The Future of ISIS is the first major study to look ahead to the Islamic State's prospects and how the global community can counter it, edited by two scholars at Indiana University. It examines how ISIS will affect the Middle East and global order, including intelligence failures, ideology, local and regional actors, and U.S. interests in preventing ISIS from gaining influence and controlling territory.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 300 pages
Publication date: 14 December 2017
Publisher: Brookings Institution

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL), a terrorist organization active for less than a decade, has garnered significant attention in the West through numerous histories and academic studies, primarily focused on its past. However, the Future of ISIS, a groundbreaking study edited by two distinguished scholars at Indiana University, takes a forward-looking approach, exploring the prospects for ISIS in the near term and the global community's response. The book delves into various aspects, including the impact of ISIS on the Middle East and the global order, the role of intelligence failures in ISIS's rise, strategies for confronting the appeal of its ideology, the involvement of local and regional actors in countering ISIS, and determining the United States' interests in preventing ISIS from gaining influence and controlling territory. With the urgency of the topic, The Future of ISIS is of interest to policymakers, analysts, and students of international affairs and public policy.

Looking to the Future in Confronting the Islamic State

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL), a terrorist organization active for less than a decade, has garnered significant attention in the West through numerous histories and academic studies, primarily focused on its past. However, the Future of ISIS, a groundbreaking study edited by two distinguished scholars at Indiana University, takes a forward-looking approach, exploring the prospects for ISIS in the near term and the global community's response. The book delves into various aspects, including the impact of ISIS on the Middle East and the global order, the role of intelligence failures in ISIS's rise, strategies for confronting the appeal of its ideology, the involvement of local and regional actors in countering ISIS, and determining the United States' interests in preventing ISIS from gaining influence and controlling territory. With the urgency of the topic, The Future of ISIS is of interest to policymakers, analysts, and students of international affairs and public policy.

Weight: 416g
Dimension: 202 x 227 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780815732167