Away from Chaos: The Middle East and the Challenge to the West

Introduction: A Testament for Syria

PART I The Barrel and the Koran

ONE The Islamization of the Political Order

TWO The Onset of International Jihad: Taking on the Near Enemy (1980–1987)

THREE The Second Jihadist Phase: Against the Distant Enemy (1998–2005)

FOUR The Third Jihadist Generation: Networks and Territories (2005–2019)

PART II From Arab Spring to Jihadist Caliphate

FIVE The Arab Spring in Context

SIX From the Fall of Despots to Societies in Turmoil

SEVEN Sectarianism and Derailed Rebellions: The Shiite-Sunni Fault Line

PART III After ISIS: Disintegration and Regrouping

EIGHT The Fracturing of the Sunni Bloc

NINE The Global Stakes in the Fight for the Levant

CONCLUSION: Middle Eastern Fault Lines and Global Tectonics

Acknowledgments