Islamic States Pros And Cons

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) also translated as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or al sham (ISIS) and known in Arabic by the acronym Daʿesh is an anti-Shi'ist unrecognized Islamic state in Iraq and Syria. Being unrecognized by the international community, it is difficult to accurately classify the organization/state and therefore difficult to rate in terms of power.1 However, ISIS itself claims sovereignty and statehood and has proven that it is capable of forming a government and managing the territory it controls. Assuming that ISIS is a state in the international community it would be classified as a pre-modern state, unable to maintain complete self-sufficiency with power mainly in the form of hard military and
In a power rating out of 10, ISIS can muster a 6 among the world, due not only to its surprising military success but its potential for economic prosperity. While it contains a great deal of industry and infrastructure allowing maintaining self-sufficiency, the current state is not responsible for the formation of the aspects or a more modern state. Instead ISIS relies on the backbone of systems set in place by the regimes that ruled over the area before ISIS’s rise to power. Therefore ISIS still remains reliant on other states to function and has yet to prove substantial ability to maintain and advance such necessities. Its sources of military power come from a strong and
We will be looking at the instruments of power ISIS has which has seven different categories those being, Diplomatic, Information, Military, Economic, Financial, Intelligence, and Law enforcement. First let’s take a look at the areas ISIS controls. First being Iraq. Iraq is a country in the Middle East with a 80 percent being Arab and the other 20 percent being Kurdish. The two major religions in Iraq at this time are Muslim and Christian.6 The predominate language is Arabic and Kurdish, and the country has a population of about 32 million.7 The other country ISIS has a big foot hold in is Syria. Some background information on Syria is, the country is 90 percent Arab. The two main languages are Arabic and Kurdish, and the top two religions are Muslim and Christianity The country has a population of about 17 million.8 Now let’s talk about their instruments of power. When it comes to diplomacy ISIS really has none. They are not interested in finding a peaceful resolution they just want to continue their bloody rampage in the Middle East.