| ID | 182243 |
| Title Proper | Resistance Is futile |
| Other Title Information | the waronterror supercharged state power |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Hegghammer, Thomas |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | What,” I sometimes ask students in a class I teach on
the history of terrorism,
“was the name of the Islamic State’s
branch in Europe?”Itis a trick question: the Islamic State (also known as
ISIS) never set up a full-Èedged European branch.Thegroup’s self-proclaimed
caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, knew
better than to try.By2014,when ISIS
formalized its split from al Qaeda and
established itself as the dominant
player in the global Sala¼-jihadi movement, Western security services had
¼gured out how to make it eectively
impossible for the group to establish a
base of operations in Europe or North
America. Like al Qaeda before it, ISIS
was only ever present in theWe s tin the
form of disparate cells and sympathizers. |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 100, No.5; Sep-Oct 2021: p.44-53 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol: 100 No 5 |
| Key Words | Al Qaeda ; America ; Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi |