title: Realism explains the rise of ISIS and the response of the two super powers. (c2016)
abstract: The rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a non-state actor, is explained through realism although realism does not have much to say about non-state actors and their terrorist acts. The rise of ISIS and its violent acts in the Middle East and some Western countries triggered the response of the international community via DLU VWULNHV FDPSDLJQV WR ILJKW ,6,6 7KLV WKHVLV H[SORUHV WKH UHVSRQVH RI WZR VXSHU power rivals: the United States and Russia to the rise of ISIS. Despite the fac