Event Abstract:

In this session, Dr Chaliand will cover the evolution of terrorism throughout recent history. In light of the collapse of the territorial stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), he will also discuss the future of the group and its activities in the Middle East and other parts of the world. Dr Chaliand will also touch on the political dimensions of the fight against terrorism.

Session 2

Event Abstract:

In this session, Dr Chaliand will cover the evolution of terrorism throughout recent history. In light of the collapse of the territorial stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), he will also discuss the future of the group and its activities in the Middle East and other parts of the world. Dr Chaliand will also touch on the political dimensions of the fight against terrorism.

About the Speaker:

Gérard Chaliand (born 1934) is an internationally renowned French expert in geopolitics who has published widely on irregular warfare and military strategy. He has a PhD in Political Sciences Sorbonne (Paris, France). Dr Chaliand has been a participant-observer in various guerrilla and war zones. His analyses of insurgencies in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East, mostly based on his field experience with insurgent forces, have appeared in more than 20 books and in numerous newspaper articles. He has worked autonomously throughout his career in various different advisory and research positions apart from having spent more than five years as a Visiting Professor in the United States at Harvard, U.C.L.A. and U.C. Berkeley. His books include History of Terrorism From Antiquity to al Qaïda. (with A. Blin) University of California Press, 2007; The Art of War in World History, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994; Terrorism, Saqi Books, London: 1987, and Guerrilla Strategy. A Historical Anthology From the “Long March” to Afghanistan, ed. Berkeley, University of California Press, 1982.