Comments on Iraq: Where Do We Go From Here?
On May 18, 2017, FPRI hosted a Main Line Briefing on Iraq: Where Do We Go From Here. The...
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Comments on Iraq: Where Do We Go From Here?
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An Update from Iraq
I have spent the past week traveling around the Kurdish Region of Iraq conducting research on the behalf of...
Putting the Battle for Mosul in Context
It has been over two years since the Islamic State sacked the Iraqi city of Mosul and captured much...
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Are You Staying, Or Just Passing Through? The Geopolitics Of Asylum
European politics have been roiled over the past few years by the question of how the EU as a...
What Should We Make Of The Islamic State’s Ramadan Wave Of Violence?
The Islamic State has taken the final week of Ramadan to make a big statement: “We will not go...
The Local Proxy Problem
On Thursday, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton outlined a bold plan to expand the war against ISIS during...
The Seven Deadly Sins of the Human Terrain System: An Insider’s Perspective
The Human Terrain System (HTS) – a U.S. Army program aimed at helping U.S. and allied military forces understand...
Four Key Drivers For Eroding ISIS
June 15, 2015 Scary ISIS headlines have saturated media outlets in recent months. They usually come in three varieties:...
You Don’t Win Hearts and Minds, You Rent Them – Reigniting Sunni Tribes Against ISIS
In 2008, Americans lauded the great success of ‘The Surge’ – implementation of broad new counterinsurgency doctrine that “Won...
Seven Flaws In the U.S. Strategy to Counter ISIS
(Editor’s Note: This blog post is derived from Clint Watts’ Ginsburg Lecture delivered at the National Liberty Museum on September 16,...