{"423971":{"#nid":"423971","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Why the Islamic State Won\u0027t Became a Normal State","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/rubin\u0022\u003ELawrence Rubin\u003C\/a\u003E, Assistant Professor in the \u003Cstrong\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/strong\u003E, wrote an \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2015\/07\/09\/why-the-islamic-state-wont-become-a-normal-state\/\u0022\u003Earticle \u003C\/a\u003Efor the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/\u0022\u003EWashington Post\u003C\/a\u003E as part of the \u0022\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/pomeps.org\/2015\/07\/09\/ir-theory-and-a-new-middle-east-memos\/\u0022\u003EInternational Relations and a New Middle East\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022 symposium. Rubin discusses different opinions on the future of the Islamic state before stating his own claim. He argues that the ideological power of the Islamic State has more staying power and serves as more of a threat than the military power.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022An internationally recognized Islamic State would create an ideational security dilemma with its neighbors in which ideological power, not military power, would be the primary trigger of threat perception and policy.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EContrastingly, Rubin believes that a \u0022call for a war of ideas\u0022 against the idealogies of the Islamic Nation would likely cause more instability and conflict than less.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The Islamic State\u2019s effort to project this ideological power will almost certainly trigger defensive reactions from threatened regimes that play out in the religious public space. Neighboring states would likely respond the way they already have but with increased intensity in the ideological sphere through \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2014\/10\/02\/whos-afraid-of-an-islamic-state\/\u0022\u003Eideational balancing\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn regards to United States foreign policy, Rubin asserts that it is vital for citizens to have a subtle understanding of \u0022threat perception, both who and what drives it, that takes into account the regional players.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll in all, Rubin implies that Middle East relations will always be extremely complicated and it is vital to understand all the nuanced aspects of the dilemma.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2015\/07\/09\/why-the-islamic-state-wont-become-a-normal-state\/\u0022\u003EContinue to full article...\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELawrence Rubin\u2019s research interests include comparative Middle East politics and international security with a specific focus on Islam and politics, Arab foreign policies, and nuclear proliferation.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27498","created_gmt":"2015-07-13 11:31:24","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:27:38","author":"Rachel Miles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"graduation 2023","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/monkey-cage\/wp\/2015\/07\/09\/why-the-islamic-state-wont-become-a-normal-state\/","dateline":{"date":"2015-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-07-09T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65215":{"id":"65215","type":"image","title":"Assistant Professor Lawrence Rubin","body":null,"created":"1449176801","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:06:41","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Assistant Professor Lawrence Rubin","file":{"fid":"193200","name":"tky09700.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tky09700.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/tky09700.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":75461,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/tky09700.jpg?itok=YutcmKrn"}}},"media_ids":["65215"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"3242","name":"Arab"},{"id":"134051","name":"arab foreign policy"},{"id":"3906","name":"foreign policy"},{"id":"105281","name":"Islamic State"},{"id":"167256","name":"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":""}}}