ISIS: Is It All About The Oil?
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) – the radical Islamist group in control of large swaths of the two countries from which it takes its name — has released a map on its web site projecting where it wants to be just five years from now. If it manages to achieve just a ... Read more
ISIS: The ‘Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’ Seizes More of Iraq
ISIS, the Islamic terrorists, having taken over Mosul, the second largest city in Iraq, is rushing south. It has just captured Saddam’s hometown of Tikrit and is only 70 miles from Baghdad. Iraqi troops collapse in disarray in the face of their attacks and the seizure of the capital seems imminent. Strengthened by their victories ... Read more
Keeping Terrorism at Bay
References to GWOT – as the Rumsfeld-era Pentagon liked to refer to its Global War on Terror – today carry certain freight. Firstly, the misapplication of military force and grand strategy that is the primary foreign policy legacy of the Bush administration has discredited the phrase. With the exception of military and intelligence officials who ... Read more