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The Islamic State in Asia

How have Asian governments responded to the threat of ISIS?

By Catherine Putz, Arif Rafiq, Edward Lemon, Joshua Kurlantzick, Michael Clarke and Shannon Tiezzi
  1. Introduction - Catherine Putz
  2. Central Asia - Edward Lemon
  3. South Asia - Arif Rafiq
  4. Southeast Asia - Joshua Kurlantzick
  5. China - Michael Clarke
  6. Northeast Asia - Shannon Tiezzi

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The Authors

Catherine Putz is Special Projects Editor at The Diplomat.

Arif Rafiq is president of Vizier Consulting, LLC, which provides strategic guidance on Middle East and South Asian political and security issues.

Edward Lemon is a doctoral candidate at the University of Exeter. In his research, he examines the relationships between security and religion in Tajikistan.

Joshua Kurlantzick is Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Dr. Michael Clarke is Associate Professor at the National Security College, ANU. He is the author of Xinjiang and China’s Rise in Central Asia – A History (Routledge 2011); and editor of Inside Xinjiang: Space, Place and Power in China’s Muslim Far Northwest (Routledge 2016) and China’s Frontier Regions: Ethnicity, Economic Integration and Foreign Relations (I. B. Tauris 2016).

Shannon Tiezzi is Managing Editor of The Diplomat.
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