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The Future of ISIS

Edited by Feisal al-Istrabadi and Sumit Ganguly

2018

A selection of books from the Brookings Institution Press.

Brookings Now

Your summer reading list from the Brookings Institution Press

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Osama bin Laden (L) sits with his adviser and purported successor Ayman al-Zawahri, an Egyptian linked to the al Qaeda network, during an interview with Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir (not pictured) in an image supplied by the respected Dawn newspaper November 10, 2001. Al Qaeda's elusive leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a mansion outside the Pakistani capital Islamabad, U.S. President Barack Obama said on May 1, 2011. REUTERS/Hamid Mir/Editor/Ausaf Newspaper for Daily Dawn (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: POLITICS CONFLICT IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Order from Chaos

The death of Ayman al-Zawahri and the future of al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Shi'ite Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) are seen in Zumar, Nineveh province, Iraq October 18, 2017. REUTERS/Ari Jalal - RC1E698CF530

Iraq

Pitfalls of the paramilitary paradigm: The Iraqi state, geopolitics, and Al-Hashd al-Shaabi

Vanda Felbab-Brown

June 2019

Handover ceremony at Camp Anthonic, from U.S. Army to Afghan Defense Forces in Helmand province, Afghanistan May 2, 2021. Picture taken May 2, 2021. Ministry of Defense Press Office/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Order from Chaos

Don’t expect an al-Qaida reboot in Afghanistan

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

U.S. soldiers from 1/8 Army cavalry Regimen joins a patrol with Iraq's army to search for explosives, weapons and Al-Qaeda militants at a open field in Mosul June 8, 2008. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (IRAQ) - GM1E4681J7Q01

Terrorism & Extremism

Does al-Qaida have a future?

Daniel L. Byman

The Washington Quarterly October 2019

After the Al-Ula Summit: Prospects for a GCC Rapprochement

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U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (2nd L), U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper (3rd R), along with members of the national security team, watch as U.S. Special Operations forces close in on ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in the Situation Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., October 26, 2019. Picture taken October 26, 2019. Shealah Craighead/The White House/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1CACE38AD0

Order from Chaos

Al-Baghdadi’s death … and that presidential speech

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

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On The Record

Untangling the Middle East

Hussein Banai, Richard Fontaine, Feisal Istrabadi, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and ROBIN WRIGHT

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Turkish and American soldiers stand near a former YPG military point during a joint U.S.-Turkey patrol, near Tel Abyad, Syria September 8, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said

Order from Chaos

Al Tanf garrison: America’s strategic baggage in the Middle East

Daniel L. Magruder Jr.

Friday, November 20, 2020

A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front carries his weapon as he stands in an olive tree field, near villages which the Nusra Front said they have seized control of from Syrian rebel factions, in the southern countryside of Idlib, December 2, 2014. Picture taken December 2, 2014.

Markaz

An al-Qaida setback in Syria?

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, December 8, 2017

A photograph circulated by the U.S. State Departments Twitter account to announce a $1 million USD reward for al Qaeda key leader Hamza bin Laden, son of Osama bin Laden, is seen March 1, 2019. State Department/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC19395BB9E0

Order from Chaos

The death of Hamza bin Laden and the weakness of al-Qaida

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, August 1, 2019

DATE IMPORTED:June 21, 2017Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sits during an allegiance pledging ceremony in Mecca, Saudi Arabia June 21, 2017. Bandar Algaloud/Courtesy of Saudi Royal Court/Handout via REUTERS. ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Saudi Arabia

Al-Qaida strikes back

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Supporters of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden shout anti-American slogans, after the news of his death, during a rally in Quetta May 2, 2011. Bin Laden was killed in a U.S. helicopter raid on a mansion near the Pakistani capital Islamabad early on Monday, officials said, ending a nearly 10-year worldwide hunt for the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. U.S. officials said bin Laden was found in the million-dollar compound in the military garrison town of Abbottabad, 60 km (35 miles) north of Islamabad. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E75300AX01

Order from Chaos

Al-Qaida today, 18 years after 9/11

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

FILE PHOTO: Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi listens during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Six months into his premiership, what has Mustafa al-Kadhimi done for Iraq?

Marsin Alshamary

Friday, November 13, 2020