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Friday, October 23, 2015

SIS as Revolutionary State New Twist on an Old Story By Stephen M. Walt

An ISIS fighter waves a flag in Raqqa, after the declaration of the Caliphate in Syria and Iraq ISIS as Revolutionary State
New Twist on an Old Story
By Stephen M. Walt
The Islamic State is just the latest in a long line of state-building revolutionaries, following in the footsteps of the Jacobins, the Bolsheviks, the Khmer Rouge, and others. But its revolution is highly unlikely to spread, so the United States should follow a strategy of patient containment.https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/middle-east/isis-revolutionary-state?cid=nlc-twofa-20151022&sp_mid=49840191&sp_rid=bWljaGVsZXRrZWFybmV5QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2

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