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This monograph examines all major rebel organizations active since 1990 to determine patterns of conflict and cooperation over transnational militant groups. Groups such as the Kurdish Workers’ Party, the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army, and the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone, among others, are included in the analysis. The most common outcome was for transnational insurgencies to escalate into direct interstate disputes. More often than not, states fail to communicate effectively to design joint counterinsurgency strategies, which in turn lead to direct interstate hostilities.