ISIS 2.0: South and Southeast Asia Opportunities and Vulnerabilities

Abstract

The aim of terrorist groups is to create disorder within states by violent means for political ends. These end goals include local or transnational policy change, social control, or regime change. Terror groups like al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have demonstrated global aspirations and transnational reach across several continents in order to spread their ideologies and establish a sharia-based (Islamic religious legal system) governance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1131136

Entities

People

  • Greg S Weaver
  • Namrata Goswami
  • Robert Norton

Organizations

  • Joint Special Operations University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Human Population
  • Intelligence Collection
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Online Communications
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Sectarian Violence
  • Social Media
  • Social Welfare
  • Societies
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States Africa Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.