Wissenschaftler in Hoover fragen, ob der sunnitische Dschihadismus nachlässt oder Mainstream geht

In a daylong conference at Hoover held on April 28, Hoover Fellow [Cole Bunzel](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/cole-bunzel) and Senior Fellow [Russell A. Berman](https://www.hoover.org/profiles/russell-berman) brought together a host of experts on the various jihadist groups, exploring the political and religious inspiration for modern Sunni jihadism and how it will evolve in the future. “At a time when great-power competition has taken center stage in the policy arena, the threat of Sunni jihadism may appear diminished,” Bunzel said. “But the movement has been underestimated before, only to bounce back with a vengeance, mutating and sending out new shoots in Hydra-like fashion.” One speaker, an expert on Islamic State movements who once served as a US Army counterintelligence officer, noted that jihadism in Iraq is significantly weakened. Other discussants noted how Sunni jihadism remains influential in Syria, Afghanistan, and parts of Africa. The conference was presented by Hoover’s [Middle East and the Islamic World Working Group](https://www.hoover.org/research-teams/middle-east-and-islamic-world-working-group), and you can read more insights from the conference discussions in the article linked above.