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From Jihad to Politics - Jerome Drevon

From Jihad to Politics

How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics

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Buch | Softcover
288 Seiten
2024
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-776516-6 (ISBN)
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The Syrian regime unleashed unprecedented violence to suppress large-scale non-violent protests amid the Arab uprisings. Hundreds of armed groups formed throughout the country to defend the protesters and fight back. However, in contrast to other conflicts previously dominated by al-Qaeda and Islamic State, the two largest Syrian Jihadi groups, Ahrar al-Sham and then Jabhat al-Nusra, rejected global jihad and began to cultivate new ties with the population, other armed opposition groups, and even foreign states. This strategic shift is a response to the Jihadi paradox--a realization that while Jihadis excel at leading insurgencies, they fail to achieve political victories. In From Jihad to Politics, Jerome Drevon offers an examination of the Syrian armed opposition, tracing the emergence of Jihadi groups in the conflict, their dominance, and their political transformation. Drawing upon field research and interviews with Syrian insurgents in northwestern Syria and Turkey, Drevon demonstrates how the context of a local conflict can shape armed groups' behavior in unexpected ways. Further, he marshals unique evidence from the Arab world's most intense conflict to explain why the trajectory of the transnational Jihadi movement has altered course in recent years.

Jerome Drevon is Senior Analyst on Jihad and Modern Conflict at International Crisis Group (ICG) and Research Associate at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID). Drevon received his PhD from Durham University before securing two fellowships at the University of Oxford and the University of Manchester. Drevon has conducted extensive field research in conflict zones, including Syria. He has interviewed hundreds of Jihadi militants and foreign fighters--from their military, political, and religious leaders to their foot soldiers--to gain a deeper understanding of their changing political views in armed conflicts.

CHAPTER 1: Introduction
CHAPTER 2: Creating an Insurgency
CHAPTER 3: Expanding the Rebellion
CHAPTER 4: Uniting the Armed Opposition
CHAPTER 5: Politicising Jihad
CHAPTER 6: Syria and the Future of Jihad

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 8 maps; 5 tables
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 150 x 226 mm
Gewicht 408 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Politische Systeme
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Staat / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-19-776516-5 / 0197765165
ISBN-13 978-0-19-776516-6 / 9780197765166
Zustand Neuware
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