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It Ain’t Over Til’ it’s Over - Key States Must Form and Implement a Rehabilitation Policy and Strategy for Third Party Refugees of the Islamic State - Now

SWJED — Wed, 27 Mar 2019 08:08:10 +0000

It Ain’t Over Til’ it’s Over - Key States Must Form and Implement a Rehabilitation Policy and Strategy for Third Party Refugees of the Islamic State - Now

With limited resources and policy that was constructed as it was being implemented, the US supported a coalition of Syrian forces known as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The SDF and their anti-Islamic State coalition liberated Kobane and Manbij in 2016, and then moved onto to Raqqa in 2017, and finally Baghouz in 2019 beating the Islamic State into a corner of Syria. Despite this massive military accomplishment and territorial success, the heartbeat behind the ideology isn’t dead, in fact it might be growing stronger.

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Baqiya Wa Tatamadad (Lasting and Expanding): A Neoclassical Realist Analysis of the Daesh Quasi-State

SWJED — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:29:10 +0000

Baqiya Wa Tatamadad (Lasting and Expanding): A Neoclassical Realist Analysis of the Daesh Quasi-State

One key purpose of this study is to analyze and assess how Daesh’s actions as a non-state actor either supported or hindered their goals of establishing a religious caliphate.

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Iraq, the Islamic State, and War Termination

SWJED — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 00:07:55 +0000

Iraq, the Islamic State, and War Termination

An unsolicited letter to the Prime Minister of Iraq, Haider Al-Abadi.

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Salafi Jihadism - An Ideological Misnomer

SWJED — Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:37:11 +0000

Salafi Jihadism - An Ideological Misnomer SWJED Wed, 07/19/2017 - 12:37pm

It comes as a paradox of sorts that both Daesh, with its nihilistic worldview, and Salafyo Costa, with its conciliatory approach, can manage to find a place under the umbrella of Salafism.

Countering the Daesh Narrative

SWJED — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 06:48:08 +0000

Countering the Daesh Narrative SWJED Sat, 03/18/2017 - 2:48am

The United States is losing the information war against Daesh. Communication professionals must better understand the Daesh narrative, how it is constructed and promulgated.