Rising terror groups in the Middle East and north Africa / Alexandria Stafford.

Includes index.

RISING TERROR GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; RISING TERROR GROUPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: AL QAEDA-AFFILIATED GROUPS: MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; SUB-REGIONAL PROFILES OF AL QAEDA INVOLVEMENT; SELECT POLICY DEBATES; POSSIBLE TOOLS FOR CONGRESS; OUTLOOK; APPENDIX. GROUP PROFILES; Chapter 2: THE "ISLAMIC STATE" CRISIS AND U.S. POLICY; SUMMARY; THE ISLAMIC STATE; THE SITUATION IN IRAQ; SITUATION IN SYRIA; U.S. RESPONSES AND OPTIONS.

AUTHORITY FOR USE OF MILITARY FORCE AGAINST THE ISLAMIC STATE AND THE WAR POWERS RESOLUTIONSELECTED ADDITIONAL ISSUES RAISED BY THE CRISIS; POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION; Chapter 3: NIGERIA'S BOKO HARAM: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ; SUMMARY; OVERVIEW; FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS; Chapter 4: TESTIMONY OF DR. DAFNA H. RAND, CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN SECURITY. HEARING ON ''THREAT POSED BY THE ISLAMIC STATE OF IRAQ AND THE LEVANT (ISIL), AL-QA'IDA, AND OTHERISLAMIC EXTREMISTS''; THE COMPETITIVE ISLAMIST LANDSCAPE; SUSTAINABLE, LONGER-TERM COUNTERTERRORISM RESPONSES; Blank Page.

After more than a decade of combating Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the United States now faces an increasingly diverse threat from Al Qaeda affiliates in the Middle East and Africa and from emerging groups that have adopted aspects of Al Qaeda's ideology but operate relatively or completely autonomously from the group's senior leadership. U.S. counterterrorism debates have focused on ""formal"" Al Qaeda affiliates, and policymakers increasingly are considering options for addressing the range of threats posed by the wider spectrum of groups inspired by-or similar in goals and aspirati.

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