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 16, 2010

Self Inflicted Wounds

Anne Stenersen, Bernard Haykel, Brynjar Lia, Marc Lynch, Mohammed M. Hafez, Reuven Paz, Steven Brooke, Vahid Brown

March 16, 2009

Dysfunction and Decline

Brian Fishman

February 14, 2006

Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting Al-Qa`ida’s Organizational Vulnerabilities

James J.F. Forest, Jarret Brachman, Joseph Felter

September 11, 2024

Islamic State-Somalia: A Growing Global Terror Concern

Caleb Weiss, Lucas Webber

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

October 8, 2013

The War against Islam: the Story of Fazul Harun Part 1

The War against Islam: the Story of Fazul Harun Part 2

Notes from `Abd al-Hadi

Agreement Between ISI and Another Group to Stop Violence

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July 5, 2010

AP Cites Don Rassler on the Haqqani Network

Don Rassler

January 26, 2010

Can the US exploit divide between Taliban and Al Qaeda?

On Taliban/AQ ties and the Afghanistan exit strategy

November 9, 2009

Terror Training Camps Smaller, Harder to Target

Associated Press