Publication Year: within 10 Years / Topic: ISIS

Author:: Robert Sedgwick
Publication Date:: 11-2015
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Columbia International Affairs Online
Abstract:: A brief overview and timeline examining the origins and trajectory of the little known terror group that was initially shunned and finally disowned by al-Qaeda as it developed into the world's most feared militant Muslim organization.
Topic:: Islam, Post Colonialism, Terrorism, War, Counterinsurgency, ISIS, and Islamic State
Political Geography:: Iraq, Middle East, and Syria

Author:: Bilal Y. Saab
Publication Date:: 12-2015
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Atlantic Council
Abstract:: September 2015 marked the one-year anniversary of President Barack Obama's speech outlining the administration's strategy to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). Yet, ISIS celebrated in June its own first-year anniversary of setting up a state by conducting three nearly simultaneous terrorist operations in three different countries—France, Tunisia, and Kuwait. Just this past month, ISIS also shocked the world with its attacks in Paris and Beirut and its downing of a Russian airliner in Egypt, killing more than 400 people combined and injuring hundreds more. While nobody expected the destruction of a resilient and agile foe such as ISIS within a couple of years, it is deeply troubling that the coalition is having such a hard time even disrupting its activities.
Topic:: Islam, Terrorism, War, Counterinsurgency, Fragile/Failed State, and ISIS
Political Geography:: Middle East

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