A policy response to Islamic State extermist fighter battlefield migration / Robert J. Bunker and Alma Keshavarz.
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[Carlisle Barracks, Pa.] : Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College, 2020.
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1 online resource (viii, 80 pages) : illustration
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"August 2020."
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (SSI website, viewed October 16, 2020).
Contents
Introduction -- Islamic State territorial eras and demographics -- Problem identification -- Islamic State strategic options -- Counterbattlefield migration policy response.
Summary
"June 2014 to December 2017 represented the high tide of radical Islamist (Salafi-jihadist) territorial control under the authority of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. This monograph analyzes and provides policy response options for US national security and Army planners concerning the potential for postterritorial caliphate battlefield migration by the sizable contingent of battle-hardened Islamic State foreign fighters situated within various enclaves in Syria and Iraq. The monograph achieves these ends by: discussing Islamic State territorial eras and demographics; offering an overview of the initial inflows of these fighters into the territorial caliphate, outflows to the United States, and lateral transfers to new battlefields, as well as mentioning special issues related to Islamic State women and children; highlighting and analyzing the four strategic options available to the Islamic State in its postterritorial caliphate phase; and offering senior US policy makers and planners options for counterbattlefield migration policy responses. These options pertain to policies focused on extremists and the Islamic State as an organization and embedded within the context of higher-level US foreign policies toward Syria and Iraq. Additionally, recommendations for counterforeign terrorist fighter programs and the Joint force are provided"--Publisher's web site.
