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.

May 19, 2023

Journey to Idlib: An Interview with Wassim Nasr, Journalist, France24

Paul Cruickshank

February 27, 2023

Jihadi ‘Counterterrorism:’ Hayat Tahrir al-Sham Versus the Islamic State

Aaron Y. Zelin

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

August 9, 2022

How Afghanistan’s Overthrown Governing Elites Viewed the Violent Extremism Challenge

Nishank Motwani

Al-Qa’ida in the Indian Subcontinent: An Appraisal of the Threat in the Wake of the Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan

Tore Hamming, Abdul Sayed

The Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri: Succession Challenges, Tradeoffs, and Other Implications

Don Rassler, Muhammad al-`Ubaydi

The Taliban One Year On

Andrew H. Watkins