The implications of ISIS

Last updated 21 Jul 15 @ 09:16 |
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As the international community debate expanded military action against ISIS, Dean C Alexander evaluates the group’s success and calls for multilateral efforts to counter its message

 

The so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) that has swept into power in parts of Syria and Iraq presents an imminent danger to the global community, with its capacity as an effective, ideologically-motivated and bloodthirsty fighting force, coupled with its expanding territorial reach on the ground and online. ISIS has taken on a quasi-state form that mixes modernity with ancient rites, and aggressively promotes sectarian violence and religious extremism with a . . .

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