Cooperation, Competition, & Fissures

Terrorist organizations cooperate and compete in a variety of ways. Review our research on the topic to learn more about how, why, and where that takes place.

March 25, 2026

Will the Center Hold? The Houthis’ Fraying Tribal Alliances

Michael Horton

February 19, 2026

Crime and Punishment: How International Cooperation Led to the Landmark Conviction of Two Islamic State Brothers in Portugal

Nuno Tiago Pinto

From Insurgency to Statecraft: Al-Sharaa and Syria’s Foreign Fighters Test

Adrian Shtuni

January 21, 2026

Feature Commentary: Red Teaming Hamas’ Options

Brian Michael Jenkins

December 12, 2025

Kachallas and Kinship: Understanding Jihadi Expansion and Diffusion in Nigeria

James Barnett, Umar Musa*

November 25, 2025

Burden-Sharing with Non-Traditional Counterterrorism Partners

Iselin Brady, Daniel Byman

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: The Repressed Islamic State Affiliates

Daniel Milton

November 20, 2025

Rise of the E-Militias: Designated Terrorist Groups Infest Iraq’s Digital Economy

Michael Knights

September 26, 2025

Militant Violence in Jammu and Kashmir Post-Abrogation of Article 370

Animesh Roul

Uzbek Foreign Fighter Groups in the Syrian Jihad: The Evolution of KIB and KTJ from 2011 through 2025

Kathleen Collins