Moign Khawaja, Government of Ireland Irish Research Council (IRC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University (DCU) and Christian Kaunert, Professor of International Security, DCU Conflict Institute, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland and Professor of Policing and Security, International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales, UK

‘This marvellously innovative book on the performance of the Islamic State’s “modern stateness” in its official videos is a pathbreaker in a field inundated with literature on the group. The authors have produced a methodologically systematic and empirically rich analysis that is both academically rigorous and engagingly written.’

• ContentsPreface1 Prologue: Islamic State, media and propaganda 2 IS’s historic transition from a “paper state” to de facto state 3 Understanding Islamic State’s “acting” like a state 4 Portrait of the Caliphate’s population 5 Displays of the Caliphate’s “remaining and expanding” territoriality6 IS’s “iron fist in a velvet glove” system of governance 7 IS’s (in)capacity to conduct relations with other states and non-state actors 8 Conclusion Bibliography Index

Moign Khawaja, Government of Ireland Irish Research Council (IRC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University (DCU) and Christian Kaunert, Professor of International Security, DCU Conflict Institute, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland and Professor of Policing and Security, International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales, UK

‘This marvellously innovative book on the performance of the Islamic State’s “modern stateness” in its official videos is a pathbreaker in a field inundated with literature on the group. The authors have produced a methodologically systematic and empirically rich analysis that is both academically rigorous and engagingly written.’

• ContentsPreface1 Prologue: Islamic State, media and propaganda 2 IS’s historic transition from a “paper state” to de facto state 3 Understanding Islamic State’s “acting” like a state 4 Portrait of the Caliphate’s population 5 Displays of the Caliphate’s “remaining and expanding” territoriality6 IS’s “iron fist in a velvet glove” system of governance 7 IS’s (in)capacity to conduct relations with other states and non-state actors 8 Conclusion Bibliography Index

Moign Khawaja, Government of Ireland Irish Research Council (IRC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University (DCU) and Christian Kaunert, Professor of International Security, DCU Conflict Institute, Dublin City University (DCU), Ireland and Professor of Policing and Security, International Centre for Policing and Security, University of South Wales, UK

‘This marvellously innovative book on the performance of the Islamic State’s “modern stateness” in its official videos is a pathbreaker in a field inundated with literature on the group. The authors have produced a methodologically systematic and empirically rich analysis that is both academically rigorous and engagingly written.’

• ContentsPreface1 Prologue: Islamic State, media and propaganda 2 IS’s historic transition from a “paper state” to de facto state 3 Understanding Islamic State’s “acting” like a state 4 Portrait of the Caliphate’s population 5 Displays of the Caliphate’s “remaining and expanding” territoriality6 IS’s “iron fist in a velvet glove” system of governance 7 IS’s (in)capacity to conduct relations with other states and non-state actors 8 Conclusion Bibliography Index