The Islamic State We Knew: Insights Before the Resurgence and Their Implications

Howard J. Shatz ; Erin-Elizabeth Johnson

RAND Corporation

RAND Corporation

关键词: Syria;    The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization);    Al Qaida;    Iraq;    Counterterrorism;    Terrorism Financing;   

DOI  :  10.7249/RR1267
ISBN  :  9780833091864
RP-ID  :  RR-1267-OSD

学科分类：自然科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: RAND Corporation Published Research

【 摘 要 】

The group calling itself the Islamic State poses a grave threat, not just to Iraq and Syria but to the region more broadly and to the United States and its global coalition partners. A deadly and adaptive foe, the Islamic State seemed to come out of nowhere in June 2014, when it conquered Mosul. However, the Islamic State of today is the direct descendant of a group that Iraq, the United States, and their partners once fought as al-Qa'ida in Iraq and then as the Islamic State of Iraq. The wealth of publicly available information about the group indicates that the Islamic State's reemergence in 2014, and especially its methods and goals, should not have come as a surprise, although the strength and scope of that reemergence were rightfully shocking.