RISING TERROR GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

RISING TERROR GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1: AL QAEDA-AFFILIATED GROUPS: MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

SUB-REGIONAL PROFILES OF AL QAEDA INVOLVEMENT

SELECT POLICY DEBATES

POSSIBLE TOOLS FOR CONGRESS

OUTLOOK

APPENDIX. GROUP PROFILES

Chapter 2: THE “ISLAMIC STATE” CRISIS AND U.S. POLICY

SUMMARY

THE ISLAMIC STATE

THE SITUATION IN IRAQ

SITUATION IN SYRIA

U.S. RESPONSES AND OPTIONS

AUTHORITY FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTION

SELECTED ADDITIONAL ISSUES RAISED BY THE CRISIS

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION

Chapter 3: NIGERIA’S BOKO HARAM: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

SUMMARY

OVERVIEW

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF DR. DAFNA H. RAND, CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN SECURITY. HEARING ON ''THREAT POSED BY THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND THE LEVANT (ISIL), AL-QA'IDA, AND OTHERISLAMIC EXTREMISTS''

THE COMPETITIVE ISLAMIST LANDSCAPE

SUSTAINABLE, LONGER-TERM COUNTERTERRORISM RESPONSES

INDEX

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