Washington Institute: Mapping the Islamic State’s Activity: Implications for U.S. Counterterrorism Policy

Since summer 2021, a team of Washington Institute researchers has been building the Islamic State Select Worldwide Activity Map, a just-launched interactive tool that provides a more accessible way to search, track, and understand the organization’s global reach.      It also represents the most comprehensive public archive of the group’s attack data, media output, government designations, and legal cases—information that is becoming invaluable as IS affiliates disperse into a wider range of jurisdictions and the U.S. government continues shifting resources away from the global counterterrorism fight. To discuss the group’s current status and how the new interactive tool…