| Why terrorist groups form international alliances T Bacon University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018 | 84 | 2018 |
| Disaggregating and defeating terrorist safe havens EG Arsenault, T Bacon Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 38 (2), 85-112, 2015 | 56 | 2015 |
| Hurdles to international terrorist alliances: lessons from Al Qaeda's experience T Bacon Terrorism and Political Violence 29 (1), 79-101, 2017 | 39 | 2017 |
| Is the enemy of my enemy my friend? How terrorist groups select partners T Bacon Security Studies 27 (3), 345-378, 2018 | 37 | 2018 |
| The Domestication of Al-Shabaab T Bacon, D Muibu The Journal of the Middle East and Africa 10 (3), 279-305, 2019 | 35 | 2019 |
| Alliance hubs: Focal points in the international terrorist landscape T Bacon Perspectives on Terrorism 8 (4), 4-26, 2014 | 35 | 2014 |
| Al Qaeda and the Islamic State's break: strategic strife or lackluster leadership? T Bacon, EG Arsenault Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 42 (3), 229-263, 2019 | 30 | 2019 |
| Strange bedfellows or brothers-in-arms: Why terrorist groups ally TL Bacon Georgetown University, 2013 | 27 | 2013 |
| Inside the minds of Somalia’s ascendant insurgents: An identity, mind, emotions and perceptions analysis of al-Shabaab T Bacon Program on Extremism. George Washington University, 2022 | 21 | 2022 |
| Deadly cooperation: the shifting ties between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban T Bacon War on the Rocks 11, 2018 | 19 | 2018 |
| Twenty Years After 9/11: The Threat in Africa–The New Epicenter of Global Jihadi Terror T Bacon, J Warner CTC Sentinel 14 (7), 76-91, 2021 | 17 | 2021 |
| Slipping the Leash? Pakistan's Relationship with the Afghan Taliban T Bacon Survival 60 (5), 159-180, 2018 | 17 | 2018 |
| De-Talibanization and the onset of insurgency in Afghanistan T Bacon, D Byman Studies in Conflict & Terrorism 46 (10), 1840-1867, 2023 | 14 | 2023 |
| Terror in transition: Leadership and succession in terrorist organizations T Bacon, E Grimm Columbia University Press, 2022 | 11 | 2022 |
| Al-Qaida and Al-Shabaab: A Resilient Alliance T Bacon, D Muibu War and Peace in Somalia: National Grievances, Local Conflict and Al-Shabaab …, 2018 | 8 | 2018 |
| The Evolution of Pakistan's Lashkar-e-Tayyiba Terrorist Group T Bacon FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
| Helping or hurting? The impact of foreign fighters on militant group behavior T Bacon, G Ellis, D Milton Journal of Strategic Studies 46 (3), 624-656, 2023 | 5 | 2023 |
| India’s Gamble in Afghanistan. The Promise and Peril of Rapprochement With the Taliban’ T Bacon, A Mir Foreign Affairs 11, 2022 | 5 | 2022 |
| Is the Taliban Making a Pledge It Cannot Keep? T Bacon Foreign Affairs 21, 2019 | 5 | 2019 |
| A Global Strategy to Address the Islamic State in Africa T Bacon, AC Doctor, J Warner | 4 | 2022 |