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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
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![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/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/14308/feature_20180508_featured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=LaM193ai)
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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.
![Mike Pompeo at the Center for Strategic Studies, April 13, 2017 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/14209/feature_pompeo_featured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=6Z9RTQgn)
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Mike Pompeo at the Center for Strategic Studies, April 13, 2017 (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
![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/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/14178/feature_20180222_featured2.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=mPtJeMBh)
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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)
![Mosul's Old City, on January 8, 2018, six months after Iraqi forces seized the country's second city from Islamic State group jihadists (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/14176/feature_mosul2_featured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=pas5hqdT)
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Mosul's Old City, on January 8, 2018, six months after Iraqi forces seized the country's second city from Islamic State group jihadists (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
![(Image credit: Jonas Parello-Plesner)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/13943/feature_kurdistan_featured.jpg?itok=V9YuMCX-)
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(Image credit: Jonas Parello-Plesner)
![Screen at Beijing movie theater showing scenes from Wolf Warrior II, August 21, 2017 (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_sm/public/researches/thumb/13916/feature_wolf_warrior_iifeatured.jpg?h=ae002e9f&itok=-wMDE8u1)
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Screen at Beijing movie theater showing scenes from Wolf Warrior II, August 21, 2017 (GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)