Coalitions Are Not So Convenient
By Steve Saideman With the recent news that Syria’s regime may have jumped across Obama’s red lines, thoughts…
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Syria & Chemical Weapons Linkage
By Taylor Marvin New reports alledge that the Assad regime has killed hundreds in an early-morning chemical attack targeting…
Why Extremists Thrive During Civil Wars
By Barbara F. Walter Last week I posed two questions, asking why al Qaeda has enjoyed such success in…
How Would Obama’s Syria Policy Benefit from Hindsight?
By Taylor Marvin The conflict in Syria has now killed over 100,000 people, and the war appears likely to…
Warlordism and Control in Syria
By Erica Chenoweth Ben Hubbard’s article in last Thursday’s New York Times has a few interesting insights. Assad…
More Challenges to Women’s Representation in Afghanistan
By Sarah Bush Bad news about women’s rights in Afghanistan — as if we needed any more of…
Will the Egyptian Coup Affect Other Islamist Groups?
Guest post by Brent Sasley In the aftermath of the Egyptian military’s overthrow of the Muslim Brotherhood government,…
Syria: A Treasure Trove For Future Scholarship
By Lionel Beehner The International Crisis Group’s latest report on Syria makes for some compelling reading and offers a…
Is Turkey Burning? The Domestic Democratic Peace, Turkish Contention & New York Times Coverage
By Christian Davenport In 2007, I wrote a book called State Repression and the Domestic Democratic Peace. The main premise…
5 Reasons Why the Obama Administration’s Decision to Offer “Military Support” to Syrian Rebels Couldn’t Come at a Worse Time
By Sara Bjerg Moller Yesterday’s surprise announcement by the White House that the US will “increase the scale and scope of…