The US Won’t Declare War on ISIS
By Tanisha M. Fazal Following President Obama’s recent address laying out a strategy deploying airstrikes and advisers to…
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Dissecting Obama’s Four-Point Strategy Against ISIL
By Sara Bjerg Moller On Wednesday evening, President Obama took to the airwaves to announce his much-awaited strategy…
What to do about ISIS?: For Starters, Think Political as Well as Military Strategy
Guest post by Deborah Avant In looking at what the US – or anyone else – should do…
Why ISIS Wants Its Brutality to Be Public
By Barbara F. Walter ISIS has captured the world’s attention, in part, because it has been so brutal…
What is ISIS?
Guest post by Jack A. Goldstone The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has emerged as the…
Mythbusting the Burden Sharing Problem
By Steve Saideman Yes, NATO countries do not spend equally on defense. NATO countries varied quite significantly in…
The Dangerous Mixture of Oil and Water in Iraq
Guest post by Ariel Ahram Iraq stands alone in the Arab world in having large quantities of two…
Why Is ISIS the First Islamist Rebel Group to Claim to Resurrect the Caliphate?
By Allison Beth Hodgkins In response to our Would Someone Please Explain This to Me? post, commenter Chris C wrote: Why…
Will ISIS Cohere or Collapse?
By Paul Staniland The resurgence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has come as a shock…
4 Things Everyone Should Know about the Likelihood of a Negotiated Settlement in Iraq
By Barbara F. Walter It has become increasingly clear that the civil war in Iraq will likely not have…