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Who Uses Whom in Jihadism
The article argues that David Petraeus, Jonathan Powell, and Tom Barrack are each seeking, in their own way, to turn Islamist jihadism from an enemy into a political and strategic proxy—by sorting groups, opening channels of dialogue with them, and striking deals. But experience shows, the author says, that a proxy can break free of its patron and become a power in its own right, as illustrated by the Pakistani Taliban’s transformation into a threat to Pakistan and al-Qaeda’s succession to the mujahideen whom Washington supported in Afghanistan. The article concludes that this three-way dance faces resistance, international unease, and the risk of economic failure, leaving the question: who controls whom—the patron or the jihadists?
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