ISIS: Many Faces, Different Battles
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Ottaway writes that ISIS has at least three components: ISIS as a proto-state, ISIS as part of an Islamist network, and ISIS as a state of mind. These different aspects of ISIS cannot be fought with the same means, and policies that might help against one of these components may make attempts to combat the others more difficult.
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Marina Ottaway
Middle East Fellow;
Former Senior Research Associate and Head of the Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Former Senior Research Associate and Head of the Middle East Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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