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A ny strategy to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) must begin with a clear-... more A ny strategy to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) must begin with a clear-eyed assessment of the challenge at hand. ISIL's recent loss of territory represents progress in addressing that challenge, but does not change the fact that the United States and its allies confront a long-term global violent jihadist threat that preceded ISIL and will outlive ISIL. Our recommended strategy focuses on addressing ISIL as a transregional threat. The nature of the threat suggests the need to prioritize the security of Americans in the homeland, but does not imply placing the United States on a continuous war footing. Rather, U.S. government actions overseas should focus on disrupting the transregional network supporting ISIL. Practically speaking, this means increasing the operational hurdles for terrorists both inside and outside the United States, giving more attention and resources to intelligence and law enforcement, and emphasiz-ing airstrikes and Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids on ISIL leadership and training camps in Iraq and Syria. Figure 1 presents an overview of our proposed counter-ISIL strategy.
A ny strategy to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) must begin with a clear-... more A ny strategy to counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) must begin with a clear-eyed assessment of the challenge at hand. ISIL's recent loss of territory represents progress in addressing that challenge, but does not change the fact that the United States and its allies confront a long-term global violent jihadist threat that preceded ISIL and will outlive ISIL. Our recommended strategy focuses on addressing ISIL as a transregional threat. The nature of the threat suggests the need to prioritize the security of Americans in the homeland, but does not imply placing the United States on a continuous war footing. Rather, U.S. government actions overseas should focus on disrupting the transregional network supporting ISIL. Practically speaking, this means increasing the operational hurdles for terrorists both inside and outside the United States, giving more attention and resources to intelligence and law enforcement, and emphasiz-ing airstrikes and Special Operations Forces (SOF) raids on ISIL leadership and training camps in Iraq and Syria. Figure 1 presents an overview of our proposed counter-ISIL strategy.
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