Terrorist groups also become major players. Currently, ISIS, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, is a major international player. It is a terrorist organization capable of taking control of the state within its borders and enforcing its own law. It recruits extremists from all over the world and carries out terrorist acts in other countries. When organizations like ISIS manage to acquire so much power and control, and pose such a threat to sovereign nations, the state can no longer claim to be the only important actor in international relations. ISIS is not the only terrorist organization that can claim to be a major international player, there are also Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram and Hamas. All these organizations are important international players and have a huge impact internationally