1. Shorting ISIL: The Role of Finance in Understanding and Defeating Islamic State Open Access Author: Button, Ian Richard Title: Shorting ISIL: The Role of Finance in Understanding and Defeating Islamic State Area of Honors: Finance Keywords: ISILIslamic Statefinancewarlandpoweral-Qaedaterritorymarginal analysiscost-benefit analysis File: Download Button_Ian_ShortingISIL.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Dr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis SupervisorDr. Brian Spangler Davis, Thesis Honors AdvisorJames Alan Miles, Faculty Reader