A War of Priorities in Syria
Recent weeks have seen jolting reversals in the world’s attempt to bring an end to the war in Syria:...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
A War of Priorities in Syria
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Outside Publications
Boredom at the Ballot Box in Egypt
It’s almost all over. A parliamentary election for Egypt’s House of Representatives, which has dragged on for over a...
ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqaa
Executive Summary While not as large as in many other Western countries, ISIS-related mobilization in the United States has been...
Polling for Power
Appearnces to the contrary, not all states and regimes in the Middle East are collapsing. Recent elections in Egypt...
When Smuggling Was Heroic
As stories about human smugglers manipulating victimized migrants dominate international airwaves, internet readers on both sides of the Atlantic...
Divide and Conquer in Syria and Iraq
The October bombing of a Russian airliner above Sinai, followed quickly by the November Paris attacks, created a broad international consensus...
France’s Terror Backlash Raises Questions of Security, and Identity Too
Last Friday in Paris, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazenueve issued a complaint to his counterparts across the continent that...
Did Anonymous Just Save the World from ISIL?
Last week, a new cyber front emerged in the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...
When Deterrence Fails
The attacks in Paris are yet another reminder that we face enemies who cannot be deterred. The certainty of...
The War on ISIS: What’s the Endgame?
In August 1941, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt met off the coast of Newfoundland to outline a shared vision...