The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power.

This week on Ted.com I watched a video about The surprising way groups like ISIS stay in power. Benedetta Berti is unique in the sense that she doesn't focus on the headline-grabbing activities of groups like ISIS but instead she looks at what they do when they're not committing atrocities and she also shows why counter-terrorism strategies must not focus purely on the military system. In the past years wars used to be between states but it is now between states and non-state actors. And armed group these days are more complex organizations, this is because  they set up a political party, a social-service network, and a military apparatus to increase their power and control. Besides they also set up complex communication machines such as TV channels, Internet Websites and social media.

And armed groups also never fail to invest in complex fund raising, setting up low-key businesses for an instance construction companies and etc. Besides they also build stronger bonds with the population by investing in social services such as building schools, run hospitals and they also set up vocational-training programs. Moreover terrorist groups are hard to defeat because they fill a gap left by the government, and they never fail to rise in both armed and political, engage in violent struggle and provide governance.