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Jenna Jordan, an assistant professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, was mentioned in the article, 'Targeted Killing Isn't the Solution to Terrorism', published February 8, 2022 on Ink Media.
An excerpt:
In her research on the topic, Jenna Jordan of the Georgia Institute of Technology writes that groups with some degree of bureaucratization and communal support (like al-Qaeda) are often able to recuperate from the killing of a leader. Considering al-Qaeda has survived a series of decapitation strikes on its leadership over the last two decades, it’s difficult to refute this analysis.