The Islamic State, an offshoot of Al Qaeda, probably will not succeed in creating a viable, cross-border entity, but its brutal effort and Islamist ideology certainly suggest that the old borders, and the states delineated by them, are on their way out.
Probablemente el Estado Islámico, vástago de Al Qaeda, no logrará crear una entidad transfronteriza viable, pero su brutal empeño y su ideología islamista indican que, desde luego, las antiguas fronteras y los Estados delineados por ellas, van camino de desaparecer.