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23 J. Pol. Stud. 1 (2016)

handle is hein.journals/jlo23 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Political Studies, Vol. 23, Issue - 1, 2016, 1:16 The 'Islamic State' and its Implications for the World Peace Nazir Hussain* Abstract The phenomenal rise of 'Islamic State' with vast area under its control, strong organizational base, huge financial resources and global recruitment, has posed severe challenges to the issue of state sovereignty, regional order and global peace. Its far-reaching ability to strike in Europe and Middle East has psycho-social and political connotations. The limited efforts to contain the IS have been met with varying successes. However, in the recent past, serious, concentrated and pointed efforts have yielded positive results, as the IS has lost territory, curtailing of supply lines and arrest of potential recruits. How this entity is going to impact the global peace and security depends on the stakeholders how they perceive and act against the IS. Key Words: Non-State Actor, Islamic State, Frustration-Aggression, Global Peace International affair has been primarily focused on the state behaviour, yet with the passage of time and new realities emerging, this has changed gradually. States from being the main actor now have to cope with the Non State Actors (NSA). These can be terrorist organizations or individuals or groups with certain political, social or economic bases, such as AI-Qaeda, Boko Haram and the Islamic State. These entities have posed direct threat to the state sovereignty and regional/global order. Middle East is one of the regions where political turmoil and phenomenon of rising non state actors has put the region into global attention. One such group is the 'Islamic State' which is the most violent non state entity to ever evolve. This entity has created serious security concerns for Iraq and Syria and has also managed to put some other states in turmoil as well. More pressingly, it has proved to be a threat to international actors and indirectly the Western interests in the region. Factors like fundamentalism, sectarianism and religious violence are deeply rooted in the methods of IS. This makes it dangerous to deal with because the region is already brimming with violence. Its impact has been great in the region as well as the international system. Therefore, this paper endeavors to analyze the implications of IS to the world peace through various strengths it has and the actions to be taken by the stakeholders to jointly work against this dangerous entity. *Author is Associate Professor at School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad - Pakistan.

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