Groups like the Taliban have seized power elsewhere. Will the Taliban face similar difficulties governing?
The research shows how hard it is to go from armed rebellion to leadership
Here’s how airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed paramilitary groups in Iraq threaten post-ISIS stability
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What a rift in the understanding between formal and de facto armed groups could mean for Iraq
Here’s why the Trump administration may actually want Congress to pass a new authorization for military force
Andrew Rudalevige - November 20, 2017
[caption id="attachment_66466" align="aligncenter" width="960"] In this photo from Nov. 6, U.S.
How 9/11 created a feedback loop for international jihadism
Martha Crenshaw and Lisa Blaydes - September 22, 2017
[caption id="attachment_63827" align="aligncenter" width="960"] U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians pull
A striking positive shift in Sunni opinion in Iraq is underway. Here’s what it means.
Munqith al-Dagher and Karl Kaltenthaler - September 14, 2017
Iraqi security forces have made great progress toward defeating the
This is the problem with trying to destroy the Islamic State
Colin Clarke and Chad Serena - July 12, 2016
[caption id="attachment_42441" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A fighter of the Islamic State
Why the U.S. (still) can't train the Iraqi military
- September 22, 2015
[caption id="attachment_29703" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Iraqi soldiers with U.S.-made weapons take
Why the U.S. (still) can’t train the Iraqi military
Caitlin Talmadge and Austin Long - September 22, 2015
[caption id="attachment_29703" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Iraqi soldiers with U.S.-made weapons take
The dilemmas of working with Iraqi militias
Marc Lynch - June 25, 2015
[caption id="attachment_26488" align="aligncenter" width="620" class="center"] Members of Iraqi security forces
The jihadi threat to international order
Barak Mendelsohn - May 15, 2015
[caption id="attachment_24852" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Displaced people cross the Bzebiz bridge