International security in a world of fragile states : : Islamic states and Islamist organizations / / S. Yaqub Ibrahimi.

• VerfasserIn: Ibrahimi, Yaqub,
• Place / Publishing House: Ann Arbor : : University of Michigan Press,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 219 pages)

Following the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, DC, there has been an increasing interest among scholars, students, and the interested public to study and learn about the Islamist-oriented terrorist organizations called Jihadi Salafi Groups (JSGs). Considering that these organizations emerged in highly fragile states, S. Yaqub Ibrahimi asks: how and why is state fragility linked to the emergence of JSGs?Ibrahimi bases his study on three events: the establishment of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan in 1998, the rise of international security in the post-Saddam Hussein Iraq, and the failed al-Qaeda effort to establish a base in Saudi Arabia in 2003. These case studies contain major aspects and features of the rise of JSGs and, together, explain the contribution of state fragility to the process of the formation and expansion of these terrorist organizations.International Security in a World of Fragile States stands out as a pivotal work on the interconnection between the root causes of JSGs and state fragility conditions and their amalgamated role in the formation and evolution of these organizations. It fills the gap by developing a comprehensive but readily understandable narrative of the rise of JSGs in Islamic countries, and examining them in an analytical framework in which their root causes are categorized on individual, group, and international levels.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations -- Chapter One: IntroductionState FragilityJihadi Salafi Groups -- Theory and Methodology -- Organization of Book -- Chapter Two: Fragile States and Jihadi Salfi Groups in the Islamic WorldState Fragility in the Islamic World JSGs Organizational Development of JSGs International Environment of the Rise of JSGs -- Chapter Three: Root Causes of Al-Qaeda -- Individual Level -- Group Level -- International Level -- Chapter Four: Condition of the Rise of Al-Qaeda: State Fragility in Afghanistan -- State Formation -- State Conservatism -- Social Transformation -- Changes Brought About by WarState Fragility -- State Fragility and the Rise of al-Qaeda -- Lack of Legitimacy -- Weak Authority -- Lack of Capacity -- Chapter Five: Root Causes of ISThe Insurgency -- Jihadi Organization in Iraq -- Root Causes of IS -- Individual Level -- Group Level -- International level -- Chapter Six: Condition of the Rise of IS: State Fragility in Iraq -- State Formation and the Origins of State Fragility -- The Monarchical Project (1921-1958) -- The Republican Project (1958-1968) -- The Baathist Project (1968-2003) -- State Fragility and Insurgency (2003-2004) -- The Contribution of State Fragility to the Rise of IS -- Poor Legitimacy -- Weak Authority -- Contribution of Weak Authority to the Rise of IS -- Lack of Capacity -- Chapter Seven: Causes of al-Qaeda Revolt in Saudi Arabia -- Individual Level -- Group Level -- International Level -- Chapter Eight: Conditions of Al-Qaeda Revolt: State Fragility in Saudi Arabia -- State Formation -- State Fragility -- State Fragility and the 2003 Revolt -- Chapter Nine: Conclusion -- Bibliography.