You are required to write a 2,000-word briefing paper. In addressing the subject, you are required to produce a list of policy recommendations for governments and policy-makers:
1. Some experts argue that despite the territorial defeat of ISIS, its ideology is still alive. Critically discuss the outlook for Islamism globally over the next years and how these developments will drive terrorism trends worldwide.
The briefing paper should also be critical of the practicality of your policy recommendations. Think in terms of complexity, time efficiency, money efficiency and societal or legal response.
You are required to provide a brief succinct analysis and suggest a set of policy recommendations for governments and policymakers.
What is policy?
Why is it important for a research to offer policy implications?
While drafting policy-relevant recommendations, think about
1) What are the current regulations/challenges/issues about this issue?
2) What is your key message based on the survey of available literature?
3) Why is it important for policy and how will it make a difference?
More information could be found here: https://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/do-engagement/understanding-audiences/policy-makers
-produce a factual and succinct overview of the risks associated with Islamism worldwide. For example, since ISIS has been defeated in Syria and Iraq, where do you think the group will move in the future? Why?
What other groups associated with militant Islamism will be active in the future? What can the governments do to address these risks?
– discussion of risks linked to the current geopolitical risk assessments.
