Iraq, Islamic State, and EU Involvement, streaming of the DIIS seminar 15 September 2014

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

Programme

09.00-09.30:Arrival and Coffee

09.30-09.40:Welcome and Introduction

Lars Erslev Andersen , Senior Researcher, DIIS

09.40-10.10:Confronting Islamic State in post-Maliki Iraq

Nussaibah Younis, Senior Research Associate, Project in Middle East Democracy (POMED), Washington, DC

10.10-10.40:EU Member States’ Involvement in Iraq: A Moral Imperative?

Michelle Pace, Professor (MSO), Department of Society and Globalization, Roskilde University

10.40-11.30:Discussion and Q & A

Chair: Lars Erslev Andersen, Senior researcher, DIIS

Emne

Region

The Middle East & North Africa Iraq Iran Saudi Arabia