The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization) | RAND ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), also known as ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), is a Sunni jihadist group with a particularly violent ideology that calls itself a caliphate and claims religious authority over all Muslims It was inspired by al Qaida but later publicly expelled from it RAND terrorism experts have analyzed the group's financing, management, and organization
أبحاثنا عن داعش (الدولة الإسلامية في العراق وسوريا) | RAND يقدّم هذا المنظور التحليليّ خياراتٍ من أجل التفعيل العملياتيّ للنتائج التي وصلنا إليها مؤخراً في مؤسسة RAND بشأن خصوم الدولة الإسلامية في العراق وسوريا (ISIS) ومناصريها عبر تويتر (Twitter)
How ISIS Is Transforming | RAND The campaign to counter ISIS has made significant progress, but predictions of the group's demise are premature It is transitioning from an insurgent organization with a fixed headquarters to a clandestine terrorist network dispersed throughout the globe
Foundations of the Islamic State - RAND Corporation A thorough examination of the Islamic State's history and practices is useful for designing a coordinated and effective campaign against it — and for understanding why the group might be able to survive such an effort and sustain itself in the future
ISIS: Weakened but Still Potent | RAND ISIS is being defeated as an insurgency while preparing to transform into a clandestine terrorist group But ISIS will continue to pose a serious threat to the countries where it operates and to the Western nations that it targets as it evolves
The Role of U. S. Airpower in Defeating ISIS - RAND Corporation TARGETING ISIS’S CASH RESERVES At one point, ISIS was known as the richest terrorist group in the world, and its resources were an important source of its strength Because of international sanctions, ISIS operated entirely in cash, which created vulnerabilities that the CJTF-OIR aimed to exploit
The Role of U. S. Airpower in Defeating ISIS | RAND The United States used airpower in Syria and Iraq to halt ISIS's momentum and help defeat the organization, without committing a large number of ground forces
Experts React to ISISs Gruesome Execution of Jordanian Pilot A grisly video released yesterday by ISIS appears to show Jordanian pilot Muath al-Kasaesbeh burned alive in a cage Why the shift away from beheadings? What does the execution mean for Jordan? What implications will it have for ISIS?
ISISs Use of Social Media Still Poses a Threat to Stability in the . . . The importance of social media in projecting violent extremist propaganda and recruiting foreign fighters is well documented As ISIS attempts to regroup and recuperate, investigating its use of information and communication technologies could be important to understanding the group's plans to regain territorial control