Jonas Parello-Plesner
Senior Fellow (Non-Resident)
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02
May 2019
Past Event
Post-ISIS Stabilization and Reconstruction in Syria and Iraq
Featured Speakers:
Denise Natali
Linda Robinson
Loay Mikhael
Elizabeth Dent
Frances Z. Brown
Jonas Parello-Plesner
![A Syrian man and a child ride a motorcycle in the Islamic State (IS) group's former Syrian capital of Raqa in northern Syria.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1684/feature_20190503_feature_2.jpg?itok=AO1XQ6Gf)
01
March 2019
Past Event
Victory Over the Islamic State and U.S. Withdrawal From Syria
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Jomana Qaddour
Bassam Ishak
Jonas Parello-Plesner
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26
October 2018
Past Event
Next Steps for U.S. Strategy in Syria
Featured Speakers:
Mariam Jalabi
Michael Doran
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Jomana Qaddour
![Vehicles belonging to US-backed coalition forces in the northern Syrian town of Manbij, May 8, 2018 (DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1617/feature_20181026_featured.jpg?itok=dVGHhxq6)
24
October 2018
Past Event
The Mark Palmer Forum: China’s Global Challenge to Democratic Freedom
Featured Speakers:
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Michael J. Abramowitz
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Sarah Cook
Juan Pablo Cardenal
Laura Rosenberger
Carolyn Bartholomew
Xiao Qiang
Jan Jekielek
Peter Mattis
Bay Fang
Josh Rogin
Rachelle Peterson
Dr. Teng Biao
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
Perry Link
Isaac Stone Fish
Michael Pillsbury
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24
October 2018
Past Event
The Mark Palmer Forum: China’s Global Challenge to Democratic Freedom
Experts discuss democracy in China
![(Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/events/thumb/1614/feature_20181024_featured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=FTLB7R96)
Featured Speakers:
Kenneth R. Weinstein
Michael J. Abramowitz
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Sarah Cook
Juan Pablo Cardenal
Laura Rosenberger
Carolyn Bartholomew
Xiao Qiang
Jan Jekielek
Peter Mattis
Bay Fang
Josh Rogin
Rachelle Peterson
Dr. Teng Biao
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
Perry Link
Isaac Stone Fish
Michael Pillsbury
20
June 2018
Past Event
Chinese Influence Operations in the Democratic World
Featured Speakers:
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
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08
May 2018
Past Event
Syria: Should I Stay or Should I Go Now?
Featured Speakers:
Michael Doran
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Mariam Jalabi
Mohammad Al Abdallah
![April 28, 2018 explosions appearing in the skyline of a southern district of the Syrian capital Damascus, during regime strikes targeting the Islamic State group in the Palestinian camp of Yarmuk, and neighbouring districts.](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1556/feature_20180508_featured.jpg?itok=F-kZnKMQ)
22
February 2018
Past Event
Reconstructing Iraq: Challenges Ahead
Featured Speakers:
Fareed Yasseen
Linda Robinson
Michael Pregent
Jonas Parello-Plesner
![Iraqi rapid intervention forces advance as they take part in an operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists east of Tuz Khurmatu, February 7, 2018 (MAHMUD SALEH/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1526/feature_20180222_featured2.jpg?itok=motNTrt5)
05
October 2017
Past Event
Iraq After the Kurdistan Referendum: What Next?
Featured Speakers:
Eric Brown
Jonas Parello-Plesner
Michael Pregent
![Iraqi Kurds fly Kurdish flags during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum, September 16, 2017 (SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/card_600_x_400/public/events/thumb/1464/feature_20171005_featured.jpg?itok=hE9TX1-E)
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Bottles of Australian wine in a supermarket in Hangzhou, China, Nov. 27, 2020.
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French President Emmanuel Macron (C) gestures next to German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris on March 26, 2019. (LUDOVIC MARIN/Getty Images)
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President Trump, pictured in trade talks on Dec. 1 in Buenos Aires with Chinese President Xi Jinping (far left), this week dangled the possibility that an arrested Huawei executive could become a bargaining chip. PHOTO: KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS
![Ruins of a mosque in Mosul, Iraq, July 9, 2017 (Hemn Baban/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/14527/feature_mosque_featured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=--XKHgbe)
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Ruins of a mosque in Mosul, Iraq, July 9, 2017 (Hemn Baban/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
![Tree Island -- one of the main islands of the Parcel Island Chain in the South China Sea, May 12, 2018 (DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/14384/feature_tree_island_featured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=dbPnH_Hu)
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Tree Island -- one of the main islands of the Parcel Island Chain in the South China Sea, May 12, 2018 (DigitalGlobe via Getty Images)