Why ISIS Will Not Thrive in Indonesia
Guest post by Ioana Emy Matesan When suicide bombers and gunmen hit the heart of Jakarta last week,…
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Militant Proliferation and the Consequences of Fragmentation
Guest post by Evan Perkoski Contemporary irregular conflicts often share a common feature: they are fragmented. States are…
A Not-So-Bad Solution to Syria
By Barbara F. Walter One of the tragedies of the Syrian civil war is that there appear to…
Message in a Barrel
By Allison Beth Hodgkins In its ongoing assaults on rebel strongholds, since mid-December the Syrian military has been making…
Syrian Sunnis Sitting in the Catbird Seat
By Barbara F. Walter Last week I posed the puzzle that moderate Syrian Sunnis living in urban areas close…
The Logic Behind Assad’s Use of Chemical Weapons
By Barbara F. Walter Last week I asked why Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons even after Obama had drawn…
Why the CW Inspection Plan Doesn’t Have to be Perfect, or Even Close, to Succeed
By Page Fortna As the Obama administration and the world contemplate a plan to secure Syria’s chemical weapons,…
Friday Puzzler: The Logic of Chemical Weapons
By Barbara F. Walter Over the last two weeks, the policy world and the media have fixated on…
When Diplomacy Means More War
By Barbara F. Walter Admit it. We all breathed a sigh of relief when we heard that President…
Do Interventions End Repressive Spells? Insights for Syria from Previous Attempts, 1976-2003
By Christian Davenport and Ben Appel It is said that those who ignore history are doomed repeat prior mistakes.…