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Bookmark or Share- When the Islamic State Comes to Town - RAND CorporationISIL's territorial ambition and desire to conduct state-like governance over this territory are integral to its global ideological appeal. By examining ISIL's impact on local economic activity in Iraq and Syria, this report seeks to assess the effectiveness of ISIL's governance over its self-styled caliphate.
- The Islamic State (Terrorist Organization) | RANDISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), also known as ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant), is a Sunni jihadist group with a particularly violent ideology that calls itself a caliphate and claims religious authority over all Muslims. It was inspired by al Qaida but later publicly expelled from it. RAND terrorism experts have analyzed the group's financing, management, and organization ...
- Counter-Radicalization Bot Research - RAND CorporationISIL and other groups identify susceptible individuals through open social media (SM) dialogue and eventually seek private conversations online and offline for recruiting. This shift from open and discoverable online dialogue to private and discreet recruitment can occur quickly and offers a short window for intervention before the conversation ...
- Mosul: ISIL's Economic Engine | RAND - RAND CorporationISIL organized a relatively expansive bureaucratic state in Mosul and exerted uncontested control over the city since its capture in 2014, until operations began to liberate the city began in October 2016. To this extent, Mosul provides a clear opportunity to identify the economic impact of the group in its most strategically important Iraqi city.
- Tikrit: ISIL Focuses on Punishment, Not Governance | RANDISIL's impact on Tikrit's economy is best illustrated by crowd-sourced data on market activity as seen in satellite imagery, which show a rapid decline in commerce during ISIL's control of the city. Commercial vehicle counts portray an identical effect, suggesting that the presence of tractor trailers and large commercial vehicles in the city ...
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