Ilan Berman
Upcoming Webinar: All Eyes on Iran
Israel’s strike on Iran exposed military shortcomings in the regime in Tehran. But there is more. Forty-five years after the Islamic Revolution, Iran faces widespread popular disaffection, economic decline – despite the easing of US sanctions, dwindling religiosity, and pervasive societal malaise. The regime has responded with increased repression – including at least 87 executions […]
Russia’s Islamist Terror Threat Reemerges
On March 22, Islamic militants opened fire on a concert hall in the Russian capital of Moscow, killing scores of concertgoers before setting the venue ablaze. Less than 24 hours later, the Islamic State terrorist group publicly took responsibility for the assault. The death toll currently stands at 137. While some reports link the attack to […]
Video: Lessons in the War of Ideas, with Ilan Berman
“Multiple conflicts for legitimacy” leave nearly every major country in the Arab-Islamic world “grappling with questions of identity,” Ilan Berman told Jewish Policy Center webinar participants February 22. But pivoting to great power competition with China and Russia from 20 years of counter-insurgency warfare against Islamist movements including the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria […]
