The first President Bush had some impressive foreign policies wins, but could he be best remembered for getting the US entangled in Iraq?
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Islamic State has destroyed globally-significant sites in Iraq and Syria, but not as wanton acts of destruction. Instead, they are calculated political and religious attacks.
For-profit corporations are deeply embedded in US national security infrastructure – and they’re not going anywhere.
In past wars, taxes were increased to cover some of the extra spending. That’s not the case for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the costs are adding up fast.
A long time ago, in an empire far, far away …
Rules imposed after 9/11 and still on the books are getting in the way of delivering aid to conflict zones. In countries like Yemen and Syria, it could mean the difference between life and death.
History suggests it would be a big mistake.
Are Trump’s missile strikes against Syria constitutional? An expert on Congress and foreign policy provides a brief history of how the separation of war powers has blurred over time.
As President Trump puts U.S. foreign aid on the chopping block, few Americans know much about it. Perhaps even fewer realize that the U.S. lags behind its peers on this front.
The tragedy of Mosul is that while Islamic State’s territorial project in Iraq is coming to an end, it is creating new problems that exacerbate the country’s existing challenges.
Islamic State will change tack after Mosul, but Iraq isn’t ready for what comes next.
Over its history Canada has built itself through war and the memory of its wars. The country’s recent military interventions are part of a struggle to define what the country stands for.
What was supposed to be a glorious triumph for Iraq has turned into an exhausting war of attrition.
The revised ban allows entry to citizens of Iraq, but continues to block citizens of six other Muslim majority nations.
Iraq is an important country to watch in 2017, as a source of instability in the Middle East since the 2003 invasion. Iraq is a political quagmire. The Iraqi Parliament is made of Sunni, Shi’ite (who make…
Turkey tops the list of countries to watch in the Middle East. Surprising shifts in domestic and foreign Turkish policy will have an important influence on the web of complex developments in the entire…
As countries around the world deal with internal and international crises, the potential for faultlines to open is high.
Even when ISIS is defeated, unless different groups can repair their relationship, violent extremism will remain, and peace in Iraq will stay elusive.
A victory in its second-biggest city would be a spectacular turnaround, but the country still has years or even decades of rebuilding ahead of it.
Portugal used radio propaganda in its colonies in the 1960s against local liberation movements. Decades later there are still lessons to be learned for occupying armies from their failed strategies.
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Honorary Senior Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Translation Studies, Cardiff University
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Research Fellow, Middle East Studies, Deakin University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of International Politics, Deakin University
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Director of the Curtin Extremism Research Network (CERN), Curtin University
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Professor of International Relations, Lancaster University
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Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Social Science, The Open University
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