What the Algerian Civil War Can Teach Us About Combating ISIS
Guest post by Kevin Greene In an op-ed for The National, Dr. Dalia Ghanem-Yazbeck notes the similarities between…
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Why the Islamic State is so Bad at Being a State
Guest Post by Megan Stewart for Denver Dialogues As it conquered territory throughout Syria and Iraq, the Islamic…
This Is How ISIS Wants Us to Respond to the Paris Attacks. Let’s Not Do It.
By Barbara F. Walter One of the troubling features of the recent terrorist attacks on France, Russia, and…
Puzzling Aspects of the US Debate on Syrian Refugees
Guest post by Jeremy Pressman One thing that struck me about the reaction in the United States to…
Divide and Conquer – The Long-Term Political Effects of Terrorism
By Thomas Zeitzoff and Anna Getmansky The recent attacks attributed to ISIS in Paris, Beirut, the Sinai, and…
Overconfidence and the War in Syria
Guest post by Dominic Johnson The attacks in Paris have elevated both the desire and the case for…
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…
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…
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…
Torgau, Syria?
By Andrew Kydd There is whole lot of fretting going on over Russia’s move to supply the Assad…