The Washington Post: With the destruction of the caliphate, the Islamic State has lost far more than territory

CIC Fellow Featured in The Washington Post

CIC Senior Fellow Amarnath Amarasingam was recently featured in The Washington Post with co-author J.M. Berger. Their work "With the destruction of the caliphate, the Islamic State has lost far more than territory" examines how the loss of the caliphate — and all the traits and qualities that went along with it — will dramatically reduce the Islamic State’s recruiting appeal, unless and until it finds new arguments for "entitativity". Extremist movements are most attractive when the in-group has high levels of “entitativity” or “groupness,” a quality that prompts adherents to perceive a meaningfully real organization.