The Battle Against ISIS in Iraq (Part 2)

In this fifth episode, Adam Day speaks to Mara Revkin, National Security Law Fellow at the Georgetown University Law Center, about her research regarding the Islamic State, particular the "stayers" - those who decided to stay in Islamic State-controlled territory and who are now considered ISIS affiliates. What happens to the cooks and cleaners of ISIS, or those forced to pay taxes to them? Is there a likelihood of an ISIS resurgence? How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted these groups? Listen to find out.

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Hybrid Wars is a podcast series by United Nations University Centre for Policy Research, exploring how violent conflict around the world is becoming more deadly and more difficult to resolve than ever before. This podcast builds upon original field fieldwork of government-led counter-insurgency: the Nigeria’s Civilian Joint Task Force, Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Units and Somalia’s darwish forces. The research, Hyrbid Conflict, Hybrid Peace, can be found at: https://cpr.unu.edu/hybrid-conflict.html. The views expressed in these episodes are those of the speakers, not of United Nations University or its partners.