With al-Assad gone, the risk of an ISIS resurgence grows
Dec 15, 2024This perilous moment for Syria’s future comes at a moment when American foreign policy in the region could change on a dime. President-elect Donald Trump has already stated the United States should have “nothing to do” with Syria’s future. But to do nothing would give the Islamic State a chance to surge once again.
Resolving the Detainee Crisis
The Middle East Institute (MEI), in partnership with the International Center for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) at King’s College London, is spearheading a high-level initiative aimed at resolving a major security and humanitarian crisis that resulted from the territorial defeat of ISIS in Syria in 2019. Since then, the U.S. and local Syrian partners have been holding more than 9,000 ISIS fighters in 26 makeshift prisons and 45,000 associated family members in secured camps – all representing more than 55 different nationalities.
About the Director
Charles Lister
Lister is the author of “The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency” (Oxford University Press, 2016). His research focuses on terrorism and insurgency across the Levant. As a senior consultant to the Syria Track II Dialogue Initiative, he managed nearly three years of intensive face-to-face engagement with the leaderships of over 100 Syrian armed opposition groups.
Program Experts
Javid Ahmad
Non-Resident Scholar
Charles Lister
Senior Fellow, Director of Syria and Countering Terrorism & Extremism programs
Douglas London
Non-Resident Scholar
Vera Mironova
Non-Resident Scholar
Mick Mulroy
Non-Resident Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Yemen Steering Initiative
Michael K. Nagata
Distinguished Senior Fellow on National Security
Lina Raafat
Non-Resident Scholar
Joseph L. Votel
Distinguished Senior Fellow on National Security
David Wells
Non-Resident ScholarAdvisory Council
The Countering Terrorism & Extremism Program’s Advisory Council is a body of venerable individuals committed to supporting the program’s mission to generate a more locally-rooted understanding of the threats and challenges of today and tomorrow - grasping where they come from and why they come about, and most importantly, how to more effectively and sustainably defeat them.
Saud al-Sarhan
Tricia Bacon
Richard Barrett
Barbara Bodine
Joseph Brandifino
Chris Costa
Edmund Fitton-Brown
Danny Glaser
Karen Greenberg
Jane Marriott
John McLaughlin
Nick Rasmussen
Tom Sanderson
Karin Von Hippel
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