In the wake of the Paris attacks, President Obama defended his strategy to combat ISIS against criticism that the effort isn't working and he underestimated the threat posed by that group. Speaking at a gathering of world leaders in Turkey, Obama said the strategy to defeat ISIS will work over time and a massive deployment of U.S. troops is not the answer.
At the Group of 20 summit, President Obama reassured Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the U.S. will do more to find a solution to Syria's political crisis, while also countering ISIS.
Will McCants, author of the book The ISIS Apocalypse, talks with Steve Inskeep about the wider impact of the terrorist attacks the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for.
Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Scott Horsley in Washington, D.C., and Eleanor Beardsley in Paris to discuss remarks by the American and French presidents about the Paris attacks.
Steve Inskeep talks to Dina Temple Raston about a suspect French police have identified as the mastermind. And, Will McCants, author of The ISIS Apocalypse, comments on the impact of ISIS.