Islamic State Archives

Radicalisation in the Northern Caucasus

As the rebel forces, including those affiliated with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) have taken over Syria, Russia can expect mounting challenges to curb rising terrorism back home as it fights the military challenges in Ukraine.

ISIS: An Enduring Threat

Despite its physical Caliphate’s defeat in March 2019, ISIS remains an enduring security threat globally.

Saman Ayesha Kidwai
October 30, 2024
Issue Brief

Evolving Threat of Transnational Terrorism in Africa

This backgrounder attempts to understand, trace, and analyse the evolving nature of transnational terrorism, modus operandi, and security threats posed by the two infamous terrorist organisations of Africa namely Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram with their various factions due to their transnational classification.

Abhishek Kumar
March 14, 2022
Backgrounder

ISIS eyeing India in comeback plan

The Sri Lanka Easter bombings has allowed ISIS chief Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi to launch a public relations offensive and enunciate a dangerous new strategy.

Russia’s Policy Shift towards Taliban and Pakistan

Russia’s efforts to differentiate between the Islamic State and Taliban are a mistake given that both groups share a similar ideology, albeit with slight variations.

Why are Southeast Asians lured to fight for the Islamic State?

If the experience of the Afghan–trained mujahids is anything to go by, the threat posed by returnees from Syria and Iraq has the potential to be far more lethal especially since the numbers involved are much higher.

The Islamic State and the United States

It is difficult to figure out the basic motivation of US policy. It might be sheer inability to decide or it might be the desire to lend support to the progressive realization of the 1982 Yinon plan.

K. P. Fabian
June 08, 2015
IDSA Comments

The Articulated Strategy to Fight the Islamic State: Is It Self-Defeating?

President Barack Obama has detailed his strategy to degrade, defeat and ultimately destroy the Islamic State (IS) (the IS is also referred to as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria [ISIS]) currently considered the most threatening of the various terrorist groups operating primarily in the Middle East. Fundamental to the success of the strategy is military action aimed at degrading the combat capabilities of the fighting elements of the IS.