The book contains a great deal of primary source material gleaned from three years of engagement and contacts within the Islamist and jihadist communities activ

In February 2014, al-Qaida issued a statement that shocked the entire Jihadi movement. For the first time in its history, the group declared that a local affili

In 2019, Islamic State lost its last remaining sliver of territory in Syria, and its Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed. These setbacks seemed to herald t

So-called Islamic State began to appear in what it calls Khorasan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Iran and India) in 2014. Reports of its presence were at

A sober analysis of IS's media and propaganda output, essential for understanding what drives the movement.