A closer look at the Gaza casualty data Marc Lynch and Sarah Parkinson - December 14, 2023 Casualty counts can be a political tool – and how we report the data has real consequences.
U.S. officials are talking about urban warfare. Here’s what urban warfare really involves. Margarita Konaev and Kirstin J.H. Brathwaite - June 4, 2020 How do you ‘mass and dominate the battlespace’ in a U.S. city?
Privatizing the U.S. effort in Afghanistan seemed a bad idea. Now it’s even worse. Deborah Avant - September 11, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77550" align="aligncenter" width="960"] U.S. troops wait for their helicopter
Fighting the Islamic State won’t change the sectarian image of Iraq’s militias Mieczysław P. Boduszyński - December 28, 2016 The militias fighting under the banner of the Popular Mobilization
The Islamic State, Boko Haram and the evolution of international jihad Nathaniel Allen - March 27, 2015 [caption id="attachment_23098" align="alignnone" width="620"] A wall painted by Boko Haram
The U.S. just leaked its war plan in Iraq. Why? Joshua Rovner and Caitlin Talmadge - February 27, 2015 [caption id="attachment_12228" align="aligncenter" width="908"] The jacket belonging to an Iraqi
Muslim NGOs could help counter violent extremism Shawn Powers and Abbas Barzegar - February 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_21380" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Islamic State militants hold up their
Would arming Syria’s rebels have stopped the Islamic State? Marc Lynch - August 11, 2014 [caption id="attachment_14274" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Flier for Syria fundraising event in
Can ISIS overcome the insurgency resource curse? Ariel Ahram - July 2, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12548" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A file picture dated March 11,
How can the U.S. help Maliki when Maliki's the problem? Marc Lynch - June 12, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Fighters from the Islamic State