Washington, D.C. — On Friday, October 16, the Center for American Progress and the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy will host a discussion on the emergence and proliferation of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, in the Middle East. The potency of the ISIS threat has galvanized one of the largest global coalitions in warfare history. More than one year into the anti-ISIS campaign, the results have been mixed, and ISIS has demonstrated surprising resilience.
Featured panelists Will McCants, author of The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State, and Hassan Hassan, co-author of ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror, will discuss how they understand ISIS as an organization and its main strengths and weaknesses.
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WHO:
Opening remarks:
William Wechsler, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
Featured panelists:
Will McCants, Director, Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World; Fellow, Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution
Hassan Hassan, Nonresident Fellow, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
Moderated by:
Nancy Okail, Executive Director, Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy
WHEN:
Friday, October 16, 2015
3:00 p.m. ET – 4:00 p.m. ET
WHERE:
Center for American Progress
1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor
Washington, D.C., 20005
For more information, contact Sally Tucker at [email protected] or 202.481.8103.
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