TY - BOOK AU - WELLS Anthony AU - CHUPRYGIN Andrey AU - MATROSOV Valery TI - The future of ISIS: a joint US-Russian assessment PY - 2015/// KW - ISIS KW - CONFLICT KW - TERRORISM KW - MIDDLE EAST KW - FOREIGN RELATIONS KW - UNITED STATES KW - IRAQ N2 - Over the past two years there have been many academic analyses and intelligence assessments regarding the rise of ISIS and its apparent success. Interpretations have varied, in some cases quite significantly. Some researches have attributed responsibility to Washington, while others have seen al-Qaida in Iraq (AQI) as the driving force behind the emergence and growth of ISIS. the overall fallout of these varying views is that it is a far more difficult and complex process to comprehend what caused the emergence of ISIS in 2006 and its claims to be a state ER -