Foreign Fighters

Find five landmark reports, three large and unique datasets, countless Sentinel articles, and declassified al-Qa`ida in Iraq foreign fighter personnel records. Explore our primary sources and empirically-grounded research products on foreign fighters below.

June 22, 2018

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

Kirsten E. Schulze

May 24, 2018

“Deutsche Schabab:” The Story of German Foreign Fighters in Somalia, 2010-2016

Christian Jokinen

February 15, 2018

A View from the CT Foxhole: Neil Basu, Senior National Coordinator for Counterterrorism Policing in the United Kingdom

Raffaello Pantucci

January 24, 2018

The Potential Jihadi Windfall from the Militarization of Tunisia’s Border Region with Libya

Anouar Boukhars

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

Paul Cruickshank

December 21, 2017

Violent Extremism among Central Asians: The Istanbul, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, and New York City Attacks

Goktug Sonmez

A View from the CT Foxhole: Joseph Felter, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia

Bryan Price

November 27, 2017

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

Andrew McGregor

The Implications of Iran’s Expanding Shi`a Foreign Fighter Network

Colin Clarke, Phillip Smyth

October 16, 2017

A View from the CT Foxhole: Lisa Monaco, Former Assistant to President Barack Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism