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06/06/2018

Al Qaeda and ISIS: two different Strategies for the same objective (DIEEEA21-2018)

During the last few years we have witnessed the appearance of two divergent models of Islamist militancy, that of Al Qaeda, and that of Daesh, who have competed for primacy in the world of radical Islam. Both opposing models of jihad have proven to be effective mechanisms to exploit the structural weaknesses existing in the Arab societies, and to take advantage of the power vacuums resulting from the instability produced by the Arab springs, although their results have been disparate. The question that arises is to find out how the evolution of the political and military dynamics in the Middle East can make one model triumph over the other, or even how it can lead to a union of both in a single strategic vision wherein they would have come through different evolutionary processes.

Author: Ignacio Fuente Cobo

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