@article{ref1,
title="Violence-producing dynamics of fragile states: how state fragility in Iraq contributed to the emergence of Islamic State",
journal="Terrorism and political violence",
year="2020",
author="Ibrahimi, S. Yaqub",
volume="32",
number="6",
pages="1245-1267",
abstract="In the post-Cold War era, &quot;Jihadi-Salafi Groups&quot; (JSGs) have emerged as significant &quot;violence-making&quot; organizations. Almost all JSGs have emerged in highly fragile states. The literature on the state fragility-terrorism nexus, by focusing exclusively on whether state fragility is a cause of terrorism or not, has failed to consider the broader impact of state fragility on the emergence of JSGs. The role of state fragility as a condition of the emergence of JSGs, in particular, is mostly overlooked in the literature. This paper, adding state fragility as a condition variable to the causal model of the rise of JSGs, fills this gap. The empirical basis of this research includes a single case study examining the relationship between state fragility in the post-Saddam Iraq and the formation of Islamic State (IS). By adding a new variable to the causal model of the rise of IS, this research makes a strong within-case inference concerning this case. Although the empirical basis of this research includes a single case study, the analytical framework developed in this paper has possible implications for studying a larger number of Jihadi-Salafi groups.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0954-6553",
doi="10.1080/09546553.2018.1463914",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2018.1463914"
}