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COVID-19 restrictions unexpectedly reduced Islamic State violence – political science experts explain why

  • Written by Jóhanna Kristín Birnir, Professor Comparative Politics, University of Maryland
COVID-19 restrictions unexpectedly reduced Islamic State violence – political science experts explain whyA woman walks in Raqa, the former Syrian capital of the Islamic State, in December 2020. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

World 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...

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