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Category: Middle East

Middle East, Terrorism, United States

Degraded Not Defeated: A Proposition for Forming a New US Security Strategy for Syria

Posted onApril 11, 2019July 29, 2019

The fall of the ISIS caliphate on March 23, 2019 marks a shift in Syria and the U.S. counterterrorism strategy for the future. Photo Credit: …

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Middle East, Terrorism

The Risks of Repatriating—Or Not—ISIS Foreign Fighters from the West

Posted onApril 10, 2019July 29, 2019

Islamic state fighters and their families walk as they surrendered in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 12, 2019. Photo Credit: …

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Middle East, Military & Defense

Israel’s Election and Deterrence in the Gaza Strip

Posted onApril 9, 2019July 29, 2019

Illustrative image of a kite with a Molotov cocktail prepared to be flown by Palestinians during clashes with Israeli security forces on the Gaza Israeli …

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Middle East, Terrorism

Regime Change and Counterterror in the Trump Era

Posted onMarch 29, 2019July 29, 2019

U.S. and SDF forces at al-Tanf base in southeastern Syria. Al-Tanf is one of the places where American troops are expected to remain despite the …

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Africa, Middle East, Military & Defense

How the Gulf States’ Investments are Destabilizing the Horn of Africa

Posted onMarch 19, 2019July 29, 2019

An Ethiopian farmer watches as his farmland is confiscated and reworked by foreign investors. Photo Credit: Deutsche Welle By: Jordan Abu-Sirriya, Columnist In December of …

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Middle East, Military & Defense, United States

To Counter Iran, the U.S. Will Need Turkish Support

Posted onMarch 7, 2019July 29, 2019

President Erdogan and President Trump. Photo Credit: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images By: Hamad Abbas, Columnist In light of the continued failure of US traditional regional partners to …

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Africa, GSSR Best in Class, Middle East, Military & Defense

Saudi Arabia’s Sudanese Mercenaries in Yemen

Posted onFebruary 24, 2019July 30, 2019

Sudanese soldiers are seen as the second part of the Sudan Army forces arrive in the city to support Saudi-led coalition forces in Aden, Yemen …

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Middle East, Terrorism

Between a Rock and a Hardline Place: The Conundrum of Providing Humanitarian Aid to HTS-Controlled Idlib

Posted onFebruary 22, 2019September 17, 2020

UN aid convoy heads to Idlib province in October, 2018.  Photo Credit: Andolu Agency  By: Jodi Brignola, Columnist Humanitarian action is grounded in the principles …

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Middle East, Military & Defense

Iran’s Security Strategy, Forty Years after the Islamic Revolution

Posted onFebruary 15, 2019July 30, 2019

Students wave Iranian national flags during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution in Tehran’s Azadi (Freedom) Square, Iran, February 10, …

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Middle East, Terrorism

The Nonpolar Order; Lessons from Syria          

Posted onFebruary 9, 2019July 30, 2019

A man stands atop a building looking at the destroyed Syrian town of Kobane, also known as Ain al-Arab, 2015. Photo Credit: Bulent Kilic/APF/Getty Images. …

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