@article{Drevon:319301,
      recid = {319301},
      author = {Drevon, Jerome},
      title = {Can Jihadis’ strategic interests trump their ideology?  foreign support and insurgent survival in Syria},
      address = {2024},
      number = {ARTICLE},
      abstract = {The role of ideology in civil wars is particularly  contentious, especially when it comes to Jihadi insurgents.  Ideology is one of these groups’ defining characteristic,  which questions what happens when Jihadis’ ideological  commitments contradicts their strategic interests. This  article explores these tensions with a particular focus on  the issue of foreign support for the Syrian insurgency  after 2011. The article argues that ideology matters and  has contributed to division and infighting between Syrian  insurgents for most of the conflict. But this research also  contends that armed groups – including Jihadis – can adapt  their ideological positions in line with their strategic  interests as long as they manage to implement such changes  without jeopardizing their internal cohesion. This careful  balance explains the operational strategies of numerous  armed groups in competitive environments such as Syria’s.  The article draws on extensive interviews with Syrian  insurgents over the past few years, including leaders and  commanders of Ahrar al-Sham and Jabhat al-Nusra as it  transformed into HTS.},
      url = {http://repository.graduateinstitute.ch/record/319301},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2024.2398662},
}