War Goes Viral
By Emerson T. Brooking & Peter W. Singer The Atlantic Like most everything today, the campaign was launched with a hashtag. But instead of promoting a new album or a […]
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Turkey’s Troubling Turn
By Soner Cagaptay Foreign Affairs Before the failed military coup on July 15, Turkey was struggling to recover from a bombing and shoot-out that killed 45 people at Istanbul’s Ataturk […]
Syria and Turkey’s Place in the New Cold War
By Joseph Dana The National Russia’s grand foray into the Syrian civil war has analysts and policymakers scrambling to make sense of Vladimir Putin’s long-term plans. Let’s be clear, Moscow […]
Where the Islamic State Gets its Weapons
By C.J. Chivers The New York Times Magazine It was one significant data point among many. Since last year, investigators for Conflict Armament Research — which plans to release its […]
Women and Islamic Militancy
By Rafia Zakaria Dissent In the last email it sent to journalist James Foley’s parents, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) mentioned one person by name: Dr. Aafia […]
Inside Baghdad’s Brutal Battle Against ISIS
By Matthieu Aikins Rolling Stone As the Iraqi government, backed by U.S. airstrikes and military trainers, begins an all-out offensive against ISIS, the Obama administration seems caught in a bind. […]
The Islamic Republic of Iran Versus the Islamic State
By Cameron Glenn & Garrett Nada Newsweek The Islamic world is rife with political diversity, from ultra-conservative monarchies to new democracies. But two places reflect the escalating rivalry over an […]
Once Again, American Weapons-Makers are Making a Killing in Iraq
By Peter Van Buren Mother Jones The current American war in Iraq is a struggle in search of a goal. It began in August as a humanitarian intervention, morphed into […]
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