Terrorism & Extremism
Reports
2017
Jun
5
Past Event
The exile: The stunning inside story of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida in flight
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Washington, DC
2017
Apr
28
Past Event
Crime, conflict, and regime transitions: Colombia, Nigeria, and Myanmar
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Washington, DC
2017
Apr
24
Past Event
The long war in Afghanistan and the Trump administration
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Washington, DC
Bruce Riedel
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Center for Middle East Policy
Director - The Intelligence Project
William McCants
Director - U.S. Relations with the Islamic World
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy
The [Barcelona] attacks, to me, show both the strengths and weaknesses. The strengths are obviously that [the Islamic State] has an array of supporters, especially in Europe, that it can call upon to do attacks. The weakness, though, is that it has had difficulty doing more sophisticated operations.
