February 12, 2015
Dr. Dafna Rand before House Foreign Affairs Committee on ISIS
Deputy Director of Studies Dr. Dafna Rand testified at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the national security threat posed by ISIS. She discussed terrorist strategy and tactics, how they could be called defeated, radicalization, and the situation in Syria.
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