Schweitzer Yoram, Einav Omer (Editors). The Islamic State: How Viable Is It?

Institute for National Security Studies, 2016. — 309 p.Background.
A State Is Born: What Lies behind the Establishment of the Islamic State (Kobi Michael).
The Islamic Caliphate: A Controversial Consensus (Ofir Winter).
Radicalism and Islamic Terror: Historical Background (Meir Litvak).
The Internal Conflict in the Global Jihad Camp (Yoram Schweitzer).
The Sum of Its Parts.
The Islamic State as an Intelligence Challenge (David Siman-Tov and Yotam Hacohen).
The Military Power of the Islamic State (Gabi Siboni).
The Islamic State: Rich Organization, Poor State (Shmuel Even and Carmit Valensi).
The Islamic State: Governance and Civilian Consolidation (Carmit Valensi).
Fighting against the Islamic State: The Legal Challenges (Keren Aviram).
The Islamic State’s Use of Social Media: Terrorism’s Siren Song in the Digital Age (Adam Hoffman).
A Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Islamic State Galaxy (Orit Perlov).
From Where It Sprang, and the Nearby Environment.
The Islamic State and the Iraqi State: A Guide to the Perplexed (Ronen Zeidel).
The Islamic State Kingdom in Syria (Eyal Zisser).
Kurdistan, the Islamic State, and Paradigm Shifts in the Middle East (Ofra Bengio).
Lebanon and the Rise of the Islamic State (Benedetta Berti).
Jordan and the Islamic State Challenge (Asher Susser).
The Influence of the Islamic State on Israel’s Arab Citizens and on Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
(Aviad Mandelbaum and Yoram Schweitzer).
Regional Forces.
Iran vs. the Islamic State: The Enemy of My Enemy is also My Enemy (Ephraim Kam).
The Islamic State vs. the Saudi State (Yoel Guzansky).
Turkey in Face of the Threat from the Islamic State: Finally in Sync with its NATO Allies? (Gallia Lindenstrauss).
Israel and the Islamic State (Shlomo Brom).
The Sphere of Influence.
Wilayat Sinai: The Islamic State’s Egyptian Affiliate (Zack Gold).
The Islamic State in Libya: Challenge and Response (Shaul Shay and Av Baras).
The Islamic State and its Intentions for Africa (Smadar Shaul and Yoram Schweitzer).
The Spread of the Islamic State in Southern Asia: Between Vision and Reality (Meirav Mishali-Ram).
The World Powers.
The United States vs. the Islamic State (Oded Eran and Afik Barak).
Russia and the Islamic State Challenge (Zvi Magen, Sarah Fainberg, and Ilan Shklarsky).
The European Union and the Rise of the Islamic State (Shimon Stein).
The Islamic State: The Danger that China Would Rather Not Name (Eyal Propper).
Threat Assessment and Strategic Confrontation.
The Strategic Challenge: Contending with the Islamic State (Udi Dekel).
The Islamic State Challenge: How Severe Is It? (Amos Yadlin).Above and Below the Surface of the Islamic State (Yoram Schweitzer and Omer Einav).