Afghanistan’s security forces unraveled this month. What broke their seven-year stalemate with the Taliban?
The dynamics behind this kind of collapse are more common than you might think
The Taliban has seized more cities, despite U.S. efforts to build a strong Afghan military. What happened?
Persuading partners to emulate the U.S. military approach doesn’t necessarily work, new research finds
U.S. officials are talking about urban warfare. Here’s what urban warfare really involves.
How do you ‘mass and dominate the battlespace’ in a U.S. city?
What will happen to Iraqi Shiite militias after one key leader’s death?
This won’t help U.S.-Iran tensions
Iraqis have been holding peaceful mass protests. The U.S. strike and its aftermath are undermining that.
Here’s what Iraqi protesters want.
In Iraq, demonstrators demand change — and the government fights back
Initially described as protests over the economy, they have become a call for revolution.
How ordinary Iraqis resisted the Islamic State
New data from Mosul shows the power of the less powerful
Why are Iraq’s paramilitaries turning on their own ranks?
[caption id="attachment_83855" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Shiite fighters from the Popular Mobilization