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.

December 3, 2018

Allied and Lethal: Islamic State Khorasan’s Network and Organizational Capacity in Afghanistan and Pakistan

Amira Jadoon

May 9, 2018

Boko Haram Beyond the Headlines: Analyses of Africa’s Enduring Insurgency

Jacob Zenn, Abdulbasit Kassim, Elizabeth Pearson, Atta Barkindo, Idayat Hassan, Zacharias Pieri, Omar Mahmoud

December 16, 2014

The Group That Calls Itself a State: Understanding the Evolution and Challenges of the Islamic State

Bryan Price, Daniel Milton, Muhammad al-`Ubaydi, Nelly Lahoud

May 3, 2012

Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin Sidelined?

Nelly Lahoud, Stuart Caudill, Liam Collins, Gabriel Koehler-Derrick, Don Rassler, Muhammad al-`Ubaydi

May 30, 2024

A View from the CT Foxhole: Ahmad Zia Saraj, Former General Director of the National Directorate of Security of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Paul Cruickshank

April 30, 2024

The State of al-Qa`ida Central

Kévin Jackson

December 21, 2023

Iraq’s New Regime Change: How Tehran-Backed Terrorist Organizations and Militias Captured the Iraqi State

Michael Knights, Hamdi Malik, Crispin Smith

September 20, 2023

After Prigozhin: The Future of the Wagner Model in Africa

Christopher Faulkner, Raphael Parens, Marcel Plichta

October 8, 2013

Letter from Hafiz Sultan

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Letter from `Atiyatullah al-Libi

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Letter to `Atiyatullah al-Libi About Saudi Arabia Scholars

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Letter from UBL to `Atiyatullah Al-Libi 4

September 14, 2013

Toronto Star Cites the CTC Sentinel

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September 13, 2013

Time Cites the CTC Sentinel

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May 31, 2013

Washington Post Cites the CTC Sentinel

May 16, 2013

Associated Press Cites the CTC Sentinel

December 16, 2010

CTC Launches new “Self-Inflicted Wounds” Report at New America Foundation

Assaf Moghadam, Brian Fishman

February 26, 2007

Ansar al-Sunnah Threatens Al-Qa’ida in Iraq

Brian Fishman

November 6, 2006

Al-Qa’ida’s Spymaster Analyzes the U.S. Intelligence Community