Global Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism

Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Mian Kursheed/Reuters
Speakers
Matthew Levitt

Fromer-Wexler Fellow and Director, Stein Program on
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, Washington Institute for Near East Policy

Peter Mandaville

Senior Advisor, Office of Religion and Global Affairs,
U.S. Department of State

Farah Pandith

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Moderators
Deborah Amos

International Correspondent, National Public Radio

Religion and Foreign Policy Series

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Matthew A. Levitt, the U.S. State Department's Peter Mandaville, and CFR Adjunct Senior Fellow Farah Pandith join National Public Radio's Deborah Amos to discuss global efforts in countering violent extremism, with a focus on the identity, goals, and bureaucratic organization of the Islamic State group.

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