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
Four reasons why killing insurgents in Syria might backfire Joshua Eastin and Emily Gade - June 27, 2016 [caption id="attachment_42715" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Smoke rises after what fighters of
Here’s why we can only contain the Islamic State, not bomb it back to the Stone Age Stephen Biddle and Jacob N. Shapiro - December 1, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32401" align="aligncenter" width="908"] U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles
The problem with fragmented insurgencies Kristin Bakke, Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, and Lee J. M. Seymour - May 13, 2015 The research explains why fragmentation makes conflict more violent and harder to resolve.
Syria: Lessons from Iraq and Libya Erica Chenoweth - July 2, 2012 The following is a guest post from Kimberly Marten, who