Remember Daesh is a Network
By Deborah Avant With the downing of a Russian plane, suicide bombings in Lebanon, and carnage in Paris,…
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Don’t Let A Setback Become a Defeat
By Andrew Kydd The terrorist attacks in Paris are a stinging loss in the war against the Islamic…
The Strategy of ISIS: Logic or Lunacy?
By Barbara F. Walter Over the weekend, everyone has been asking the same question: why would ISIS bomb…
Is Bombing a Civilian Airliner a Game-Changer for the Islamic State?
By Erica Chenoweth for Denver Dialogues In an op-ed in Slate, Dan Byman suggests that if the Islamic…
Making Sense of Sinai: Attack or Opportunism?
By Joe Young What happened to the Russian airliner that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula? If the Egyptians…
Deciphering Putin’s Aims in Syria
By Lionel Beehner Madeleine Albright once called the United States the “indispensable nation.” Interestingly, that pretty much sums…
Calculated or Emotional? How Insurgents Are Both Rational and Ideological
By Thomas Zeitzoff I just finished reading Richard Thaler’s excellent new book Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics. It…
The Crisis Around the Corner
By Patrick Pierson Whether ISIS, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, or continued unrest in Libya, one doesn’t have to look…
Insurgent Defection in Civil War: Lessons from Colombia for Combating ISIS
Guest post by Ben Oppenheim, Abbey Steele, Juan F. Vargas, and Michael Weintraub The Islamic State of Iraq…
What Russia Might Teach the US about Establishing Order in Civil Wars
By Jesse Driscoll & Barbara F. Walter Washington would love to figure out how to put an end…