TY - SER AU - Sinan Siyech, Mohammed TI - The 'Islamic State': : Sowing the Seeds of its Own Destruction SN - 2382-6444 PY - 2016/// PB - S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies KW - Terrorismo KW - Estado Islámico N2 - The rise of the so-called Islamic State (IS) or Daesh in 2014 was extraordinary and far beyond anything governments and intelligence agencies had anticipated. Yet the group had sowed the seeds of its own destruction with its over-ambitious if unrealistic religio-political goals, self-defeating strategies and bizarre practices. Still, IS’ resilience should not be underestimated; much remains to be done to ensure that IS does not recover from its present setbacks UR - http://www.rsis.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/CTTA-November-2016.pdf ER -