Four-part ISIS series: Its Fighters, Prisoners and Future

Ambassador Jim Jeffrey, former special envoy on ISIS, explores the future of ISIS as a military threat, the long-term challenges of jihadi prisoners and their families, current tactics of the anti-ISIS coalition, and regional politics after the fall of the caliphate. He also assesses the impact of ISIS on Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. He explores the prospects of a future caliphate. Jeffrey joined the Wilson Center in December 2020 as Chair of the Middle East Program.

Middle East Program

The Wilson Center’s Middle East Program serves as a crucial resource for the policymaking community and beyond, providing analyses and research that helps inform US foreign policymaking, stimulates public debate, and expands knowledge about issues in the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.   Read more

Middle East Program

The Islamists

Learn more about Hamas and how it relates to similarly aligned organizations throughout the region.    Read more

The Islamists