Transnational terrorism and the IS brand

While the Middle Eastern battlefields of Iraq and Syria may have seen the worst atrocities committed by the self-styled Islamic State (IS) militant group, countries far beyond this region have felt the shock waves of terrorist violence.

The spillover of the Iraqi/Syrian conflict has been felt in Europe, as the recent atrocity in Nice; the March Brussels attacks; and last November’s incidents in Paris show. Here, many home-grown European extremist Muslims have dedicated the violence they have perpetrated to IS.