The conference given by Omar Ashour, a professor of Security Studies at Exeter University, along with Pedro Baños Bajo, an analyst of Strategy, Terrorism and Intelligence. Karim Hauser, esponsible for the Governance Area at Casa Árabe, presented and moderated the event.
The ascent of Daesh as a dominant Jihadist organization remains a surprising phenomenon. Its degree of brutality, its sophisticated methods for attracting recruits, its propaganda offense and its ability to mutate in the field form part of a diversified strategy. However, militarily speaking, its strength and power are proportionally lesser than those of its state and non-state enemies. Despite this, compared with the Taliban regime, which fell in a campaign lasting just two months, carried out jointly by Western powers and decentralized Afghan forces, Daesh has proven to be much more resilient. How does it manage to survive?
