The biggest single issuebehind the rise of terrorism across Afghanistan , Iraq , Syria , Yemen , Libya , Somalia and Nigeria is that all of these states are either in chaos or ruled by repressive regimes with corrupt or non - existent police and armies . However, very little emphasis has been placed on the root causes of the problem and its resulting violence. In order to adequately tackle of continuing rise of ISIS this journalist argues that " it is the destruction of political prospects and the smothering of any chance at freedom and fair economic opportunity that leads to extremist violence in the first place . "
The biggest single issuebehind the rise of terrorism across Afghanistan , Iraq , Syria , Yemen , Libya , Somalia and Nigeria is that all of these states are either in chaos or ruled by repressive regimes with corrupt or non - existent police and armies . In order to adequately tackle of continuing rise of ISIS this journalist argues that " it is the destruction of political prospects and the smothering of any chance at freedom and fair economic opportunity that leads to extremist violence in the first place . "