Measuring Progress in the Struggle Against al Qaeda and Associated Movements

Christine Bartolf and Bernard I. Finel | The American Security Project | 2009-12-22

"Our goal in the Are We Winning? series is to provide empirical data as the foundation of reasoned discussion and principled debate. To this end, the American Security Project has developed 10 criteria to measure progress-or
lack of progress-in the struggle against anti-American Islamist terror groups such as al Qaeda. These metrics are designed to be both reproducible and as objective as possible. They are intended to comprise a holistic approach, examining causes and processes associated with the threat, in addition to outcomes." -Christine Bartolf and Bernard I. Finel