The ISIS Effect: A New Threat In a Changing Middle East

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Taught by Jordan Reimer

Jordan Reimer has a MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, with a concentration in international relations. He has visited or lived in several Middle Eastern countries, many of which subsequently underwent revolution. He does not think this is a coincidence.

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For the third time in three decades, the world finds itself at war in Iraq, this time against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terror group too extreme for al-Qaeda. But what is ISIS, where did it come from, and how did it take over so much territory so quickly?

In a region still whirling from the after-effects of the Arab Spring, the rise of ISIS threatens to destabilize several more countries, turn Arab governments against each other, and cause perpetual war in the Middle East. This course will examine the rise of ISIS and the wide-ranging effects it has on the entire region.

Note: There is no need to have attended the previous talk on ISIS. Those that did attend the previous talk will still find much to learn in this one.

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