How to Encourage Shiites and Sunnis to Get Along? Lessons from a Study in Lebanon.
Guest post by Han Il Chang and Leonid Peisakhin. Relations between Shiites and Sunnis are strained across much…
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What We Know – and Don’t Know – about Religious Civil Wars
Guest post by Desirée Nilsson and Isak Svensson. Ongoing civil wars in Syria, Mali, Afghanistan, the Philippines, Thailand,…
What Could a Trump Presidency Mean for Syria?
Guest post by Clarence Moore. Throughout a long and surprising campaign, President-elect Donald Trump promised enthusiastic crowds that…
Remember Daesh is a Network
By Deborah Avant With the downing of a Russian plane, suicide bombings in Lebanon, and carnage in Paris,…
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…
Deciphering Putin’s Aims in Syria
By Lionel Beehner Madeleine Albright once called the United States the “indispensable nation.” Interestingly, that pretty much sums…
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…
Torgau, Syria?
By Andrew Kydd There is whole lot of fretting going on over Russia’s move to supply the Assad…
Yemen is Even More Dangerous Than We Think
By Barbara F. Walter and Kenneth M. Pollack People think Yemen is dangerous to United States because of…