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Information confrontation with radical Islam / Mccabe, Thomas R

McCabe, Thomas R	Journal Article
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2009.

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Information has emerged as a critical-potentially the decisive-front in both the global war with violent radical Islam and the overlapping but so far largely unadmitted Cold War with nonviolent radical Islam. In fact, the information front is undoubtedly the closest thing that al Qaeda has to a strategic center of gravity. Unfortunately, America faces an extremely hostile information environment in the Middle East and al Qaeda has proven far more effective at getting its message across than has the United States. A more effective U.S. information strategy would be one that stresses three themes: a democratic critique of radical Islam; an Islamic critique of radical Islam; and a critique of the crisis in Middle Eastern civilization. While these will not necessarily make the U.S. or its policies more popular, they may drive a wedge between radical Islam and potential supporters.

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Civilization ; crisis ; Middle East ; Information Confrontation ; Islam

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ID: 077699

Muslim Middle East: is there a democratic option / McCabe, Thomas R

McCabe, Thomas R	Journal Article
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2007.

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Middle East ; Muslim ; Middle East - Counter Terrorism ; Islamic Group ; Islam

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ID: 097045

Strategic failures of Al Qaeda / McCabe, Thomas R

McCabe, Thomas R	Journal Article
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2010.

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Muslim World ; Al Qaeda ; Arab

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ID: 148079

Strategy for the ISIS foreign fighter threat / McCabe, Thomas R

McCabe, Thomas R	Journal Article
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American efforts against the ISIS foreign fighter threat largely have failed because they underestimate the malignance of ISIS recruits. This article proposes a modified strategy comprising three aspects: 1) a counter-narrative stressing ISIS's attacks on Sunni Muslims, questioning their religious credentials, and accurately describing conditions in ISIS-controlled territory; 2) a comprehensive effort to disrupt ISIS recruitment on social media; and 3) countering foreign fighter mobility through a comprehensive international effort to identify foreign fighters, suspending their passports, and revoking their citizenship. Unfortunately, even these efforts will only be a partial fix for the vastly larger problems of jihadism and radical Islam.

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ISIS ; Strategy ; Foreign Fighter Threat

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