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.

November 21, 2017

A Legitimate Challenger? Assessing the Rivalry between al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Somalia

Jason Warner, Caleb Weiss

September 21, 2017

The Islamic State and the Kurds: The Documentary Evidence

Aymenn Al-Tamimi

The Lebanese Armed Forces and Hezbollah’s Competing Summer Offensives Against Sunni Militants

Nicholas Blanford

June 27, 2017

The Battle for Raqqa and the Challenges after Liberation

Hassan Hassan

May 4, 2017

Iranian Kurdish Militias: Terrorist-Insurgents, Ethno Freedom Fighters, or Knights on the Regional Chessboard?

Franc Milburn

April 14, 2017

Marriage of Convenience: The Evolution of Iran and al-Qa`ida’s Tactical Cooperation

Assaf Moghadam

February 22, 2017

The Fulani Crisis: Communal Violence and Radicalization in the Sahel

Andrew McGregor

The Islamic State Looks East: The Growing Threat in Southeast Asia

Shashi Jayakumar

The Formation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Wider Tensions in the Syrian Insurgency