Abhishek Mukund is joined by Professor Paul Miller, the Associate Director of the Clements Center for History, Strategy, to discuss the formation of ISIS (1:14), how ISIS managed to grow at such an alarming rate (2:58), how ISIS was funded (4:34), the role of Social Media (5:10), the Obama administration’s decision in dealing with ISIS (6:17), the specific plan of attack employed by the Obama administration (7:43), the involvement of other states in the region (9:08), the next steps needed to ensure another group like ISIS does not arise in the future (12:35), and the U.S’s role in achieving that goal (13:44).