Foreign Fighter Fallout

As international and local forces battle in Iraq and Syria, an unknown number of the conflict’s tens of thousands foreign fighters may flee to other areas. These returnees could bolster international operations for the Islamic State and al Qaeda, oxygenating social tensions or conducting attacks on U.S. interests and allies around the world. Please join the CSIS Transnational Threats Project (TNT) for an in-depth discussion between Lieutenant General Michael K. Nagata, Director of the Directorate for Strategic Operational Planning at the National Counterterrorism Center and TNT Director & Senior Fellow Tom Sanderson. The discussion and Q&A will be followed by an expert panel discussion moderated by Tom Sanderson.


9:00-10:00 a.m. A discussion with

Lieutenant General Michael K. Nagata
Director of the Directorate for Strategic Operational Planning at the National Counterterrorism Center

Moderated by
Thomas M. Sanderson
Director and Senior Fellow, Transnational Threats Project
Center for Strategic and International Studies

10:00-10:15 a.m. Coffee Break

10:15-11:30 a.m. Expert Panel Discussion and Q&A

Haim Malka
Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Middle East Program
Center for Strategic and International Studies

Aaron Zelin
Richard Borow Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy
PhD candidate at King’s College London, and Founder of Jihadology.net

Prashanth Parameswaran
Associate Editor at The Diplomat

Moderated by
Thomas M. Sanderson