Rahma Bayrakdar

Rahma Bayrakdar is an analyst for the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute where she specializes in Salafi-jihadi networks, including al Qaeda and ISIS. Rahma graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a Bachelor's in History and Political Science and obtained her Master's in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago.

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Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – January 27, 2021

15 hours ago
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – January 25, 2021

2 days ago
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – January 22, 2021

January 22, 2021
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021
Africa File

Africa File: Al Qaeda’s Sahel branch escalates attacks

January 15, 2021
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – January 13, 2021

January 13, 2021
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – January 11, 2021

January 11, 2021
Africa File

Africa File: Al Shabaab member charged with plotting 9/11-style attack

December 18, 2020
Africa File

Africa File: Al Qaeda’s East Africa affiliate will gain from US withdrawal, regional instability

December 04, 2020
article

Prisoner releases will empower extremist insurgencies

December 01, 2020
Africa File

Africa File: Ethiopia’s civil war could destabilize eastern Africa

November 10, 2020
article

Niger kidnapping signals Salafi-jihadis’ growing influence in West Africa

November 06, 2020
Africa File

Africa File: Salafi-jihadi groups celebrate attacks in Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, prisoner exchange in Mali

October 23, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – October 2, 2020

October 02, 2020
Africa File

Africa File: New opportunities for the African Salafi-jihadi movement

October 01, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – September 23, 2020

September 23, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – September 21, 2020

September 21, 2020
Africa File

Africa File: US Special Operations Command Africa commander emphasizes ‘strategic’ aims of al Qaeda in West Africa

September 18, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – September 11, 2020

September 11, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – September 9, 2020

September 09, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – September 4, 2020

September 04, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – September 2, 2020

September 02, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – August 31, 2020

August 31, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – August 28, 2020

August 28, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review - August 26, 2020

August 26, 2020
Gulf of Aden Security Review

Gulf of Aden Security Review – August 24, 2020

August 24, 2020
Africa File

Africa File: Stalled negotiations risk military escalation across several African crises

August 07, 2020
Africa File

Africa File: Political turmoil challenges Mali, Ethiopia, and Tunisia as Libya war heats up

July 23, 2020