Read the following sources from the New York Times online:
- Rukmini Callimachi, “How ISIS Built the Machinery of Terror Under Europe’s Gaze,” New York Times, 26 March 2016, http://nyti.ms/22JDnCV (Links to an external site.)
- Rukmini Callimachi, “The ISIS Files,” New York Times, 4 April 2018, https://nyti.ms/2H7OCND (Links to an external site.)
Then answer the following questions:
- Summarize key challenges mentioned in the articles that Western and Middle Eastern states are facing in the fight against ISIS.
- Describe the way ISIS ran its proto-state? How effective was it? Discuss.
- Provide some structural or systemic policy recommendations that would help address the ISIS phenomenon in the West as well as in the Middle East.
Your analysis should be between 800-1,000 words. Use the following headings:
Introduction
Challenges in the fight against ISIS
ISIS proto-state structures and governance
Recommendations to face the ISIS phenomenon in the West and Middle East