Report on Islamic State Presented in RIAC

... Orientalist scholars, representatives of academic circles and journalists. The event was opened by RIAC Program Director Ivan Timofeev and Valdai Scientific Director Fyodor Lukyanov. During the presentation, Georgy Mirsky noted the terroristic nature of the Islamic State. At the same time, he said that the IS would not likely survive, but that jihadism would remain a global phenomenon, a kind of “plague of the 21st century.” The presentation continued with a series of questions for the author ...