TY  - BOOK
AU  - Giustozzi,Antonio
TI  - The Islamic State in Khorasan : : Afghanistan, Pakistan and the new Central Asian jihad / 
SN  - 9781849049641
AV  - HV6431. G588 2018
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London : 
PB  - Hurst & Company, 
KW  - IS (Organization)
KW  - Diplomatic relations
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Islamic State Khorasan Province (Organization)
KW  - Afghanistan – Politics and government – 2001-
KW  - Pakistan – Politics and government – 1988-
KW  - Afghanistan – Foreign relations – Asia, Central
KW  - Asia, Central – Foreign relations – Afghanistan
KW  - Pakistan – Foreign relations – Asia, Central
KW  - Asia, Central – Foreign relations – Pakistan – Pata
N1  - Abstract: Analyzes how Islamic State hopes to establish a new bulwark in Central Asia and Pakistan, supplanting Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.; Contents: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; List of Acronyms; List of Groups and Individuals; Introduction; 1. How it All Began; 2. Aims and Strategy; 3. Efforts to 'Synchronise' IS-K with IS-Central; 4. Hybrid: IS-K Structure Between Centralisation and Centrifugal Tendencies; 5. Drivers of Support for IS-K; 6. The Expansion of IS-K; 7. The Funding of IS-K; 8. Shaking Up the World of Khorasan's Jihadism; 9. The Dead End of Salafism and IS-K Adaptation; Conclusion; Appendix 1: The New Layha of Tehrik-e-Khalifat.; Appendix 2: Organisational Diagram of IS-K, Early 2016Appendix 3: The Jihadist Network of Khorasan in 2011, According to Interviewees. Only the Main Groups and Organisations are Mentioned; Appendix 4: The Jihadist Network of Khorasan in 2017, According to Interviewees. Only the Main Groups and Organisations are Mentioned; Notes; Index.
ER  -