How Patterns of Territorial Control Explain Mass Killings in Syria and Iraq (and in Bosnia)
Guest post by Jessica Di Salvatore. On January 16th, the Islamic State abducted 400 civilians and killed dozens after…
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Federal Syria: It’s Time to Recognize Reality
Guest post by Eric Kaufmann. President Obama’s next major foreign-policy task is to move all parties toward a…
Will Iraqi Kurds Go It Alone?
Guest post by Ariel I. Ahram. The Islamic State has gained the most attention for its bid to destroy…
Interpreting the Migration Crisis: A Symposium
By Cassy Dorff, Faten Ghosn, Alex Braithwaite, and Andrew Linke for Denver Dialogues In 2015, the UN stated…
After The Violence: Three Things We Know About the Effects of War Trauma and What We Can Do About It
By Thomas Zeitzoff As the Syrian Civil War approaches its fifth anniversary, the best estimates suggest that over…
Sleeper Agents or Big Yawn? Waiting for Returned Foreign Fighters
Guest post by David Malet. Western governments, increasingly alarmed by ISIS-inspired attacks in the West and fearing the…
This Is How ISIS Wants Us to Respond to the Paris Attacks. Let’s Not Do It.
By Barbara F. Walter One of the troubling features of the recent terrorist attacks on France, Russia, and…
Overconfidence and the War in Syria
Guest post by Dominic Johnson The attacks in Paris have elevated both the desire and the case for…
Deciphering Putin’s Aims in Syria
By Lionel Beehner Madeleine Albright once called the United States the “indispensable nation.” Interestingly, that pretty much sums…
Why Haven’t We Seen a Third Palestinian Intifada (Or Are We)?
By Will H. Moore Last week, Foreign Affairs posted a podcast asking “Why Hasn’t there been a 3rd Intifada?”…