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When Containing ISIS Fails: Preventing Escalation

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Channel: AtlanticCouncil · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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When Containing ISIS Fails: Preventing Escalation
Welcome Remarks by
Gov. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr.
Chairman
Atlantic Councilcil

Discussion with
Frederick Kempe
President and CEO
Atlantic Council

Gen. James E. Cartwright, USMC (Ret.)
Harold Brown Chair in Defense Policy Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Board Director
Atlantic Council

Bilal Y. Saab
Senior Fellow for Middle East Security, Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security
Atlantic Council

Julianne Smith
Senior Fellow and Director, Strategy and Statecraft Program
Center for a New American Security
  
Moderated by
Gideon Rose
Editor
Foreign Affairs

More than five months have passed since President Barack Obama delivered a speech outlining the administration’s strategy to “degrade and ultimately destroy” ISIS. The US-led coalition of more than 60 allies and partners has succeeded in launching a sustained air campaign, killing thousands of militants, and preventing ISIS from acquiring more territory. But Washington is still far from achieving its stated goals.
While ISIS’s offensive in the Syrian city of Kobani was recently halted, its regional attacks have increased in scope, lethality, and level of sophistication. Indeed, ISIS’s conventional and terrorist operations in Libya, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Lebanon over the past few weeks and months show that there is an increasing likelihood of escalation on the part of the organization.
Please join the Atlantic Council on Thursday, February 26 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a discussion on the potential for ISIS escalation and how Washington and its allies and partners can anticipate and prepare for such contingencies.

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