Midlle East Specialist - Gilles Kepel
Stephen Sackur speaks to renowned academic Gilles Kepel, an expert on Islamist terrorism. In the wake of Manchester is the West any closer to an effective counter terror strategy?
Stephen Sackur speaks to renowned academic Gilles Kepel, an expert on Islamist terrorism in France and beyond. His work is influential - it was cited by newly elected French president Emmanuel Macron during the recent campaign - and to some, controversial. In the wake of the terrible suicide bombing in Manchester, a familiar question is being asked again - is the West any closer to an effective counter terror strategy?
(Photo: Midlle East specialist and Professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies (IEP) Gilles Kepel, 2012. Credit: Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Fri 26 May 201701:06GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
- Fri 26 May 201706:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia, East and Southern Africa & East Asia only
- Fri 26 May 201707:06GMTBBC World Service Europe and the Middle East
- Fri 26 May 201713:06GMTBBC World Service Australasia
- Fri 26 May 201719:06GMTBBC World Service Online
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