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This article analyzes the expanding presence of the so-called Islamic State (IS) in South Asia. According to the text’s author, the prevalence of physical, social, and demographic sanctuaries in the region have provided IS with an ideal environment to attract lone-wolf individuals, lone-wolf groups, and like-minded militant groups. In order to address this budding regional security problem successfully, the author concludes that South Asian states have no choice but to look beyond their own self-interests.