| The Society of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt: the rise of an Islamic mass movement, 1928-1942 B Lia Ithaca Press, 1998 | 651* | 1998 |
| Architect of Global Jihad: The Life of al-Qaeda Strategist Abu Mus'ab al-Suri B Lia Columbia University Press; Oxford University Press & Hurst, 2007 | 522 | 2007 |
| Globalisation and the Future of Terrorism: Patterns and Predictions B Lia Routledge, 2005 | 267 | 2005 |
| Understanding Jihadi Proto-States B Lia Perspectives on Terrorism 9 (4), 31-41, 2015 | 178 | 2015 |
| Jihadi Strategic Studies: The alleged Al Qaeda policy study preceding the Madrid bombings B Lia, T Hegghammer Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 27 (5), 355-375, 2004 | 152 | 2004 |
| Causes of terrorism: An expanded and updated review of the literature B Lia, K Skjølberg Kjeller: FFI Research Report No.2004/04307. URL: http://www.ffi.no/no …, 2004 | 135* | 2004 |
| A Police Force without a State: A history of the Palestinian security forces in the West Bank and Gaza B Lia Ithaca Press, 2006 | 111 | 2006 |
| Doctrines for Jihadi Terrorist Training B Lia Terrorism and Political Violence 20 (4), 518-542, 2008 | 78 | 2008 |
| Building Arafat's Police: The politics of international police assistance in the Palestinian territories after the Oslo Agreement B Lia Ithaca Press, 2007 | 72 | 2007 |
| Paths to Global Jihad: radicalisation and recruitment to terror networks L Bokhari, T Hegghammer, B Lia, P Nesser, T Tønnessen Kjeller: FFI Research Report No.2006/00935. URL: http://www.ffi.no/no …, 2006 | 61 | 2006 |
| Islamist Insurgencies, Diasporic Support Networks, and Their Host States: The case of the Algerian GIA in Europe 1993-2000 B Lia, Å Kjøk Kjeller: FFI Research Report No.2001/03789. URL: http://www.ffi.no/no …, 2001 | 61* | 2001 |
| Al-Qaeda Online: Understanding Jihadist Internet Infrastructure B Lia Janes Intelligence Review 18 (1), 16, 2005 | 59 | 2005 |
| Jihadism in the Arab World after 2011: Explaining Its Expansion B Lia Middle East Policy 23 (4), 74-91, 2016 | 55 | 2016 |
| Al-Qaida’s Appeal: Understanding its unique selling points B Lia Perspectives on Terrorism 2 (8), 31-41, 2010 | 54 | 2010 |
| Why Terrorism Occurs: A survey of theories and hypotheses on the causes of terrorism B Lia, K Skjølberg Kjeller: FFI Research Report No.2000/02769. URL: http://www.ffi.no/no …, 2000 | 50* | 2000 |
| Forebygging av radikalisering og voldelig ekstremisme på internett IM Sunde, P Nesser, B Lia, A Stenersen, JA Ravndal Politihøgskolen, 2013 | 39 | 2013 |
| Müslüman Kardeşlerin Doğuşu B Lia Trc. İhsan Toker, Ekin Yayınları, İstanbul, 2012 | 39* | 2012 |
| Al-Suri’s Doctrines for Decentralized Jihadi Training (part 1 & 2) B Lia Terrorism Monitor 5 (1,2), 2007 | 38 | 2007 |
| The Jihādī Movement and Rebel Governance: A reassertion of a patriarchal order? B Lia Die Welt des Islams 57 (3-4), 458-479, 2017 | 35 | 2017 |
| ‘Destructive Doctrinarians’: Abu Mus‘ab al-Suri’s Critique of the Salafis in the Jihadi Current B Lia R Meijer (ed.) Global Salafism: Islam’s New Religious Movement, 249-268, 2009 | 34 | 2009 |
petter nesserNorwegian Defence Research Establishmen (FFI) and BI Norwegian Business SchoolVerified email at ffi.no
