Islamic State Primer
- Content Type
- Special Report
- Institution
- Columbia International Affairs Online
- Abstract
- A brief overview and timeline examining the origins and trajectory of the little known terror group that was initially shunned and finally disowned by al-Qaeda as it developed into the world's most feared militant Muslim organization.
- Topic
- Islam, Post Colonialism, Terrorism, War, Counterinsurgency, ISIS, Islamic State
- Political Geography
- Iraq, Middle East, Syria
- Associated CIAO Resources
- Iraq's Jihadi Jack-in-the-Box
- The Islamic State
- Player at the sidelines - NATO and the fight against ISIL
- War on two fronts: The EU perspective on the foreign terrorist fighters of ISIL
- External Resources
- CFR Backgrounders: The Origins of the Islamic State (CFR)
- The Rise of Isis (PBS Frontline video)
- Inside the Minds of ISIS Members: A Security Mom Podcast (Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs)
- ISIS: Islamic State (Brookings)
- The ISIS Chronicles: A History (The National Interest)
- Mapping Militant Organizations: The Islamic State (Stanford University)
- ISIS and the Third Wave of Jihadism