From The Washington Institute
Media www.rajawalisiber.com – Although the Islamic State’s ability to attract foreign fighters may have been unprecedented in sheer numbers, the jihadist recruiting drive launched in 2013 was still part of a larger historical trend.
Before and since then, foreign fighters have had the same pernicious effects wherever they go, from extending conflicts and exacerbating local tensions to disproportionately harming civilians and increasing the risk of terrorist attacks against the United States and its partners.
To discuss these problems and how the Biden administration can mitigate them, The Washington Institute is pleased to announce a virtual Policy Forum with Naureen Chowdhury Fink and Nate Rosenblatt, author of a new Institute study that explores the historical ebb and flow of foreign fighter mobilizations and how a small set of geographical “hubs” have formed to support them. Matthew Levitt, the Institute’s Fromer-Wexler Fellow, will moderate the event.
Nate Rosenblatt is a doctoral candidate in sociology at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and an International Security Program fellow at New America.
He has lived, worked, and conducted field research in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. Naureen Chowdhury Fink is executive director of the Soufan Center and former senior policy advisor on counterterrorism and sanctions at the UK Mission to the UN.
She has also worked with the UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), UN Women, and various think tanks.