COVID-19 restrictions unexpectedly reduced Islamic State violence – political science experts explain why
- Written by Jóhanna Kristín Birnir, Professor Comparative Politics, University of Maryland
A woman walks in Raqa, the former Syrian capital of the Islamic State, in December 2020. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty ImagesWorld leaders and policy experts at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic feared that the health crisis might make the world more dangerous. They worried specifically that terrorist organizations like the Islamic State group wo...