Commentary
Perry Cammack, Cassia Bardos
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Commentary
What Future for Jihadism?
In a Diwan podcast, David Kilcullen talks about Al-Qa‘eda’s future after the setbacks of the Islamic State.
Published on Nov 24, 2017
David Kilcullen, president and CEO of the research firm Cordillera and a senior fellow at New America, is a renowned counterinsurgency theorist and practitioner. He served for 24 years as a soldier, diplomat, and policy advisor to the Australian and United States governments in contexts spanning Afghanistan, Iraq, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea. He is the author of four books, The Accidental Guerrilla, Counterinsurgency, Out of the Mountains, and Blood Year. In 2009, he was selected as one of Foreign Policy magazine’s Top 100 Global Thinkers. In October, he spoke to Diwan about Al-Qaeda, the rise and fall of the Islamic State, and what can be done about the enduring global terrorism threat.
About the Author
Perry Cammack
Former Nonresident Fellow, Middle East Program
Perry Cammack was a nonresident fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on long-term regional trends and their implications for American foreign policy.
- General Mobilization
- Arab Horizons: Pitfalls and Pathways to ReformArticle
Perry Cammack
Recent Work
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
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