Islamic State and Counter-terrorist Strategies in Southeast Asia – Romain...
More than a decade after the launching of the so-called “global war on terrorism (GWOT) by the Bush administration, the rise of the self-styled Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS, ISIL or IS) has changed the landscape of Salafi-Jihadism. Four Southeast Asian countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore) are exposed, at different levels, to violent extremist and terrorist activities connected to IS and Islamist factions, groups and networks such as Jemaah Islamiyah (JI). As explained by Joseph Chinyong Liow, the threat is threefold. It includes the commission of…