Speaker: CW3 (retired) Dan Sockle
Title: ISIS, Where Are You Now?
Subject: Is Abu Bakr al Baghdadi still alive? Did he die in an airstrike in July 2017? If not, with the fall of Raqqa, where have he and his followers gone?
They have gone into Niger, Mali, and Libya, as well as relatively ungoverned areas on the African continent (and central/south Asia). Sometimes they compete with the Taliban or align with the likes of Boko Haram, Al Shabab, and others. If he is dead, will ISIS survive, as Al Qaeda has done? If so, will ISIS and Al Qaeda be competitors or collaborators against the West?
Who are our friends and foes in the changing Middle East and north/central Africa? Has ISIS secured itself in eastern Afghanistan? As the world moves forward, what possible strategies will the West follow? This will lead to a discussion of new State Department approaches to Pakistan and possible North Korea.
Speaker: CW3 (retired) Dan Sockle
Title: ISIS, Where Are You Now?
Subject: Is Abu Bakr al Baghdadi still alive? Did he die in an airstrike in July 2017? If not, with the fall of Raqqa, where have he and his followers gone?
They have gone into Niger, Mali, and Libya, as well as relatively ungoverned areas on the African continent (and central/south Asia). Sometimes they compete with the Taliban or align with the likes of Boko Haram, Al Shabab, and others. If he is dead, will ISIS survive, as Al Qaeda has done? If so, will ISIS and Al Qaeda be competitors or collaborators against the West?
Who are our friends and foes in the changing Middle East and north/central Africa? Has ISIS secured itself in eastern Afghanistan? As the world moves forward, what possible strategies will the West follow? This will lead to a discussion of new State Department approaches to Pakistan and possible North Korea.
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