Publication

This issue of the Sentinel features six articles that focus on 1) the growing radicalization of Pakistani universities; 2) the Islamic Emirate of Kunar, which was a short-lived Salafi proto-state founded in Eastern Afghanistan in 1990; 3) the importance of families as a source of jihadi recruitment; 4) the military doctrine of the Islamic State, which should not be seen as a Ba’athist-influenced creation; 5) Junud al-Sham, which is a Chechen jihadi group fighting in Syria; and 6) the Islamic State’s use of children for military purposes. The text also includes an interview with General (Ret.) John Abizaid, the former head of US Central Command, who argues that the US is losing ground in its fight against Islamist terrorism and needs to develop a more comprehensive strategy to counter it.