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Bookmark or Share- 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 ...
- Knowing the Enemy: Understanding the Islamic State and Principles for ...fighting ISIL is the business of the United States rather than that of Middle Eastern or European countries is a valid one. Defining the Context for Understanding ISIL Starting with ISIL itself and its so-called caliphate, we examine critical elements of the problem from the center and work outward to the global context. Knowing the Enemy
- When the Islamic State Comes to Town | RANDIn its strategic capitals — Mosul and Raqqah — dense ISIL regulatory regimes and more stable security situations coincided with evidence of active markets, robust commercial vehicle traffic and persistent agricultural production following the time after ISIL takeover. The service-sector and industrial components of these economies were ...
- 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.
- Deir ez-Zor: Protracted Stalemate | RAND - RAND CorporationAnalysis of satellite-derived measures of economic activity in Deir ez-Zor suggests that ISIL was ineffective at governing the neighborhoods and local economies under its control. Electricity. ISIL's arrival in the city in June 2014 appears to coincide with an immediate but short-lived drop-off in nighttime lighting.
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