Islamic State : New Phase of Global Expansion?

• Main Author: Gunaratna, Rohan
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Conflict and Stability; General
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84079; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48165
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Despite battlefield losses and reversals in Iraq and Syria, the multiple suicide bombings in Sri Lanka on 21 April 2019 demonstrated that the so-called Islamic State (IS) is entering a new phase of global expansion.