Title All jihad is local : what ISIS' files tell us about its fighters / Nate Rosenblatt

Published [Washington, DC] : New America, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (39 pages) : illustrations, maps Contents Introduction. -- Methodology. -- The average ISIS fighter. -- The fighters: a province-by-province analysis. -- Conclusion. -- Policy recommendations. -- Appendix. -- Notes Summary Analysts have long understood the need to help maintain strong state and local institutions to prevent the proliferation of terrorist safe havens. But the findings from this report suggest that supporting federal and municipal governments may be more important than we previously thought. If foreign fighters are more likely to come from restive regions with poor local-federal institutional relationships, then the proliferation of such regions does not just increase the likelihood that each specific region will become a terrorist safe haven, but it increases the likely rate of success of terrorist safe havens anywhere. The more regions in which state institutions fail to effectively govern, the more likely ISIS--or a group like ISIS--will be able to attract recruits. The lack of effective state and local governance in many parts of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the reason why ISIS today can continue to attract recruits and carry out operations, despite losing territory in Syria and Iraq. Federal institutions in MENA struggle even to define what constitutes their basic territorial authority in places like Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, and elsewhere, meaning this phenomenon is unlikely to disappear any time soon Notes "July 2016"--Cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-39) Notes Online resource; title from PDF cover page (New America, viewed July 23, 2016) Subject IS (Organization) -- Membership SUBJECT IS (Organization) fast (OCoLC)fst01914325 Subject Insurgency -- Prevention Terrorists -- Recruiting. Special forces (Military science) Membership requirements. Special forces (Military science) Terrorists -- Recruiting. Form Electronic book Author New America Foundation, publisher.

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