Analytical paper “Future of Extremist Thought after Daesh and Means of Dealing with it”
After the geographic end of Daesh, most writers have focused on the organization’s ideological future. Most of them agree that the ideas of ISIS have not died and are still alive, and that the organization, after losing almost the entirety of its space in Syria and Iraq, will in the future develop new strategies, either by resorting to “lone wolf” attacks and sleeper cells or gaining a new space.
In the Syrian context, this subject gains its importance from the fact that a large contingent of extremist thought, such as the remnants of Daesh, a number of the core and leadership of Hayet Tahrir Al-Sham, and Hurass Al-Din, have gathered in North Syria. This brings up the issue of how to deal with this thought and its consequences, which will require research in strategies, mechanisms and tools to deal with this dangerous phenomenon which has consequences on security, intellectual and societal levels.
In order to present readings foreseeing how to deal with the phenomenon of extremism within the Syrian context after the elimination of Daesh’s geographic space, and the return of extremist discourse on the military, media and societal levels, the Syrian Dialogue Center held a group discussion under the title of “Future of Extremist Thought after Daesh and Means of Dealing with it.” The group discussed a number of issues, such as trying to foresee what Daesh and like organizations will look like after its military elimination and the expected consequences of the end of Daesh on the intellectual, security, societal and political levels. The discussion also touched on the proper means and tools to treat the negative consequences of this organization’s end, strengthen society and heal the disastrous effects this thought, and behavior has had.
مؤسسة بحثية سورية تسعى إلى الإسهام في بناء الرؤى والمعارف بما يساعد السوريين على إنضاج حلول عملية لمواجهة التحديات الوطنية المشتركة وتحقيق التنمية المستدامة
