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booktv. he talks about the shifting alliances in the fight against isis and the u.s. government s relationship with the kurds and the current situation in syria. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon everyone and welcome on this very snowy day. this book roundtable with david phillips. i am professor of political science at barnard and deputy director for social sciences and programming. on behalf of of the hammer institute and columbia university and want to welcome you to this book launch, book conversation the kurdish spring a new map of the middle east authored by david phillips sitting here to your right. david is director of a program on peacebuilding and rights about the study of human rights. he has worked as senior adviser to the united nations secretariat and the foreign affairs expert and senior advisor to the u.s. state department. so positions, different academic universities conflict resolution program director at the american university program on ....
c-span created 35 years ago and brought to you as a local service by your cable or satellite provider. coming up tonight, booktv looks at books on isis. first, david phillips and the shifting alliance in the fight against isis. and then we discuss isis inside the army of terror. looking at the group s rise and leadership. and later the group s appeal in the middle east and the threat to the united states. you are watching booktv in prim time. david phillips director of the peace program at columbia university institute of the study of human rights talks about the shifting alliances in the fight against isis and talks about the government s relationship with the kurds and the relationship with syria. this was held at columbia in new york city. good afternoon. and welcome on this snowy day to the book round table with david phillips. i am a professor of political science science at barnard and deputy director for social sciences and programming. on behalf of of the ha ....
i forget the second part of your question. i am sure it is profound. funding. if it is profound. it makes. [applause] gore around. private donors from the persian in gulf region private wealthy donors better sympathetic to is the jihad and the other way is from the antiquities remember the heartland of the bible where jonah was with a profit daniels to in iraq and syria to have biblical significance. so it is just good old fashioned pillaging as they conquered will sold model and what what they took from that conquest where isis kaposi s oilfields and they sell that on the black market in the middle east of turkey and syria began the lebanon and their making two or $3 million per day. so lots of different revenue streams. you see the tower and the village you make them pay tribute to with it exorbitant taxes so multiple revenue streams without a doubt. i cannot say kiwi neff. faq for coming. to have that intellectual courage of the ushers. syria. this was held a ....