War against Islamic State : sowing seeds of more extremist group

• Main Author: James M. Dorsey
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/103200; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24366
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The US-led war against the Islamic State, the jihadist group that controls a swath of Syria and Iraq, is sowing seeds for the sprouting of yet more extremist groups. In doing so the US is reverting to a misguided policy that has spawned more virulent forms of militant Islam.