More: ISIS
Charting a new paradigm in International Relations
The post-Cold War world order has seen non-state actors increasing their avenues of influence in international affairs, while the state is gradually seeing its...
Boko Haram and Its Current Situation in Nigeria
Authors: Farzad Ramezani Bonesh and Chidiebere Favour Nwobodo
Although boko haram and ISIS have been confusingly used interchangeably due to their seemingly common characteristic, which...
Escaping IS: What Exiting an Armed Group Actually Takes
Authors: Dr Siobhan O’Neil and Dr Mara Revkin*
Although Islamic State’s territorial control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria came to an end in 2017, civilians, and...
Foreign fighters: ‘One of the most serious dimensions’ in global counter-terrorism struggle
Over the
past few years, ISIL and Al-Qaida terrorist fighters have posed an
“unprecedented threat to international peace and security”, the UN
counter-terrorism chief said on Wednesday...
Iraq: UN human rights report voices concern over conduct of ISIL fighter trials
A new UN report published on Tuesday shows that while considerable effort
has been made by Iraqi authorities to bring former ISIL
terrorist fighters to justice, there are “serious concerns” about
the fairness of the proceedings.
The joint report by the UN Assistance...
Transnational Strategies of ISIS Post Baghdadi
From being proclaimed dead on multiple
occasions to the actual confirmation of his death by the Islamic State, the
life of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been...
The Legacy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
For exactly one month
now, Islamic State, ISIS, has struggled without its charismatic leader, Abu
Bakr al-Baghdadi, who was killed during a U.S. military operation in...
9/11 Envy: How The Islamic State Overcame Al Qaeda Peer Pressure
podcast by Dr. Matthew Crosston
The Rise OF ISIS and its Aftermath in Afghanistan
“I
will see you guys in Newyork”.Abu Du’a, the leader of ISIS, whose nom de
guerre (war name) was Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, told his American captors...
Baghdadi Dead : What it means for Terrorism in West and South Asia?
President Trump’s announcement that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic
State(IS) commander, died during a US military operation in Syria, later
confirmed by ISIS itself, was a...