Managing the Risk of the ISIS' Diaspora in the Caribbean

Managing the Risk of the ISIS’ Diaspora in the Caribbean

Posted: January 12th, 2018

With the winding down of the war against ISIS in Syria, many Caribbean governments worry about the possible impact that returning fighters could have on domestic and regional security.

It’s been on the mind of President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, John Kelly, for some time. He was a Marine general and commander of U.S. Southern Command in January 2016, when he told reporters that foreign terrorist fighters from former British colonies in the Caribbean posed a serious security threat to the U.S. and its allies.

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