ISIS and Wilayat Sinai: Complex Networks of Insurgency under Authoritarian Rule

Ashour, Omar

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%T ISIS and Wilayat Sinai: Complex Networks of Insurgency under Authoritarian Rule
%A Ashour, Omar
%P 8
%V 15
%D 2016
%K Wilayat Sinai (WS)
%@ 2198-5936
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-54270-3
%X This paper aims to explain the complex relationship between ISIS and the armed group Wilayat Sinai (WS), based in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. After a short overview of the historical developments in the peninsula that, starting in the early 1980s, led to the gradual escalation of the crisis there, the paper examines the military capacity of WS from 2014 to 2016. It describes the impact of local and regional sociopolitical factors and resources and examines how WS's links with ISIS affect its military capacity. The paper concludes with general observations and policy implications for Europe and Germany in particular.
%C DEU
%C Berlin
%G en
%9 Arbeitspapier
%W GESIS - http://www.gesis.org
%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info