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.

January 24, 2018

The Evolution of Shi`a Insurgency in Bahrain

Michael Knights, Matthew Levitt

A View from the CT Foxhole: Nicholas Rasmussen, Former Director, National Counterterrorism Center

Paul Cruickshank

December 21, 2017

A Jihadi Takeover Bid in Nigeria? The Evolving Relationship between Boko Haram and al-Qa`ida

Ryan Cummings

November 27, 2017

Foreign Technology or Local Expertise? Al-Shabaab’s IED Capability

Daisy Muibu, Benjamin P. Nickels

Europe’s True Southern Frontier: The General, the Jihadis, and the High-Stakes Contest for Libya’s Fezzan Region

Andrew McGregor

November 21, 2017

A Legitimate Challenger? Assessing the Rivalry between al-Shabaab and the Islamic State in Somalia

Jason Warner, Caleb Weiss

September 21, 2017

The Islamic State and the Kurds: The Documentary Evidence

Aymenn Al-Tamimi

The Lebanese Armed Forces and Hezbollah’s Competing Summer Offensives Against Sunni Militants

Nicholas Blanford

June 27, 2017

The Battle for Raqqa and the Challenges after Liberation

Hassan Hassan

May 4, 2017

Iranian Kurdish Militias: Terrorist-Insurgents, Ethno Freedom Fighters, or Knights on the Regional Chessboard?

Franc Milburn