DIIS seminar: Irak, Islamisk Stat og EU

TID: Mandag den 15. september kl. 09.30-11.30

STED: DIIS, Danish Institute for International Studies, Main auditorium, Gl. Kalkbrænderi Vej 51A, 2100 København Ø.

TILMELDING: Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. Please use the online registration form no later than Friday, 12 September 2014 at 12.00 noon. 

Iraq, Islamic State, and EU Involvement

In the shadow of the Arab Spring, Syrian civil war, conflicts in Egypt and Libya, one of the most serious conflicts in the Middle East evolved in Iraq leading to the establishing of a caliphate in areas stretching from the borders to Iraqi Kurdistan and beyond Al-Raqqah in Syria.

The group behind the caliphate, Islamic State, is one of the most powerful and brutal groups seen in the modern Middle East now, threatening the Middle East system of states as well as Western interest inside and outside the region. How can the Arab Middle East and/or EU confront the Islamic State?

Speakers

• Nussaibah Younis, Senior Research Associate, Project in Middle East Democracy (POMED), Washington, DC
• Michelle Pace, Professor (MSO), Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University
• Lars Erslev Andersen, Senior Researcher, DIIS

The seminar will be in English.

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