The Islamic State in Khorasan - Afghanistan, Pakistan and the New Central Asian Jihad

Analyzes how Islamic State hopes to establish a new bulwark in Central Asia and Pakistan, supplanting Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan

About the author

Antonio Giustozzi has a PhD from the London School of Economics and is currently Visiting Professor at King's College, London and fellow at the Royal United Services Institute. He has written or edited ten books, among which are Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency, 2002-7 and The Army of Afghanistan: A Political History of A Fragile Institution.

Summary

Analyses how Islamic State hopes to establish a new bulwark in Central Asia and Pakistan, supplanting Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.

Product details

• Authors: Antonio Giustozzi
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781787386266
• ISBN: 978-1-78738-626-6
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Afghanistan, Pakistan, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, Geopolitics, RELIGION / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Religious intolerance, persecution and conflict, Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict