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.

October 12, 2018

The Islamic State’s Mufti on Trial: The Saga of the “Silsila ‘Ilmiyya”

Cole Bunzel

Two Houses Divided: How Conflict in Syria Shaped the Future of Jihadism

Hassan Hassan

September 10, 2018

The Houthi War Machine: From Guerrilla War to State Capture

Michael Knights

August 8, 2018

The Islamic State in Africa: Estimating Fighter Numbers in Cells Across the Continent

Jason Warner, Charlotte Hulme

The Renewed Jihadi Terror Threat to Mauritania

Geoff D. Porter

June 22, 2018

The Surabaya Bombings and the Evolution of the Jihadi Threat in Indonesia

Kirsten E. Schulze

April 26, 2018

Challenging the ISK Brand in Afghanistan-Pakistan: Rivalries and Divided Loyalties

Amira Jadoon, Nakissa Jahanbani, Charmaine Willis

The Islamic State’s Lingering Legacy among Young Men from the Mosul Area

Scott Atran, Hoshang Waziri, Ángel Gómez, Hammad Sheikh, Lucía López-Rodríguez, Charles Rogan, Richard Davis

March 29, 2018

Ansaroul Islam and the Growing Terrorist Insurgency in Burkina Faso

Héni Nsaibia, Caleb Weiss

Black Banners in Somalia: The State of al-Shabaab’s Territorial Insurgency and the Specter of the Islamic State

Christopher Anzalone