Description |
1 online resource (approximately 74 pages) : color illustrations, color map, color photographs |
Contents |
Executive summary. -- Chapter 01 Introduction. -- Chapter 02 The evolving landscape. -- Chapter 03 The Islamic State, Al-Qaeda, and other groups and networks. -- Chapter 04 Future developments. -- Chapter 05 Implications. -- Appendix Salfi-Jihadist and allied groups |
Summary |
Despite the Islamic State's loss of territory in Iraq and Syria, an increasingly diffuse Salafi-jihadist movement is far from defeated. This report constructs a data set of groups and fighters from 1980 to 2018, including from the Islamic State and al-Qaeda. It finds that the number of Salafi-jihadists in 2018 declined somewhat from a high in 2016, but is still at near-peak levels since 1980. These findings suggest that there is a large pool of Salafi-jihadist and allied fighters willing and able to use violence to achieve their goals. Every U.S. president since 9/11 has tried to move away from counterterrorism in some capacity, and it is no different today. Balancing national security priorities in today's world needs to happen gradually. For the United States, the challenge is not that U.S. officials are devoting attention and resources to dealing with state adversaries like Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea. These countries present legitimate threats to the United States at home and abroad. Rather, the mistake would be declaring victory over terrorism too quickly and, as a result, shifting too many resources and too much attention away from terrorist groups when the threat remains significant |
Notes |
"A report of the CSIS Transnational Threats project"--Cover |
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"Nov, 2018." |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-71) |
Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (CSIS, viewed Noveber 22, 2018) |
Subject |
Qaida (Organization)
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IS (Organization)
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SUBJECT |
IS (Organization) fast (OCoLC)fst01914325 |
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Qaida (Organization) fast (OCoLC)fst00763708 |
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Terrorists -- Statistics
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Jihad.
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Salafīyah.
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Jihad.
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Salafīyah.
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Terrorists.
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Statistics.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Vallee, Charles, author
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Newlee, Danika, author
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Harrington, Nicholas, author
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Sharb, Clayton, author
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Byrne, Hannah, author
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher.
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