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EPISODE · May 26, 2017 · 23 MIN

Midlle East Specialist - Gilles Kepel

from The Interview · host BBC World Service

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)

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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