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    • TV/Radio Broadcast

    Can ISIS Be Destroyed?

    The real challenge is not necessarily stopping the Islamic State, but rather ensuring that it does not reemerge.

    • Op-Ed

    Women and Jihad

    Women, who not only offer moral support, but also combatant support in the field, contribute—directly or indirectly—to an industry of death, as they strive for the inexorable march of jihadism, and the extermination of those they see as “impious” and “apostates.”

    • TV/Radio Broadcast

    Who’s Sending What to Combat IS?

    It remains to be seen what role Arab countries will play in combined international efforts to defeat the Islamic State.

    • TV/Radio Broadcast

    The Genesis of the Islamic State Group

    • Mario Abou Zeid, Juan Cole, Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
    • September 13, 2014
    • Al Jazeera Inside Story

    As the Islamic State continues to grow rapidly, questions are being raised about its origins.

    • TV/Radio Broadcast

    The Biggest Challenges to Taking Down Islamic State

    The biggest challenge facing the United States in taking on the Islamic State will be going beyond degrading and attacking its military capabilities.

    • TV/Radio Broadcast

    No Military Role for Arab States

    While countries like Jordan will not participate militarily in the U.S. strategy against ISIS, it will provide much needed logistical and intelligence support and connections with the Sunni tribes of Iraq.

    • Sada - Analysis

    Confronting the Islamic State

    Airstrikes against ISIS will provide the Syrian opposition an opportunity to work alongside countries that long doubted its ability to rule a post-Assad Syria.

    • Op-Ed

    You Call This a Strategy for Defeating IS?

    An effective strategy for defeating IS depends on an objective that can be achieved with the resources and allies at hand.

    • Op-Ed

    Will U.S. End Up Playing “Whack-a-Mole”?

    The president's four-pronged strategy of airstrikes, support to local proxies, defending against ISIS attacks through intelligence and counter-terrorism, and humanitarian assistance leaves many unanswered questions.

    • Diwan

    Obama’s Strategic Gambles in Syria and Iraq

    Obama’s strategy is a positive step forward after years of relative inaction on part of the United States, but it is far from comprehensive.

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    Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program
    Dr. Frances Z. Brown is a senior fellow with Carnegie’s Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program, who previously worked at the White House, USAID, and in non-governmental organizations. She writes on conflict, governance, and U.S. foreign policy.
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    Ryan Crocker
    Nonresident Senior Fellow
    Geoeconomics and Strategy Program
    Ryan Crocker is a nonresident senior fellow in the Geoeconomics and Strategy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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    Director and Senior Fellow
    Middle East Program
    Dunne is an expert on political and economic change in Arab countries, particularly Egypt, as well as U.S. policy in the Middle East.
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    Kim Ghattas
    Nonresident Senior Fellow
    Kim Ghattas is a nonresident senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
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    Amr Hamzawy
    Nonresident Senior Fellow
    Middle East Program
    Amr Hamzawy studied political science and developmental studies in Cairo, The Hague, and Berlin.
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    Kheder Khaddour
    Nonresident Scholar
    Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
    Kheder Khaddour is a nonresident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut. His research centers on civil military relations and local identities in the Levant, with a focus on Syria.
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    Nuclear Policy Program
    Cyber Policy Initiative
    Levite was the principal deputy director general for policy at the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission from 2002 to 2007.
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    Hamza Meddeb
    Nonresident Scholar
    Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
    Hamza Meddeb is a nonresident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center, where his research focuses on economic reform, political economy of conflicts, and border insecurity across the Middle East and North Africa.
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    Andrew Miller
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    Middle East Program
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    Vice President for Studies
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    Senior Fellow
    Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
    Yezid Sayigh is a senior fellow at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where he leads the program on Civil-Military Relations in Arab States (CMRAS). His work focuses on the comparative political and economic roles of Arab armed forces and nonstate actors, the impact of war on states and societies, and the politics of postconflict reconstruction and security sector transformation in Arab transitions, and authoritarian resurgence.
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    Jake Walles
    Nonresident Senior Fellow
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    Jake Walles is a nonresident senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on Israeli-Palestinian issues, Tunisia, and counterterrorism.

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