The Ba‘thification of Iraq: Saddam Hussein’s Totalitarianism by Aaron M. Faust (review)
The Ba‘thification of Iraq: Saddam Hussein’s Totalitarianism, by Aaron M. Faust. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2015. 296 pages...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Ba‘thification of Iraq: Saddam Hussein’s Totalitarianism by Aaron M. Faust (review)
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Outside Publications
Four Geopolitical Consequences of Brexit
The shock waves from the Brexit referendum are still being absorbed in Britain, Europe and around the world. But...
How Brexit Challenges U.S. Security
For sixteen years, from 1957, when six nations—France, Germany, Italy and the Benelux countries—signed the Treaty of Rome, until...
How Russia Could Help Curb North Korea’s Nukes
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia — Russia is a key strategic player in Northeast Asia, borders on North Korea, has long experience...
Why Does the United States Oppose Brexit? I Can’t Say
As War on the Rocks readers are no doubt aware, Britons go to the polls tomorrow in a national...
Fundamental Mistakes
Once upon a time, social scientists who study religion and politics in the United States thought they understood voters...
Jihad’s Civil War
The barbaric shooting in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando that resulted in the death of 49 people and the...
Orlando: A New Stain on the Conscience of the Muslim World
The murder of forty-nine and wounding of fifty-three at an Orlando, Florida night club last week is a new...
How NATO’s Fear of Trump Benefits America
In addition to the threats of a resurgent Russia to the east, and extremism and migrant flows from across...
A Revitalized U.S.-Russian Relationship
Washington seems newly determined to contain China in Asia, but its recent policies — displays of military might in...