Beyond ISIS and Al-Qaeda: The West’s Shift from Combating Terrorist Organizations to Targeting the Environments that Produce Extremism

The Global Institute for Strategic Studies (GISS) More than two decades after the launch of the “Global War on Terror,” Western governments are facing a new strategic question: Why does violent extremism continue to emerge despite major military and security successes against terrorist organizations? The United States and its allies succeeded in dismantling a significant […]