Chris Blair
Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at Princeton University whose research analyzes insurgency, counterinsurgency, and militant alliance networks, and co-author of 'The Strategic Logic of Large Militant Alliance Networks.'
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Mar 6, 2026 • 56min
The Strategic Logic of Large Militant Alliance Networks
General Joseph Votel, retired four-star and CENTCOM commander, brings practitioner perspective. Chris Blair, Princeton politics professor and researcher of militant alliances, explains the comparative-advantage framework. They discuss why militant groups form alliances, how al-Qaeda and ISIS traded ideology and operations differently, and how alliance content can reveal vulnerabilities and guide disruption strategies.
