Foreign Policy Research Institute A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Al Qaeda: Understanding the Threat

VENUE:Present Day Club

Al Qaeda: Understanding the Threat

| Center for the Study of Terrorism

About the Event

Clinton WattsAl Qaeda, or, more appropriately, jihadism pursued under al Qaeda’s banner, has morphed over the past two decades. Al Qaeda operatives or “al Qaeda-like” organizations stretch throughout North Africa, across the Middle East and into South Asia. This disparate string of organizations, consisting mostly  of newcomers inspired by al Qaeda’s message, harness the energy of various conflicts in their respective regions to perpetuate an enduring conflict against the West. Understanding al Qaeda’s evolution to date will help evaluate the threat it represents for the future. On hand to discuss these issues is Clint Watts, an FPRI Senior Fellow and President of Miburo Solutions, Inc. He served as a U.S. Army infantry officer, a FBI Special Agent on a Joint Terrorism Task Force, and as the Executive Officer of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point (CTC).  He regularly blogs on the FPRI blog Geopoliticus and is editor of the SelectedWisdom.com blog.


Venue

Present Day Club

72 Stockton Street
Princeton. NJ. US. 08540


Registration

Open exclusively to FPRI Members (and spouses) at the $250 level.

Reservations are required. RSVP: events@fpri.org

For more information contact 215 732 3774, ext 200 or events@fpri.org.


Speakers

Clint Watts

Clint Watts - Clint Watts is the author of Messing with The Enemy: Surviving in a Social Media World of Hackers, Terrorists, Russians and Fake News. He served as a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.