Accession Number:

AD1085285

Title:

Beating the Islamic State: Selecting a New Strategy for Iraq and Syria

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

RAND Corporation Santa Monica United States

Personal Author(s):

• Connable,Ben
• Lander,Natasha
• Jackson,Kimberly

Report Date:

2017-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

98.0

Abstract:

This report presents findings and recommendations intended to help the U.S. government revise its strategy to defeat the Islamic State, a hybrid insurgent-terrorist group that, as of mid-2016, controls considerable territory in Iraq and Syria and that claims over 30 global affiliates. This report presents research derived from a series of workshops and subject-matter expert elicitations on how to defeat the Islamic State in the heart of its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria.

Descriptors:

• military strategy
• iraq
• syria
• military planning
• countermeasures

Subject Categories:

• Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE