Rise of the Islamic State

Guest: Cole Bunzel, Author of “From Paper State to Caliphate: The Ideology of the Islamic State” which was published by the Brookings Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World  The Islamic State terror groups has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks in Paris over the weekend that killed more than 120 people. The Islamic State also claimed responsibility for two deadly bombings in Lebanon earlier last week and the apparent bombing of a plane carrying more than two-hundred Russian tourists that crashed in Egypt a week and a half ago. All of this from a group once considered by US and other Western officials as less of a threat than Al Qaeda. How did the Islamic State become so powerful and are its goals changing as it rises?  You can read the full report here