{"629484":{"#nid":"629484","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The death of Baghdadi isn\u2019t the end of ISIS","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJenna Jordan, associate professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, wrote, \u0026quot;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/11\/05\/death-baghdadi-isnt-end-isis\/\u0022\u003EThe death of Baghdadi isn\u0026#39;t the end of ISIS\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026quot; in the \u003Cem\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/em\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGiven the recent successes in the fight against ISIS, many analysts and government officials are optimistic that Baghdadi\u0026rsquo;s death will result in substantial weakening and perhaps the demise of ISIS. Advocates of this view argue that Baghdadi is irreplaceable, given his claim of lineage to the prophet Muhammad, religious credentials and education in\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/syria\/2017-06-22\/isis-leader-baghdadi-still-alive\u0022\u003EKoranic studies\u003C\/a\u003E, and operational success in creating an Islamic State. Despite this belief in Baghdadi\u0026rsquo;s authority and legitimacy as a leader of the self-proclaimed caliphate, however, ISIS is not a cult of personality. Baghdadi was successful in institutionalizing essential organizational structures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/11\/05\/death-baghdadi-isnt-end-isis\/\u0022\u003ERead the article in the \u003Cem\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34435","created_gmt":"2019-12-02 15:59:22","changed_gmt":"2019-12-02 16:00:34","author":"jpalacios9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"cohort","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2019\/11\/05\/death-baghdadi-isnt-end-isis\/","dateline":{"date":"2019-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2019-11-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"588593":{"id":"588593","type":"image","title":"Jenna Jordan","body":null,"created":"1489174780","gmt_created":"2017-03-10 19:39:40","changed":"1489174780","gmt_changed":"2017-03-10 19:39:40","alt":"","file":{"fid":"224306","name":"jordan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jordan.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/jordan.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":429488,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/jordan.jpg?itok=a-acH6O7"}}},"media_ids":["588593"],"groups":[{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"997","name":"terrorism"},{"id":"182932","name":"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi"},{"id":"9369","name":"Jenna Jordan"},{"id":"169209","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts; Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}