We will beat IS with force, diplomacy, and development

Facing down Islamic terrorism will be no easy task. But if we work together, the spirit of peace will prevail, writes Tony Blair

THE canon of Islamist terrorist activities in 2015 has been long and grim. In any given month, people have been killed in the name of a pernicious ideology.

In January, an estimated 2,000 were massacred in Baga, Nigeria; a car bomb killed 38 in Sana’a, Yemen; and 60 were slaughtered while praying in a mosque in Shikarpur, Pakistan.