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The Slow Grind: America’s Bombing Campaign in Syria and Iraq

The U.S. Military might have total air supremacy over the sky’s of Iraq and Syria, but can a bombing campaign alone defeat the Islamic state?

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Information: The Perfect Weapon in Today’s Wired World, A Three-Part Series

In the final installment of a three-part series, Jenny looks at “countering disinformation campaigns” during the Cold War, and the lessons we can learn from them.

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Turkey’s Policy Shift in Iraq and Syria Both Excites, and Baffles NATO

Umaima examines Turkey’s policy shift in Iraq and Syria, and why it’s confusing NATO. Is this a positive, or negative development in the fight against ISIS?

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Fear, Pain and Coercion: Ali Soufan and the Divisive Debate over a Dark Legacy (Part IV)

In the fourth article of a series on Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Stefan Konrad discusses by former FBI Agent Ali Soufan and his criticism of EITs.

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Fear, Pain and Coercion: Jose Rodriguez and a Divisive Debate over a Dark Legacy (Part III)

In part three of a series on Enhanced Interrogation Techniques, Stefan Konrad examines the heated debate that has emerged over the past decade and a half.

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Information: The Perfect Weapon in Today’s Wired World, A Three-Part Series

In Part Two of a three-part series, Jenny examines more closely Russia’s information warfare, and the influence media had in the 2014 Ukrainian Crisis.