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

January 30, 2023

Oil on the Jihadi Fire: The Repercussions of a Wagner Group Deployment to Burkina Faso

Héni Nsaibia, Caleb Weiss

December 19, 2022

The 2022 Somali Offensive Against al-Shabaab: Making Enduring Gains Will Require Learning from Previous Failures

Samira Gaid

How the Wagner Group Is Aggravating the Jihadi Threat in the Sahel

Wassim Nasr

A View from the CT Foxhole: Harun Maruf, Senior Editor, Voice of America Somali

Paul Cruickshank

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 of Advice to UBL

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