1. The Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation on Al-Qaeda’s Group Operational Capacity Open Access Author: Datsko, Sophia Title: The Effectiveness of Leadership Decapitation on Al-Qaeda’s Group Operational Capacity Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: al-QaedaAQAPAQIMAQISterrorismleadership decapitationdronesUnited States File: Download Sophia_Datsko_Final_Thesis_Submission_2022.pdf Thesis Supervisors: James A Piazza, Thesis SupervisorMichael Barth Berkman, Thesis Honors Advisor