{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"XXX. al-Qaeda\u2019s Franchising Strategy with Barak Mendelsohn","description":"Barak Mendelsohn comes on the show to discuss his new book,&amp;nbsp;The al-Qaeda Franchise: The Expansion of al-Qaeda and Its Consequences.&amp;nbsp;Some of the topics covered include:  How organizations expand Why AQ decided to branch out and the strategy behind that decision AQ\u2019s choices on where to expand Case studies on AQ\u2019s different branches.  Links   The al-Qaeda Franchise: The Expansion of al-Qaeda and Its Consequences: Barak Mendelsohn Amazon.com Barak Mendelsohn (@BarakMendelsohn) | Twitter Barak Mendelsohn | Haverford College Barak Mendelsohn | Foreign Policy Research Institute  Thanks to Haakon Jahr, TankThoughts, and Raihan Kadir for supporting the show! If you\u2019d like to support the podcast please&amp;nbsp;check out the show\u2019s Patreon page! The podcast is produced by&amp;nbsp;Karl Morand. If you have feedback you can email podcast@jihadology.net, or find us on Twitter:&amp;nbsp;@JihadPod. You can subscribe to the show in&amp;nbsp;iTunes,&amp;nbsp;Stitcher, or with our&amp;nbsp;RSS feed. ","author_name":"JihadPod","author_url":"http:\/\/jihadology_net.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/5610742\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/5610742"}