Terrorism

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Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Defense Intelligence & National Security Iran Iraq ISIS Islamic State Kurds Libya NATO Security Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa The United States of America Trevor Schenk

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?
Diplomatic Relations Editors' Forum Hasan Siddiqui International Relations Iraq ISIS Islamic State Leon Fleddermann Michael Lumbers Security Syria Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa The United States of America

Is Obama Responsible for the Rise of ISIS?

Our editors and special contributor, Professor Asher Susser of Tel Aviv University, consider a question sure to be asked during next year’s U.S. presidential election.

Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Defense Diplomatic Relations Intelligence & National Security Iraq ISIS Islamic State Kurds NATO Peace & Conflict Studies Security Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa The United States of America Turkey Umaima Ghori Uncategorized Western Europe

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?

Africa Asia-Pacific Culture Eastern Europe and Russia Europe Germany Human Rights Immigration Iraq Islamic State Latin America Peace & Conflict Studies Peace & Security Refugee Rights Security Society Southeast Asia Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa The United States of America Uncategorized Victoria Heath Western Europe Women Women in Security

Einstein once asked Freud, “Why war?” Freud replied, “Because man is what he is.”

Victoria asks the questions: Why is sexualized violence so prevalent in modern and historical conflict? Is ISIS’ utilization of sexual violence and slavery the exception or the rule in war?

Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Diplomatic Relations Evan Blackwell International Relations Iraq ISIS Islamic State Kurds NATO Security Terrorism The Middle East and North Africa The United States of America Turkey Uncategorized

A Bloody Bargaining Chip: The Armenian Genocide and U.S.-Turkey Relations

Evan Blackwell explores how the contested legacy of the Armenian genocide has been downplayed by the U.S. as it attempts to recruit Turkey in the campaign against ISIS.
Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Intelligence & National Security International Law & Policy Stefan Konrad Terrorism The United States of America

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.

Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Intelligence & National Security International Law & Policy Stefan Konrad Terrorism The United States of America

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.