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Last Updated 03/01/14

The ISIS Crisis

The nature of the ISIS threat, the current state of the war against it, and the options for what to do next.

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26 Articles

Table of Contents

I

Contents

February 6, 2015

February 6, 2015

The New New Jihadist Thing

Meeting the ISIS Challenge

II

The Challenge

November 19, 2014

November 19, 2014

The Myth of the Caliphate

The Political History of an Idea

Collateral Damage in Iraq

The Rise of ISIS and the Fall of al Qaeda

Barak Mendelsohn

September 10, 2014

September 10, 2014

State of Confusion

ISIS' Strategy and How to Counter It

William McCants

August 21, 2014

August 21, 2014

The Women of ISIS

Understanding and Combating Female Extremism

Nimmi Gowrinathan

January 13, 2015

January 13, 2015

Syria's Democracy Jihad

Why ISIS Fighters Support the Vote

Vera Mironova, Loubna Mrie, Richard Nielsen, and Sam Whitt

November 30, 2014

November 30, 2014

How ISIS Makes Bank

September 3, 2014

September 3, 2014

ISIS Sends a Message

What Gestures Say About Today’s Middle East

Nathaniel Zelinsky

III

The Fronts

Securing al-Sham

Syria and the Violence in Iraq

Andrew J. Tabler

November 11, 2014

November 11, 2014

Why Turkish Citizens are Joining ISIS

Gunes Murat Tezcur and Sabri Ciftci

Turkey's Kurdish Buffer

Why Erdogan Is Ready to Work With the Kurds

December 4, 2014

December 4, 2014

ISIS Enters Egypt

How Washington Must Respond

Khalil al-Anani

ISIS' Next Prize

Will Libya Join the Terrorist Group's Caliphate?

Geoffrey Howard

February 6, 2015

February 6, 2015

Crime and Punishment in Jordan

The Killing of Moath al-Kasasbeh and the Future of the War Against ISIS

August 27, 2014

August 27, 2014

This is What Détente Looks Like

The United States and Iran Join Forces Against ISIS

September 19, 2014

September 19, 2014

ISIS Goes to Asia

Extremism in the Middle East Isn't Only Spreading West

Joseph Chinyong Liow

October 1, 2014

October 1, 2014

Measuring the Threat from Returning Jihadists

November/December 2014

November/December 2014

Homeward Bound?

Don't Hype the Threat of Returning Jihadists

Daniel Byman and Jeremy Shapiro

IV

The Response

August 14, 2014

August 14, 2014

ISIS' Gruesome Gamble

Why the Group Wants a Confrontation with the United States

Barak Mendelsohn

September 15, 2014

September 15, 2014

ISIS' Worst Nightmare

Why the Group Is Not Trying to Provoke a U.S. Attack

October 26, 2014

October 26, 2014

Staying Out of Syria

Why the United States Shouldn't Enter the Civil War—But Why It Might Anyway

November 5, 2014

November 5, 2014

The Hollow Coalition

Washington's Timid European Allies

Raphael Cohen and Gabriel Scheinmann

January 2, 2015

January 2, 2015

Hammer and Anvil

How to Defeat ISIS

Robert A. Pape, Keven Ruby, and Vincent Bauer

March/April 2015

March/April 2015

ISIS Is Not a Terrorist Group

Why Counterterrorism Won’t Stop the Latest Jihadist Threat

Audrey Kurth Cronin

February 9, 2015

February 9, 2015

ISIS on the Run

The Terrorist Group Struggles to Hold On

Michael Pregent and Robin Simcox

December 14, 2014

December 14, 2014

Ready for War With ISIS?

Foreign Affairs' Brain Trust Weighs In

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