Iraq

On the Failures of the Iraqi and Ukrainian Armies

By James Hasik

Political change must precede successful assistance from the west. The collapse of the Iraqi Army last month did seem shocking: eight hundred gunmen from the jihadist group formerly known as ISIS, armed with nothing heavier than a DiShKa on a technical, somehow routed two Iraqi divisions in just days. As I noted last weekend, Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki blames this fiasco on […]

Afghanistan: A Peaceful Transfer of Power in Jeopardy

Amb. Ronald E. Neumann, former US ambassador to Afghanistan and President of the American Academy of Diplomacy and Mr. David S. Sedney, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia, spoke at a South Asia Center roundtable about the fraud allegations surrounding Afghanistan’s presidential election and the resulting political impasse in […]

Saab: ISIS Has a Choice to Make

By Bilal Y. Saab

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security Bilal Y. Saab writes for the National Interest on the choices facing the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: 

It’s Time for NATO to Get Involved in Syria and Iraq

By James Stavridis, Foreign Policy

As ISIS consolidates its position across the Syrian and Iraqi divide, NATO must realize that it is only a matter of time before a wave of EU-passport-bearing jihadists will be headed back home to wreak havoc.