Workshop
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Key note speaker war Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Direktor des CounterExtremism Project (CEP), New York und ehemaliger Diplomat am UN-Sicherheitsrat.
Der internationale Besuch wurde begleitet von einem umfangreichen Gesprächsprogramm mit Regierungsvertretern, außen- und sicherheitspolitischen Entscheidungsträgern, Diplomaten sowie Vertretern von lokalen Think Tanks.
Programm
Welcome and Introduction
Dr. Ellinor Zeino, KAS Resident Representative
First session: Transnational Jihadism from a Global and Regional Perspective
Chair: Intizar Khadim
Transnational Terrorist Groups in Syria and Iraq
Nils Wörmer, Head of Department of Foreing & Security Affairs, KAS, Berlin
Recent Global Developments of Transnational Terrorist and Jihadist groups (al-Qaida & IS)
Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, Senior Director CounterExtremism Project (CEP), New York
Transnational Elements of the Afghan Insurgency: Recent Developments and its Implication for Peace and Stability in Afghanistan
Deputy Director, CAPS Center for Peace and Conflict Studies
Q & A
Lunch Buffet
Second session: National Insurgency and Transnational Jihadism in the Afghan Context
Chair: Dr. Ellinor Zeino, KAS Country Representative
Recent Observations of Radicalisation in Syria
UNDP Damascus, Syria
Faith and Identity in a community bound by history in the Age of Global Jihadism
Country Director, American Institute of Afghanistan Studies
The Taliban: Political aspiration, military strategy, and recruitment
Lecturer Kardan University
Current Jihadist Trends in North Afghanistan
Journalist LA Times
Local legitimacy of the Taliban Movements – Findings from Field Research in Faryab Province
Dr. Florian Weigand, PostDoc, London School of Economics
Q & A / Conclusion