al-qa’idun ‘an al-jihad
Jamestown’s Stephen Ulph has an interesting piece on attempts by Jihadis to gain the intellectual high ground. It outlines a struggle on the part of the enemy to gain support through intellectual support while it has spent a majority of its time focusing on core competancy – faith based support.
In short they’re attempting to break free of the constraints placed upon them as remaining as Muslim jihadis. They are struggling to expand their base of support from its current iteration – maligned Muslims – to something broader and more effective at destroying the enemy – connectivity. Incremental innovation will only work for so long – as discussed here – and radical innovation will kick in. Attacking global connections and limiting the efficiency of the nation state (ie Global Guerrillas) will increase their base of support more than their current tactics can.
I sincerely hope Barnett and Robb are not looking to print their ideas in Arabic. Moreso the latter.
-Shlok
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