Shiite Militias

Cyber Security and Emerging Threats Nasser Haidar

The Parallel State: Hezbollah And Its Replicas

From a local southern Lebanese guerrilla force to a huge regional player, Hezbollah has made many friends and foes. It’s implications for the Lebanese state, to states where similar replica are now emerging, the militia force has come to represent a rising theme and issue in the Middle East: the militia and it’s parallel state.

Layla Wahbi Operations

The Recapture of Fallujah: Why Distrust is Complicating the War Against ISIL

Layla Wahbi discusses the complications that governmental distrust has posed for Sunni minorities, and the impacts on Iraq’s fight against ISIL.

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?