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“After the Caliphate: Reassessing the Jihadi Threat and Stabilizing the Fertile Crescent” was a special project carried out by FPRI’s Program on the Middle East in 2017-18, and included a book, a thematic issue of Orbis: FPRI’s Journal of World Affairs (Summer 2018), three live FPRI events, and two podcasts meant to bring the insights of the project to a diverse audience in Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and on the web.
Project Team Members:
Publications:
Jihadism Constrained: The Limits of Transnational Jihadism and What It Means for Counter-Terrorism
Barak Mendelsohn
(Rowman & Littlefield, Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2018).
Available for purchase now in hardcover, softcover, and Kindle E-Book.
Orbis: FPRI’s Journal of World Affairs
Volume 62, No. 3 (Summer 2018)
A Special Issue on Stabilizing the Fertile Crescent after the Fall of the Caliphate.
Podcast Series:
Episode 1:
Life After the Caliphate
Although most of ISIS’s territory has been wrested from its control, the threat posed by this terrorist organization and by competing jihadi actors has not diminished. How will ISIS and others utilize online platforms to continue to sow global terror? What can the authorities do in cyberspace to crack down on online recruiting? And what is the future role of military force against remnants of this deadly group in the Middle East and North Africa?
Episode 2:
What Does the “Day After” look like for Syria?
While the conflict in Syria shows no sign of abating, scholars and policymakers alike are trying to make projections for the “day after,” when the fighting stops and reconstruction begins. In this podcast, Dr. Benedetta Berti tackles this thorny issue as well as the necessity of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants, and the modus operandi of the current range of actors operating in the Syrian theater.
Events:
A Panel Discussion on Life after the Caliphate
A Main Line Briefing featuring Nada Bakos, Mia Bloom, and moderated by Tally Helfont
Stabilizing the Fertile Crescent after the Fall of the Caliphate
A D.C. Briefing at the National Press Club featuring Samuel Helfont, Tally Helfont, Barak Mendelsohn, and Assaf Moghadam.
Other Related Content:
- The Caliph’s Role in the (un)Surprising Resilience of the Islamic State - After the Caliphate Project, E-Notes - Haroro J. Ingram, Craig A. Whiteside -
- Bound to Fail: Transnational Jihadism and the Aggregation Problem - After the Caliphate Project, Outside Publications - Barak Mendelsohn -
- Stabilizing the Fertile Crescent after the Fall of the Caliphate - After the Caliphate Project, E-Notes - Tally Helfont, Samuel Helfont -
- Defeating the ISIS Nostalgia Narrative - After the Caliphate Project - Colin P. Clarke, Haroro J. Ingram -
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