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- in the news | August 14, 2014 | International Security
The Bursting Kurdish Bubble
All of these things have allowed ISIS to continue their advance and drive at the heart of the Kurdish independent region, i.e. oil refineries in th... -
What the U.S. can realistically do in Iraq | CNN
Over the past few days, politicians and experts have been debating the merits of the Obama administration's strategy in Iraq — or whether there is ... -
Iraq in Crisis: Is a Coup d'État Inevitable? | Bloomberg
New AmericaNew America Foundation's Tara Maller, Col. Cedric Leighton, former member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Bloomberg's Phil Mattingly discuss the ... -
Political Unrest, Airstrikes Rock Iraq | SCPR
New AmericaDouglas Ollivant, senior National Security Fellow at the New America Foundation, talked to Take Two on Monday about the situations brewing in Iraq. -
U.S. Actions in Iraq Fueled Rise of a Rebel | New York Times
New America“He has credibility because he runs half of Iraq and half of Syria,” said Brian Fishman, a counterterrorism researcher at the New America Foundatio... -
Why Obama Will Bomb Syria | Politico
New AmericaAs the terrorism analysts Doug Ollivant and Brian Fishman have noted, ISIL “holds territory, provides limited services, dispenses a form of justice... -
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria | Council on Foreign Relations
New America"For al-Qaeda, attaching its name to Zarqawi's activities enabled it to maintain relevance even as its core forces were destroyed [in Afghanistan] ... -
Obama: Iraq action will be limited | USA Today
New America"We could be in this game for a long time," said Douglas Ollivant, a senior fellow with the New America Foundation and director for Iraq at the Nat... -
Will U.S. Troops Stand By While ISIS Starves Thousands? | Daily Beast
New AmericaThe situation is dire, but legal constraints may limit U.S. options for direct assistance to the Kurds, said Douglas Ollivant, a former U.S. Army o... -
Last-ditch Efforts May Fail to Save Gaza Truce | Aljazeera America
New AmericaSpeaking to Al Jazeera from Washington, DC, Leila Hilal, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, said: "We could very well see a resumption ... - in the news | August 06, 2014 | International Security
U.S. general's killing may be a bad omen
The attack is an ominous sign regarding the potential risks to American service members as the majority of U.S. forces withdraw from Afghanistan. -
Can a Rebuilt Gaza Build Economy? | Marketplace
New AmericaLeila Hilal, senior fellow at the New America Foundation, said Gaza has human capital that could drive economic development. “Gazans are very enter... -
Is Perpetual War Now A Part Of The U.S. Psyche? | Huffington Post
How has the collective American psyche shifted since the 9/11 attack? HuffPost Live's "Always At War" series looks into the evolution of U.S. forei... -
Israel, Hamas to Negotiate New Gaza Border Deal Amidst Truce | CTV
New AmericaLisa Goldman on outlines of a Gaza solution after a tentative Israel-Hamas ceasefire. -
Why even the toughest sanctions on Russia may not change Putin's behavior | Vox
In light of the Malaysia Airlines tragedy and mounting unrest in Ukraine, the European Union and the United States have moved to impose new sanctio... -
What Are America's Interests In Israel? | Huffington Post
New AmericaLisa Goldman: Why does the United States continue to get involved in Israeli politics? Today HuffPost Live's "Always At War" series looks at how U.... -
Containing the ISIS Threat | The Epoch Times
To defeat your enemy, you should know your enemy. If the heart of today’s challenge in Iraq is the Islamic State, then we must neutralize it. But, ... -
Selective Leviathans: Explaining State Strategies of Counterinsurgency and Consolidation | Précis
In the second half of the twentieth century, civil wars eclipsed inter–state war as the "far greater scourge" in terms of death toll, duration, and... -
Terrorist Armies Fight Smarter and Deadlier Than Ever | Washington Post
Douglas OllivantMilitary transformations can be hard to detect. They generally occur over decades, sometimes over generations. Soldiers are usually the first to re... -
Countering Others' Insurgencies | RAND
This study examines the counterinsurgency strategies and practices adopted by threatened regimes and the conditions under which U.S. "small-footpri... -
The All-American Al Qaeda Suicide Bomber | CNN
Seconds before he detonated the massive truck bomb that killed him and a number of Syrian soldiers two months ago, Moner Mohammad Abu-Salha radioed... -
Bloggingheads TV Discussion between Robert Wright and Lisa Goldman | Bloggingheads.tv
New America's Robert Wright and Lisa Goldman discuss the Gaza conflict.