IS planning to step up attacks in Iraq's 'fragile regions'

Attacks have already increased sharply, mostly confined to the territory separating the Kurdistan Region from the rest of Iraq, following the US withdrawal in late September

Rustum Mahmud

In His Father's Shadow

[caption id="attachment_55232991" align="alignleft" width="620"] The president of Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan, Massoud Barzani[/caption] Massoud Barzani came into the world in unique…

Bryan R. Gibson

A Meat-Axe to Grind

[caption id="attachment_55232972" align="alignnone" width="620"]US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta[/caption] American military might is so great, and it has been expanding for so long, that orders of…

Stephen Glain

Above the Law

[caption id="attachment_55232921" align="alignnone" width="620"] Libyan Justice and Construction supporters during a Libyan National Assembly Campaign rally at Martyrs Square[/caption] Libya is…

Jacqueline Shoen

Bypassing Hormuz

[caption id="attachment_55232902" align="alignnone" width="620"] The Strait of Hormuz [/caption] During the Iran-Iraq War, Iran implemented an attrition strategy and a policy of economic…

Bryan R. Gibson

The Third Intifada?

[caption id="attachment_55232864" align="alignnone" width="620"] Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas[/caption] In 2007, the Bush administration, with Israel’s blessing, embarked on a…

Stephen Glain

The Clinton Legacy

[caption id="attachment_55232847" align="alignnone" width="620"] Hillary Clinton [/caption] In a recent front-page profile, the International Herald Tribune (IHT) meditated on Hillary Clinton and…

Stephen Glain

Realism and the Arab Spring

[caption id="attachment_55232818" align="alignnone" width="620"] President Obama Delivers Speech On Mideast And North Africa Policy[/caption] According to modern realist theory, because the ordering…

Zachary Keck

After Geneva

[caption id="attachment_55232793" align="alignnone" width="620"] Sergei Lavrov speaks during a press conference at the UN offices in Geneva [/caption] Despite attempts by Hilary Clinton to woo her…

Andrew Bowen