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The Islamic State's Strategy: Bureaucratizing the Apocalypse through Strategic Communications

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To understand the Islamic State's strategy, we have to look at the way the group twins Maoist and post-Maoist strategies, previously considered strategically incompatible. By establishing a state that it claims to embody the Caliphate, it not only gains revenue and resources, but also generates a seductive “brand” with a compelling message that it “sells” via the Internet. This brand, based on Propaganda of the Deed, synergizes its physical and digital activities to create a virtuous circle that is very close to being self-sustaining. As such it represents a new insurgent model that corroborates the News Wars thesis.

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  • Vaughan Phillips, 2017. "The Islamic State's Strategy: Bureaucratizing the Apocalypse through Strategic Communications," Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 40(9), pages 731-757, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uterxx:v:40:y:2017:i:9:p:731-757
    DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2016.1236571
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