Main Groups and Leaders Brief Overview
The crisis developments in Iraq, Yemen, Libya and Syria are destabilizing countries in the Middle East. The growing turbulence and unpredictability threaten the very model of the nation state, which is struggling to react to the challenges posed by non-state actors in international relations – primarily by extremist groups. The inability of the state to counter the terrorist threat leads to an increase in the activities of radical elements, whose actions take...
On July 20, 2015 the Turkish city of Suruc on the border with Syria fell victim to an horrific terrorist attack that took the lives of more than 30 people and injured another 100 — young activists of the left-wing Federation of Socialist Youth Associations (Sosyalist Gençlik Derneği Federasyonu – SGDF) who had travelled across the entire country to take part in a campaign to restore the neighbouring Syrian city of Kobane. Fighting between ISIS and Kurdish people’s protection...
January terror attacks in the French capital will mark a new era of counter terrorism upheaval and unity among leading world powers. If the effect and repercussions of the tragedy are evident and will stay in our minds for a long time, the true nature of the attack remains dubious. RIAC team has asked
Jasmine Opperman
, director ...
... allegedly equal rights. In fact, we are facing an ongoing rise and an informal legitimization of a new caste society that engenders a desperate situation, when the ideas of a fairer world order are attracting hordes of grateful listeners.
expresso.sapo.pt
Islamic State. Questions and Answers
The new situation also requires adjustments to the liberal democratic model which is vehemently defended and advanced worldwide by the West. If the key to defeating Islamist terrorism actually lies in winning hearts and minds through the propagation of Islam's moderate and progressive movements, freedom of speech and expression must be correlated with the religious feelings of the Muslims. Cartoons depicting Prophet Mohammed ...
... brothers, who had just come back from Syria, was the most high-profile of a series of terrorist attacks staged by supporters of the Islamic State (IS), the Islamic radicals who seek to intimidate French society and force the country to abandon its resistance ... ... democratic values.
Democracy is like a match that can be used to either light a candle or ignite a fuse. In the fight against terrorism, democracy is vulnerable. This is because in a society of freedom and tolerance, radical Islamist sects hostile to democracy ...
... such as information technology. Future terrorists can now be recruited over the internet instead of in person. The rise of the Islamic State has shown that the worldwide web has allowed terrorists to solve the problem of recruiting and training supporters,... ... has increased as a direct result of the internet.
blog.inkerman.com
Sohail Mahmood and Mehdi Dehnavi:
Is It A New War Against Terrorism?
The changing information environment has contributed in part to the increased barbarity of terrorist acts. Violence ...
... they do an alternative to it.
The most recent confirmation of this observation is Washington's bombing campaign against the Islamic State. Since operations began two weeks ago, Britain has joined the campaign and France intends to do so. Officials claim ... ... effective substitute for diplomacy and foreign policy?
You do not have to be an expert on Islamism to understand that extremism and terrorism in the Middle East have deep socio-economic and political roots — and that Islamism stems in part from multiple ...
Judging from recent statements by Russian officials, Moscow has decided to express cautious solidarity with Washington”s actions to fight against the terrorists of the Islamic State (IS), though there is no talk of any joint effort. Russia supported the latest UN Security Council resolution on the fight against terrorism. Yet Moscow also continues to see the negative implications of the actions of the coalition led by the United States, bearing in mind that military force alone cannot defeat terrorism. Among those negative aspects is the prospect of an increase ...
... Preston University, Islamabad
War against the "Islamic State"?
Sohail Mahmood
The current position of the USA toward the Islamic State (IS) does not necessarily mean the launching of a new round of war on terror. The USA is opposing the IS but will ... ... depends on the further successes of the IS in the region.
Mehdi Dehnavi
Mehdi Dehnavi: No hope for a succesful campaign against terrorism without Russia and Iran
Project Director at Center for Strategic Defense Research
All Countries Must Work Together to ...