Iraq

Guest post by Nicholas Sambanis, Stergios Skaperdas, and William Wohlforth Great power rivalry is back, and so, unfortunately,…

By guest contributor Sam Biasi and permanent contributor Peter Krause In September 2017, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG)…

By Evan Perkoski What if Al Qaeda and the Islamic State were to join forces? At first glance,…

Guest post by Philipp Lutscher Following the lethal drone strike against the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani on January…

Guest post by Jonathan M. DiCicco President Trump’s approval of the targeted strike that killed Iranian general Qassem…

Guest post by Ariel I. Ahram The dramatic escalation of US-Iranian tensions affects no country more than Iraq.…

By Idean Salehyan The world’s attention has been focused on the assassination of the Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, Iranian…

Guest post by Thomas Gift and Andrew M. Bell Iran’s strike against US forces after the death of…

On January 3, 2020, an American drone strike killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Quds Force,…

By Valerie Morkevicius and Danielle Lupton The United States recently launched a targeted drone strike, killing Qassem Soleimani.…

The Costs of a “New Cold War” Are Higher than You Think