Special issue on the Islamic State
Table of Contents
Introduction to the Issue
Welcome from the Editors | PDF HTML |
James J.F. Forest |
Articles
A Long Way from Success: Assessing the War on the Islamic State | PDF HTML |
Charles Lister |
Assessing the Islamic State’s Commitment to Attacking the West | PDF HTML |
Thomas Hegghammer, Petter Nesser |
Understanding Jihadi Proto-States | PDF HTML |
Brynjar Lia |
Is ISIS a Revolutionary Group and if Yes, What Are the Implications? | PDF HTML |
Stathis Kalyvas |
Heirs of Zarqawi or Saddam? The relationship between al-Qaida in Iraq and the Islamic State | PDF HTML |
Truls H. Tønnessen |
The Metronome of Apocalyptic Time: Social Media as Carrier Wave for Millenarian Contagion | PDF HTML |
J.M. Berger |
The Dreams of Islamic State | PDF HTML |
Iain R. Edgar |
Picture Or It Didn’t Happen: A Snapshot of the Islamic State’s Official Media Output | PDF HTML |
Aaron Y. Zelin |
The Concept of Bay‘a in the Islamic State’s Ideology | PDF HTML |
Joas Wagemakers |
Social Media, Recruitment, Allegiance and the Islamic State | PDF HTML |
Scott Gates, Sukanya Podder |
The Evolution in Islamic State Administration: The Documentary Evidence | PDF HTML |
Aymenn al-Tamimi |
The Islamic State’s Eastern Frontier: Ramadi and Fallujah as Theaters of Sectarian Conflict | PDF HTML |
Kirk Sowell |
Understanding the Daesh Economy | PDF HTML |
Jamie Hansen-Lewis, Jacob N. Shapiro |
Let Them Rot: The Challenges and Opportunities of Containing rather than Countering the Islamic State | PDF HTML |
Clint Watts |
Resources
Bibliography: The Islamic State (ISIS) | PDF HTML |
Judith Tinnes |
Notes from the Editor
Job Announcement: CTSS Director | PDF HTML |
Complete Issue
Perspectives on Terrorism, Volume 9, Issue 4 | |
Various Authors |

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