| ID | 175719 |
| Title Proper | Violence-producing Dynamics of Fragile States |
| Other Title Information | How State Fragility in Iraq Contributed to the Emergence of Islamic State |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Ibrahimi, S Yaqub |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | In the post-Cold War era, “Jihadi-Salafi Groups” (JSGs) have emerged as significant “violence-making” organizations. Almost all JSGs have emerged in highly fragile states. The literature on the state fragility-terrorism nexus, by focusing exclusively on whether state fragility is a cause of terrorism or not, has failed to consider the broader impact of state fragility on the emergence of JSGs. The role of state fragility as a condition of the emergence of JSGs, in particular, is mostly overlooked in the literature. This paper, adding state fragility as a condition variable to the causal model of the rise of JSGs, fills this gap. The empirical basis of this research includes a single case study examining the relationship between state fragility in the post-Saddam Iraq and the formation of Islamic State (IS). By adding a new variable to the causal model of the rise of IS, this research makes a strong within-case inference concerning this case. Although the empirical basis of this research includes a single case study, the analytical framework developed in this paper has possible implications for studying a larger number of Jihadi-Salafi groups. |
| `In' analytical Note | Terrorism and Political Violence Vol. 32, No.5-8; Jul-Dec 2020: p.1245-1267 |
| Journal Source | Terrorism and Political Violence Vol: 32 No 5-8 |
| Key Words | Violence ; International Security ; Iraq ; Islamism ; Islamic State ; State Fragility ; International Relations |