Online project maps militant groups

To better understand how militant organizations interact with each other and with governments, political scientist Martha Crenshaw researchers at Stanford University. is building a searchable, online map that shows the history and relationships among militant organizations.

The project is developing a series of interactive diagrams that “map” relationships among groups and show how those relationships change over time. The user can change map settings to display different features (e.g. leadership changes), adjust the time scale, and trace individual groups. At present, only the map of Iraq is available for public view, but maps of Italy, Colombia, Somalia, Algeria, Yemen, Israel-Palestine, Turkey, and Pakistan are in progress. The Iraq map shows both groups internal to Iraq and regional or global groups with activities in Iraq (the map can be adjusted to show “domestic” and “external” interactions).

You can view online map here