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Why The Sri Lanka Attacks Are Just The Beginning

April 30, 2019

Easter saw a series of horrific suicide attacks across Sri Lanka, bombings at churches and hotels that left more than 250 dead and more than five hundred injured. ISIS claimed responsibility for these attacks shortly after they occurred, and repercussions are still ongoing in Sri Lanka. For this week’s podcast we spoke with counter-terrorism expert Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, CEO of private firm Valens Global, to talk about how we should see these attacks in their broader geopolitical context and what comes next for ISIS.