Combating Terrorism Center

AFP, Post 9/11, US cadets learning to 'know the enemy', 23 Mar 09 "The Combating Terrorism Center, set up in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, aims to prepare cadets at the nation's premier military academy to confront the shifting geo-political realities of the 21st century."

Combating Terrorism Center includes links to related publications. Their programme has a focus on online activities.

Dysfunction and Decline: Lessons Learned from Inside al Qa'ida in Iraq

Brian Fishman, Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, Dysfunction and Decline: Lessons Learned from Inside al Qa'ida in Iraq, March 2009 "Dysfunction and Decline: Lessons Learned from Inside al-Qa`ida in Iraq is the latest in a series of CTC reports based in part on documents declassified from the Department of Defense’s Harmony Database. It is being released along with a collection of declassified Harmony documents that informed the report.

"Drawing on al-Qa`ida in Iraq’s own lessons-learned documents, Dysfunction and Decline identifies a number of structural weaknesses that contributed to AQI’s decline, including creating unrealistic expectations among foreign fighters, weak indoctrination and training mechanisms, and command and control structures that diluted command authority within the group."

Available as a pdf in English and Arabic [haven't read it fully yet]

Significant related online content also available via the Combating Terrorism Center website.