Is Morocco the Model for an Islamic Reformation?

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With Michael S. Smith II, Ilan Berman, Diane Black, Peter Brookes, Gordon Chang

MICHAEL S. SMITH II, Principal and Founder of Kronos Advisory, LLC.:

• Deceased Al Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s more brutal approach to the group’s “protracted, popular war”
• Difference between the Islamic State and Al Qaeda’s strategies for establishing a Caliphate
• Historical U.S. government outreach to the Muslim Brotherhood on counterterrorism policy matters
• The Islamic State hit-list of American service members and their families

ILAN BERMAN, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council:

• Morocco’s potential to be a case study in the reformation of radical Islam
• Bibi Netanyahu’s post-election political maneuverings to oppose a bad Iranian nuclear deal
• How the current U.S.-Israeli strategic dynamic is inviting harm against the Jewish state
• Could the vagueness of what the Obama administration has offered Iran force an Israeli preemptive strike?

Rep. DIANE BLACK (TN-6), member of the House Ways and Mean Committee and liaison to the House Budget Committee:

• Resolution 139: a plan to stop the genocide of Christians and other religious minorities in the Middle East
• Why a Special Envoy to Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East and South Central Asia is needed
• Tennessee’s historical adoption of American Laws for American Courts legislation
• Biases in the Refugee Resettlement Program

PETER BROOKES, Senior Fellow in National Security Affairs at the Heritage Foundation’s Davis Institute:

• Vladimir Putin’s posturing in the resource-rich Arctic
• How Russia is using Ukraine against perceived threats from NATO
• Reasons for reluctance within the international community to provide military support to the Ukrainian government
• Implications of the pullout of U.S. special forces personnel from Yemen amidst a sectarian civil war

GORDON CHANG, author of “The Coming Collapse of China”:

• Beijing’s plan to supplant the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank
• How the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank serves as a test of China’s intentions
• Why a weak China will likely have a more dangerous foreign policy
  The closing of the Chinese economy and the rise of “Neo-Maoism”