Welcome, everyone. Im jonathan chancer, Senior Vice President at the foundation for defense of democracies. I am pleased to well in you to todays event marking the release of shatter the nations. Isis and the war for the caliphate. A warm welcome to those tuning in via cspan or live stream. Todays program is one of many we host throughout the year. For more information on our work or our areas of focus we encourage you to visit fdd. Org. There, you can find out the latest analysis and subscribe to receive information on the latest research, projects and experts. This event is hosted by fdds center on political power which seeks to from moat understand g seeks to promote diplomatic strategies to defeat threats against the United States and while advancing american influence. Many of our members know that fdd is a nonpartisan policy institute and we take no Foreign Government funding or Corporate Funding and we never will. We are glad to be joined today by a distinguished audience of dip