ISIS on the March: A conversation on the strategic future of Iraq, Syria, and international terrorism

June 19, 2014 • 2:00 – 4:00 pm EDT

The dramatic advances by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) inside of Iraq last week are sending shockwaves through Washington, DC, Tehran, Jerusalem, Ankara, and beyond. Ejected in February 2014 from al Qaeda's network, ISIS stands at the vanguard of today's wide array of experienced, motivated, and lethal violent extremist groups. With designs on establishing an Islamic Caliphate in Iraq and Syria, ISIS' recent advances in northern Iraq pose serious challenges to President Obama's administration, U.S. and foreign national security communities, and countless concerned parties in America and overseas. Please join us for a discussion on how ISIS' control of a large, ungoverned space straddling Iraq and Syria poses a security threat to the region and the world.

The Transnational Threats Project cordially invites you to: ISIS on the March: A conversation on the strategic future of Iraq, Syria, and international terrorism.

Featuring:

David Ignatius
Washington Post Columnist, Associate Editor, and author of "The Director"

Stephen Kappes
Former CIA Deputy Director and Deputy Director for Operations

Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad
CSIS Counselor and former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, Afghanistan, and the United Nations

With an introduction from:

Arnaud de Borchgrave
Transnational Threats Project Senior Adviser and Co-Director

Moderated by:

Tom Sanderson
Transnational Threats Project Senior Fellow and Co-Director 

Thursday, June 19, 2014
2:00PM-4:00PM
212 A/B
CSIS 1616 Rhode Island Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036

RSVP to tnt@csis.org

 

Tags

Middle East, Defense and Security, and Counterterrorism and Homeland Security

Thomas M. Sanderson