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.

April 14, 2017

Marriage of Convenience: The Evolution of Iran and al-Qa`ida’s Tactical Cooperation

Assaf Moghadam

February 22, 2017

The Fulani Crisis: Communal Violence and Radicalization in the Sahel

Andrew McGregor

The Islamic State Looks East: The Growing Threat in Southeast Asia

Shashi Jayakumar

The Formation of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham and Wider Tensions in the Syrian Insurgency

Aymenn Al-Tamimi

January 23, 2017

Sub-Saharan Africa’s Three “New” Islamic State Affiliates

Jason Warner

October 25, 2016

Lessons from the Fifteen-Year Counterterrorism Campaign

Andrew Liepman, Philip Mudd

Revising the History of al-Qa`ida’s Original Meeting with Abu Musab al-Zarqawi

Brian Fishman

September 7, 2016

The Dawn of Mass Jihad: Success in Syria Fuels al-Qa`ida’s Evolution

Charles Lister

Fifteen Years On, Where Are We in the “War on Terror”?

Brian Michael Jenkins

Al-Qa`ida’s Comeback in Afghanistan and its Implications

Anne Stenersen