Events

Please join CSIS for an official summit event of the 2021 Summit for Democracy.

This virtual event will explore different perspectives on the most pressing humanitarian issues of the day and the internal and external roadblocks the Biden administration must navigate as they seek to improve humanitarian outcomes.

Please join us for a debate between two of the world's premier counterterrorism experts explaining their differing views on the current threat posed by al-Qaeda and the Islamic State as well as the successes and challenges of U.S. counterterrorism efforts.

As the terrorism threat in North Africa evolves following the collapse of the Islamic State group (ISG)’s “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, the region will be an important test case for how the United States and its partners pursue counterterrorism and security goals with relatively scarce resources.

This report analyzes the upstream drivers of violent extremism, explores successful efforts to prevent violent extremism, and examines how international organizations can build the capacity of individuals to be less vulnerable to terrorist recruitment.

Terror attacks in Europe, Brexit negotiations, and a volatile Mediterranean are but a few of the many critical issues facing the European Union as Malta takes over the EU Council Presidency on January 1, 2017.

This event is the second in a speaker series on the challenges faced by and in the region in 2016, including the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal, the fifth anniversary of the Arab uprisings, and a potential turning point in the battle against the Islamic State group. This session will highlight security and military dimensions.

The Islamic State’s rise reveals a complete failure of U.S. counterterrorism policy since 2001, according to Dr. David Kilcullen. Kilcullen spoke at a CSIS Middle East Program Gulf Roundtable entitled “Rethinking Strategy toward the Islamic State” on October 28, 2015.

Ramtane Lamamra serves as the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Algeria, a position he has held since September 2013. 

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Amanda J. Dory spoke at an off-the-record CSIS Maghreb Roundtable entitled “U.S. Engagement in the Maghreb” on June 12, 2014.