sitting next to amar is brian fishman who i'm thrilled to welcome back to the american enterprise institute. he's a counterterrorism research fellow at the new american foundation and i think it's safe to say that his work specially with the harmony documents has become a must read for anyone that looks at radicalism within the middle east and the arab world be it on iraq or more recently on syria. so i'm very thrilled that he could come here today to help share some of his insights. next to him is my old friend david shanker and a former colleague of mine from my days in the pentagon. david is currently the fellow and director of the program on arab politics at washington institute for near east policy. he previously served in the office of secretary defense as -- the pentagon's top policy aide on arab countries. he's also the author of several fantastic books relating to arab politics and last but not least, we have another author lee smith a senior editor of the weekly standard and a fellow at the foundation for defense of democracies. he's the author of the strong horse, power, politics

sitting next to amar is brian fishman who i'm thrilled to, back. he's a counterterrorism research fellow at the new america foundation. it's safe to say that his work especially with the harmony documents has become a must-read for anyone that looks at radicalism within the middle east and the arab world. be it on iraq or more recently syria. i'm thrilled he can come here today to share his insights. next to him is my old friend david shanker and a former colleague of mine. david is currently the fellow and director of the program on arab politics at washington substitute for near-east policy. he previously served in the secretary defense as the country director, the pentagon top policy aid on the arab countries, including and especially syria. he's the author of several books relating to arab politics. last but now least, we have another author. lee smith who is the senior editor at the weekly standard and the defense of democracies. he's the author of many books on arab. many were publied in 2010. without fur ado since we have so much to discuss.

sitting next to him is brian fishman, who i am thrilled to welcome back to the american enterprise institute. he is a counter-terrorism research fellow at the new america foundation. it is safe to say that his work, especially with the harmony document, has become a must-read for anybody who looks at radicalism within the middle east and the arab world, be it on iraq or syria. i'm thrilled that he has come here today to help share some of his insights. next to him is my old friend david schenker, a former colleague of mine from my days in the pentagon. he is the author and -- the author of the program on arab politics at the washington institute for near east policy. he recently served in the office of the secretary defense as the pentagon's top aide on arab countries. he is also the author of several fantastic books related to arab countries. last but not least, we have another author, lee smith, the senior editor at "the weekly standard" and a fellow at the author -- center for the defense of democracy is. he is the author of a book published by doubleday in the year 2010. without further