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Local Scholars Say “Take A Deep Breath” on ISIS

Lt. Col. Tim Nichols
Sanford Public Policy

  

President Obama addressed the nation with a four-part plan to expand the military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, better known as the Islamic State or ISIS.

The plan includes American airstrikes in Syria and the deployment of 475 more military advisers to Iraq. In a recent piece for IslamiCommentary, ” Take a Deep Breath and Build a Coalition to Confront ISIS,” Duke scholars David Schanzer and Lt. Col. Tim Nichols argue that the nation should step back from engagement and assess the likelihood of an attack on American soil. Host Frank Stasio speaks with Duke public policy professor Lt. Col. Tim Nichols about the Islamic State and the American response.

Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.