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Global Jihad 20 Years after 9/11

This seminar takes stock of the global jihadi movement 20 years after 9/11. Leading scholars will share their thoughts on the internal debates and divisions within the jihadi movement today.
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This public seminar takes stock of the global jihadi movement 20 years after 9/11. Leading scholars who have studied the development of Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, especially with regards to the competition between the two movements, will share their thoughts on the internal debates and divisions within the jihadi movement today.

The first part of the seminar will look at overall trends that divide or unite the global jihadi movement, while the second part will zoom in on particular conflict zones in order to shed light on how the Al-Qaeda-Islamic State rivalry plays out in different local and regional conflict settings.  

Speakers
Dr. Cole Bunzel, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Dr. Thomas Hegghammer, Senior Researcher, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment
Katherine Zimmerman, Resident Fellow, the American Enterprise Institute
Dr. Aaron Zelin, Fellow, The Washington Institute
Dr. Elisabeth Kendall, Senior Research Fellow, Oxford University’s Pembroke College
Dr. Amira Jadoon, Assistant Professor, West Point
Dr. Tore Hamming, Non-resident Researcher, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, Kings College
Saer El-Jaichi, Postdoc, DIIS
Dr. Mona Kanwal Sheikh, Senior Researcher, DIIS

PROGRAMME
Session 1: Unity and Friction in Global Jihad
Moderator: Telli Betül Karacan 

9.30     Welcome, Dr. Mona Kanwal Sheikh and Dino Krause 
9.45     Keynote speaker: Dr. Cole Bunzel 
10.30   Questions 
10.45   Coffee break 
11.00   Dr. Thomas Hegghammer and Katherine Zimmerman

12.00   Lunch break

Session 2: Jihadi Rivalry – Perspectives From Different Regional Contexts
Moderator: Dino Krause 

13.00   Dr. Aaron Zelin and Dr. Elisabeth Kendall 
14.00   Coffee break 
14.30   Dr. Mona Kanwal Sheikh and Dr. Tore Hamming 
15.30   Final comments
16.00   End of seminar 

The seminar was recorded on Monday 13 September 2021, 9.30-16.00 at DIIS

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13 September 2021 09:30–16:00
Auditorium

DIIS Experts

Mona Kanwal Sheikh
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Mona Kanwal Sheikh

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Head of unit, Senior researcher
+45 4089 0476
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Dino Krause
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Dino Krause

Global security and worldviews
Postdoc
+45 9132 5493
dikr@diis.dk
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+45 5125 7110
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