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Jun 2018
1h 37m

The Middle East after ISIS: what is at s...

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
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Speaker(s): Professor Gilles Kepel | ISIS has been defeated militarily, but the fight for the Middle East is just beginning. At this event Gilles Kepel, author of The Rise of Jihad in the West, discusses the future of the region and how it will shape global politics in the decades ahead. Hear more about how sectarian conflict, bold new leaders, economic chan ... Show More
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