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Jessica Stern

Jessica Stern
Jessica Stern is a lecturer in government at Harvard University and author of Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill.
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Why Are Foreign Fighters Joining ISIS?

Foreign fighters participate in some of ISIS' 'worst acts,' but there isn't one clear explanation on why they join the battle in the first place.

  • J.M. Berger and Jessica Stern, The Atlantic