DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center and the United States Institute of Peace

present

The State of Islamism: The New Generation

with

Robin Wright

USIP-Wilson Center Distinguished Scholar

Nathan Brown

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

David Ottaway

Senior Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center

Les Campbell

Senior associate and regional director, Middle East and North Africa, National Democratic Institute

Over the past year, Islamists have triggered tectonic shake-ups across the Middle East. Borders have been redefined. Tactics have turned bloodier. States are unraveling under the pressure. Moderate Islamists are being sidelined as militants alter the region more than any trend since modern states became independent. Syria, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, and Egypt’s Sinai are flashpoints, but no country is exempt. The impact has rippled worldwide, evident in the Charlie Hebdo attack.