From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics
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| Title: | From Jihad to Politics: How Syrian Jihadis Embraced Politics |
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| Authors: | Drevon, Jerome |
| Publisher Information: | New York: Oxford University Press, 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Collection: | Books Imported or submitted locally |
| Original Material: | 07f61e34-5b96-49f0-9860-c87dd8228f26 b9501915-cdee-4f2a-8030-9c0b187854b2 |
| Subject Terms: | jihad, Syria, politicisation, al-Qaeda, ISIS, Ahrar al-sham, Jabhat al-Nusra, civil wars, terrorism, political violence, Politics and government, Arms negotiation and control, Violence and abuse in society |
| Description: | The Syrian regime unleashed unprecedented violence to suppress large-scale non-violent protests amid the Arab uprisings. Hundreds of armed groups formed throughout the country to defend the protesters and fight back. However, in contrast to other conflicts previously dominated by al-Qaeda and Islamic State, the two largest Syrian Jihadi groups, Ahrar al-Sham and then Jabhat al-Nusra, rejected global jihad and began to cultivate new ties with the population, other armed opposition groups, and even foreign states. This strategic shift is a response to the Jihadi paradox--a realization that while Jihadis excel at leading insurgencies, they fail to achieve political victories. In From Jihad to Politics, Jerome Drevon offers an examination of the Syrian armed opposition, tracing the emergence of Jihadi groups in the conflict, their dominance, and their political transformation. Drawing upon field research and interviews with Syrian insurgents in northwestern Syria and Turkey, Drevon demonstrates how the context of a local conflict can shape armed groups' behavior in unexpected ways. Further, he marshals unique evidence from the Arab world's most intense conflict to explain why the trajectory of the transnational Jihadi movement has altered course in recent years. |
| Document Type: | book |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-776516-6 0-19-776516-5 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/9780197765197.001.0001 |
| Access URL: | https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105871 |
| Rights: | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Notes: | ONIX_20250901T140837_9780197765166_3 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/105871 Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) |
| Accession Number: | edsoap.20.500.12657.105871 |
| Database: | OAPEN Library |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | The Syrian regime unleashed unprecedented violence to suppress large-scale non-violent protests amid the Arab uprisings. Hundreds of armed groups formed throughout the country to defend the protesters and fight back. However, in contrast to other conflicts previously dominated by al-Qaeda and Islamic State, the two largest Syrian Jihadi groups, Ahrar al-Sham and then Jabhat al-Nusra, rejected global jihad and began to cultivate new ties with the population, other armed opposition groups, and even foreign states. This strategic shift is a response to the Jihadi paradox--a realization that while Jihadis excel at leading insurgencies, they fail to achieve political victories. In From Jihad to Politics, Jerome Drevon offers an examination of the Syrian armed opposition, tracing the emergence of Jihadi groups in the conflict, their dominance, and their political transformation. Drawing upon field research and interviews with Syrian insurgents in northwestern Syria and Turkey, Drevon demonstrates how the context of a local conflict can shape armed groups' behavior in unexpected ways. Further, he marshals unique evidence from the Arab world's most intense conflict to explain why the trajectory of the transnational Jihadi movement has altered course in recent years. |
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| ISBN: | 9780197765166 0197765165 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/9780197765197.001.0001 |