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A persistent threat : the evolution of Al Qa'ida and other Salafi jihadists / Seth G. Jones.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR637.Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : RAND, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (xv, 92 pages) : color illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0833087185
  • 0833087207
  • 9780833087188
  • 9780833087201
Report number: RAND RR637Other title:
  • Evolution of Al Qaida and other Salafi jihadists
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Persistent threat.DDC classification:
  • 363.325 23
LOC classification:
  • HV6433.M52
Online resources:
Contents:
A decentralized movement -- Growing capabilities -- Strategic options.
Summary: "This report examines the status and evolution of al Qa'ida and other Salafi-jihadist groups, a subject of intense debate in the West. Based on an analysis of thousands of primary source documents, the report concludes that there has been an increase in the number of Salafi-jihadist groups, fighters, and attacks over the past several years. The author uses this analysis to build a framework for addressing the varying levels of threat in different countries, from engagement in high-threat, low government capacity countries; to forward partnering in medium-threat, limited government capacity environments; to offshore balancing in countries with low levels of threat and sufficient government capacity to counter Salafi-jihadist groups."--Provided by publisher.
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"Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense; approved for public release; distribution unlimited."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-83) and index.

A decentralized movement -- Growing capabilities -- Strategic options.

"This report examines the status and evolution of al Qa'ida and other Salafi-jihadist groups, a subject of intense debate in the West. Based on an analysis of thousands of primary source documents, the report concludes that there has been an increase in the number of Salafi-jihadist groups, fighters, and attacks over the past several years. The author uses this analysis to build a framework for addressing the varying levels of threat in different countries, from engagement in high-threat, low government capacity countries; to forward partnering in medium-threat, limited government capacity environments; to offshore balancing in countries with low levels of threat and sufficient government capacity to counter Salafi-jihadist groups."--Provided by publisher.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (RAND, viewed October 21, 2014).

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