Past Event
Seminar
Loyalty or Disavowal: Explaining Affiliation and Defection of Al-Qa’ida Allies to Islamic State
Open to the Public
Speaker: Christopher Anzalone, Research Fellow, International Security Program
Drawing on collected jihadi-insurgent primary source materials and group histories, this seminar examines the organizational and local dynamics at play within regional Sunni jihadi-insurgent organizations to explain why and when there have been defections and shifts in loyalty from Al-Qa'ida and its regional affiliates to Islamic State.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
