Islamic Extremism Rising Worldwide: Leadership, Financing, and a Growing Threat Network
ISIS and other Islamist terrorist organizations are on the rise around the world. Photo courtesy of the Modern War Institute at West Point. The UN Security Council Monitoring Team’s 37th report (S/2026/44), covering June 23 to December 15, 2025, describes the global threat from ISIS and al-Qaeda as multipolar and increasingly complex, intensifying across multiple theaters simultaneously, with no single country or region constituting the