INTERVIEW – “The capacity of IS to carry out ‘external operations’ still exists but it has been transformed,” analyzes Laurence Bindner, a specialist in violent extremist propaganda and radical speeches.
Laurence Bindner is the co-founder of JOS Project, a structure for analyzing violent extremist propaganda and radical speeches. His research focuses on the dynamics of propaganda dissemination as well as its rhetoric. Auditor of the 72nd National Defense Policy Session of the IHEDN (Institute of Advanced National Defense Studies), her articles are published in various think tanks, in France and abroad.
LE FIGARO. – In Iran in January 2024, in Russia in March, and most recently in New Orleans, several attacks were carried out by perpetrators who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in recent months. In your opinion, is it still a structured organization that can command these attacks remotely, or a myth that continues to inspire?
Laurence BINDNER. – In the case of New Orleans, both hypotheses are possible. The investigation has not yet demonstrated whether this was a remote-controlled attack by the Islamic State…
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