1. Reading the title of the article, I can expect to find arguments in the article for why ISIS can't consider as a "classic" terrorist group, and why we should find different solutions to deal with this threat.
2. The article was published in the 'Foreign Affairs' magazine, in their March/April 2015 issue.
3. The author who wrote the article is Audrey Kurth Cronin. What we can learn about her is that she's an honorable professor and Director of the International Security Program at George Mason University. In addition, she's the author of "How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns". Except for that, she's active in Twitter and she has her own account, which can be followed.
4. a. "But isis is not al Qaeda. It is not an outgrowth or a part of the older radical Islamist organization, nor does it represent the next phase in its evolution." …show more content…
And that is why the counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies that greatly diminished the threat from al Qaeda will not work against isis." b. The information the author gives to support the main idea is that ISIS has 3,000 fighters, holds territory in both Iraq and Syria, maintains extensive military capabilities, controls lines of communication, commands infrastructure, funds itself, and engages in sophisticated military operations. These privileges are uncommon to other terrorist organizations, which usually have only dozens or hundreds of members, do not hold territory, and cannot directly confront military forces.
5. a. "offensive containment". b. "a combination of limited military tactics and a broad diplomatic strategy to halt isis' expansion, isolate the group, and degrade its
2. The article was published in the 'Foreign Affairs' magazine, in their March/April 2015 issue.
3. The author who wrote the article is Audrey Kurth Cronin. What we can learn about her is that she's an honorable professor and Director of the International Security Program at George Mason University. In addition, she's the author of "How Terrorism Ends: Understanding the Decline and Demise of Terrorist Campaigns". Except for that, she's active in Twitter and she has her own account, which can be followed.
4. a. "But isis is not al Qaeda. It is not an outgrowth or a part of the older radical Islamist organization, nor does it represent the next phase in its evolution." …show more content…
And that is why the counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies that greatly diminished the threat from al Qaeda will not work against isis." b. The information the author gives to support the main idea is that ISIS has 3,000 fighters, holds territory in both Iraq and Syria, maintains extensive military capabilities, controls lines of communication, commands infrastructure, funds itself, and engages in sophisticated military operations. These privileges are uncommon to other terrorist organizations, which usually have only dozens or hundreds of members, do not hold territory, and cannot directly confront military forces.
5. a. "offensive containment". b. "a combination of limited military tactics and a broad diplomatic strategy to halt isis' expansion, isolate the group, and degrade its