om Irak, Oslo: Abstrakt, 2004
Reformprocesser og sikkerhedsudfordringer på den arabiske halvø [med S Hove], København: Det danske utenriksministerium (2006)
Dokumentasjon om al-Qaida: Intervjuer, kommunikéer og andre primærkilder, (Kjeller: FFI, 2003)
Atommateriale, gass og mikrober som terrorvåpen? En undersøkelse av terrorgruppers interesse for og bruk av ikke-konvensjonelle våpen [med B Lia, R-I Vogt-Andresen, Å Kjøk and L Bokhari] (Kjeller: FFI, 2002)
"Al-Qaidas rekruttskoler," Norsk militært tidsskrift 178, 2 (2008)
"Palestina og global jihad," Babylon 4, (2004)
"Al-Qaida etter Afghanistan", Kortinfo 12 (Oslo: Den norske atlanterhavskomité, 2002)
"Truer verden med terrorangrep" [med B Lia], Dagsavisen
"Saudi-Arabias terrorismeproblem", Aftenposten, 18. juni 2004
"Mer terror etter en krig mot Irak?", Aftenposten, 20. februar 2003
"Selvmordsaksjoner i Oslo?" [med K Vogt], Aftenposten, 23. april 2002
"Bomber mot terrorisme?", Aftenposten, 10. november 2001
Steve Coll, The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century, New York: Penguin, 2007, anmeldt i Morgenbladet, 6. juni 2008
Mattias Gardell, Bin Laden i våre hjerter, Oslo: Spartacus, 2007, anmeldt i Babylon 6, 1 (2008)
"Trender og fremtidsutsikter i internasjonal terrorisme", Forsvarspolitisk utvalg, 8. november 2006
Terrorgrupper og kommunikasjon, bakgrunnsdokument for høring om terrorlovgivning i Det danske folketing, 10. mai 2006