Chorośnicki, Michał2019-04-052019-04-052015Krakowskie Studia Międzynarodowe 2015, nr 1 s. 39-46.1733-2680http://hdl.handle.net/11315/23025The present article analyses Use phenomena of the Islamic State, since its coming into being until now. Undoubtedly, it makes, up a signifi cant factor disturbing safety and order both in the regional and global scale. Moreover, the methods of operation of the Islamists and passive reaction of the West, which is limited to bombing and providing military aid, have been analysed. The key players in the conflict under question are the West countries, the special military forces thereof are operating in the territories occupied by the Islamists, whereas in the region of Syria, Turkey, Iraq and Iran, each of the concerned country, due to different, reasons, acts in an entanglement of circumstances being supported by the conflict. The Islamic State will not survive because it is embraced and fi ght off by all, none is going to recognize it as a state in accordance with the international law; nevertheless, it may by „transferred” to the grounds of the so called failed states. This in turn will cause successive waves of emigration, humanitarian disasters and return to Europe the volunteers originating from those continents. They can engage in terroristic and subversive activity being at the same time difficult to detect. Key words: The Islamic State, Taliban, jihad, the war in Afghanistan, the war in Iraq, caliphate, terror, genocide, propaganda, bombing, Syria, Iraq, Iran, Turkey, terrorism, the European terrorists, passivity of the West World, tactics and strategy of the parties involved in the conflict.plUznanie autorstwa-Użycie niekomercyjne-Bez utworów zależnych 3.0 PolskaThe Islamic StateTalibanjihadthe war in Afghanistanthe war in IraqcaliphateterrorgenocidepropagandabombingSyriaIraqIranTurkeyterrorismthe European terroristspassivity of the West Worldtactics and strategy of the parties involved in the conflictBezpieczeństwo narodowe i wewnętrzneStosunki międzynarodoweArtykuł