Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
“Identity Wars: Collective Identity Building in Insurgency and Counterinsurgency,” Small Wars and Insurgencies 31, no. 2 (2020): 381-401. click here
“Human Domain and Influence Operations in the 21st Century,” Special Operations Journal, 2, no. 2 (2016): 92-105. click here
“Three Theories of Religious Activism and Violence: Social Movements, Fundamentalism, and Cosmic War,” Terrorism and Political Violence, 0 (2014): 1-23. click here
“Defining and Distinguishing Traditional and Religious Terrorism,” Perspectives on Terrorism, 8, no.8 (2014): 1-16. click here
“Setting a Place at the Table: Ending Insurgencies Through the Democratic Process,” Small Wars and Insurgencies, 22, no. 4 (2011): 644-668. click here
“Crafting a Better Grand Strategy to Fight the Global War on Terror: Lessons from the Early Years of the Cold War,” Foreign Policy Analysis, 6, no. 3 (July 2010): 237-255. click here
“Fighting the Jihad of the Pen: Countering Al Qaeda’s Ideology,” Terrorism and Political Violence, 22, no. 2 (2010): 294-314. click here
“Beyond Population Engagement: Understanding the Goals of Counterinsurgency,” Parameters, 39, no. 3 (2009): 18-31. click here
“Fighting Cosmic Warriors: Lessons from the First Seven Years of the Global War on Terror,” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 32, no. 3 (2009): 188-208. click here
Other Peer Reviewed Publications
“Religiously Motivated Violence,” in Oxford Bibliographies in International Relations, edited by Patrick James, New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.
After Saddam: Pre-War Planning and the Occupation of Iraq, Nora Bensahel, Olga Oliker, Keith Crane, Richard R. Brennan, Jr., Heather S. Gregg, Thomas Sullivan, abd Andrew Rathmell, Santa Monica: RAND, 2008. click here
Beyond Al Qaeda, Part I, Angel Rabasa, Peter Chalk, Kim Cragin, Sara A. Daly, Heather S. Gregg, Theodore W. Karasik, Kevin A. O’Brien, William Rosenau, Santa Monica: RAND, 2006. click here
Beyond Al Qaeda, Part II, Angel Rabasa, Peter Chalk, Kim Cragin, Sara A. Daly, Heather S. Gregg, Theodore W. Karasik, Kevin A. O’Brien, William Rosenau, Santa Monica: RAND, 2006. click here
Exploring Religious Conflict, Gregory F. Treverton, Heather S. Gregg, Daniel Gibran, Charles Yost, Santa Monica: RAND, 2005. click here
Solicited Book Chapters
“Myths of Heroes in Religious Radicalism,” in Religious Radicalism, Akil Awan and James Lewis, eds. London: Hurst and Co., forthcoming.
“Reagan and Terrorism,” A Companion to Ronald Reagan, edited by Andrew Johns, Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell, 2015. click here
“The Prospects for Democratization in the Middle East,” Governance in the Middle East and North Africa, edited by Abbas Khadim, New York: Routledge, 2012. click here
“U.S. Relations with Al Qaeda,” in The Middle East and the United States, 5th Edition, edited by David W. Lesch and Mark L. Haas, New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. click here
“Political Development in Iraq and the Three Circles of War,” in The Three Circles of War: Understanding the Dynamics of Modern War in Iraq, 2010. click here
“Analytical Framework: The Three Circles of War and Iraq,” with John Arquilla and Hy S. Rothstein, in The Three Circles of War: Understanding the Dynamics of Modern War in Iraq, 2010. click here
“End game: Considerations for Leaving Iraq,” with Hy Rothstein and John Arquilla, The Three Circles of War: Understanding the Dynamics of Modern War in Iraq, 2010. click here
“U.S. Relations with Islamic Organizations in the Middle East,” Middle East Handbook, edited by Robert Looney, New York: Routledge, 2009, pp. 109-117. click here
Sponsored Technical Reports
“Over a Decade Later: What Now? What Next? A Multilayered Assessment of Terrorism in its Current and Future Manifestation,” Strategic Multilayer Assessment (SMA), Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, June 2013. click here
Paul C Clark, Heather S. Gregg, and Cynthia E. Irvine, “Biometric Challenges for Future Deployments: A Study of the Impact of Geography, Climate, Culture, and Social Conditions on the Effective Collection of Biometrics,” Naval Postgraduate School Technical Report, NPS-CS-11-005, 2011. click here
“Group Identity” and “Social “Engagement,” in “Gangs and Guerillas: Ideas from Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism,” Naval Postgraduate School Technical Report, NPS-DA-11-001, 2011. click here
“Employment Handbook for Fighting Counterinsurgencies: A toolkit for how to build rapport, create jobs and work towards a viable state,” Naval Postgraduate School Technical Report, NPS-DA-09-001, November 2009. click here
Other Publications
“The Global War on Terrorism and its Effects on Al Qaeda’s Structure and Leadership,” Terrorism Update (Summer 2004): 3-5.
Book Review: Christopher Hewitt, Understanding Terrorism in America: From the Klan to Al Qaeda in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 9, no. 3 (Autumn 2003): 137-138. click here
“Divided They Conquer: The Success of Armenian Lobbies in the US,” Rosemarie Rogers Working Paper Series (May 2002): 1-40. click here
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