The al-Qaeda Triangle (Video Available)

The al-Qaeda Triangle (Video Available)

8:30 A.M.: Registration

9:00 A.M.: Welcome

– Glen Howard (President, The Jamestown Foundation)

9:05 A.M.: Introduction

– Daniel Benjamin

9:20 A.M.: Panel 1 – al-Qaeda’s Ideology

– Stephen Ulph (Salafi-Jihadi Ideology)
– Marc Sageman (Radicalization Process)

10:30 A.M. – 10:45 A.M.: Coffee Break

10:45 A.M.: Panel 2 – Methods, Financing and Recruitment

– Brynjar Lia (al-Suri Doctrine)
– Michael Scheuer (al-Qaeda Doctrine and Media Doctrine)
– Ali Ibrahim (Political and Theological Trends for Extremist Groups in Pakistan)

12:30 P.M.: Luncheon and Keynote Address

– Ahmed Rashid
“The Crucial Nexus: Pakistan, Afghanistan & the Tribal Areas”

1:30 P.M.: Panel 3 – The al-Qaeda Triangle

– Hassan Abbas (Pakistan-U.S. Relations and The War on Terror)
– Ali al-Ahmed (al-Qaeda’s Recruitment Network in Saudi Arabia)
– Reidar Visser (The Impact of al-Qaeda on Iraqi Society)
– Laith Kubba (Lessons Out of Iraq: the al-Qaeda Experience)

3:00 P.M. – 3:15 P.M.: Coffee Break

3:15 P.M.: Panel 4 – The Future of al-Qaeda

– Peter Bergen
– Bruce Hoffman
– Zuhair Humadi

5:00 P.M.: Closing Remarks

Directions:

The Capital Hilton

The Presidential Ballroom

1001 16th Street NW

Washington, DC 20036