The Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria

Future Security Program Senior Fellow Jeremy Hodge wrote on the current state of ISIS in Syria for the Small Wars Journal:

Rather than the group’s ability to carry out attacks in Syria itself, the United States should be far more concerned with ISIS’ efforts to exploit the normalization of Salafi-Jihadism under the country’s new regime, which the group could use as cover to spread its ideology, strengthen its recruitment and revenue streams, and collect resources that can be redeployed abroad.

Read the full article here.