The Salafi-Jihadi Movement Post 'Caliphate'

The eventual defeat of ISIS in Syria and Iraq may not spell the demise of the terrorist group. In this October 27, 2016 policy forum, prominent counter-terrorism analysts address the future of an ISIS deprived of its power bases in the Levant. Bruce Hoffman and Matthew Levitt discuss the Salafi-Jihadi terrorist landscape in the after the fall of Mosul and Raqqa. The discussion was moderated by Senior Fellow Katherine Bauer, who also edited an Institute study that addresses many of the same issues: Beyond Syria and Iraq: Examining Islamic State Provinces
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Bruce Hoffman is a professor in Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, where he directs the Center for Security Studies and the Security Studies Program. Appointed by Congress to serve on the Independent Commission to Review the FBI's Post-9/11 Response to Terrorism and Radicalization, he was a lead author of the commission's final report. He also served as a counterinsurgency advisor at Multinational Force-Iraq Headquarters in 2004-2005, among other posts. His publications include Inside Terrorism (3rd ed. forthcoming in 2017) and Anonymous Soldiers: The Struggle for Israel, 1917-1947, which won The Washington Institute's 2015 Book Prize.
Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler Fellow at The Washington Institute, where he directs the Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence. Previously, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis at the Treasury Department, as an FBI counterterrorism analyst focusing on cases such as the Millennium and September 11 plots, and as a State Department counterterrorism advisor to the U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Regional Security. Dr. Levitt's publications include the 2013 book Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God.