Islamism in Algeria and the Al-Qaeda Threat in North Africa

13:00, 9 Jun 2008
RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

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About the event:

How real is the present Al-Qa'ida threat in North Africa?  How much is this a new front which threatens Europe?  How should we respond? 

In posing these questions this RUSI Middle East Forum will trace the history and roots of Islamism in Algeria over the last twenty years.  It will ask ‘who’ these people are and ‘what’ inspires their struggle. It will also link Algeria to broader international developments in the Muslim world.

About the Speaker

Martin Evans is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Portsmouth.  He is the author of the Memory of Resistance: French Opposition to the Algerian War 1954-62 (Berg, 1997) and the co-author (with John Phillips) of Algeria: Anger of the Dispossessed (Yale, 2007) which is also his latest book.  Professor Evans is a member of the History Today editorial board.  He is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the British Academy where he is completing a project on political and military decision making during the Algerian War 1954-62.  This research is to be published by Oxford University Press.

This event is open to RUSI Members only and spaces are limited.

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Professor Evans will speak from 1300 - 1400. To register for this event, please contact Jennifer Walker at jenniferw@rusi.org

Event manager: Jennifer Walker, +44 (0)20 7747 2643