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All Posts For - ISIS

13 Years of War: Mosul’s Frightening and Uncertain Future

October 21, 2016 Current News iraq Comments are off for this post

If the anti-Isis forces ultimately succeed in recapturing Mosul it will be the fifth time the city has changed hands in the course of 13 years of war.

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Fisk: When Mosul Falls, ISIS will Flee to Syria. Then What?

October 18, 2016 Current News iraq Comments are off for this post

The entire ISIS caliphate could be directed against the Assad government and its allies -- a scenario which might cause some satisfaction in Washington.

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Turkey is now in Syria and this is what it means for the Middle East

August 24, 2016 PPJC Picks ISIS Comments are off for this post

The Turks don’t want a Kurdish mini-state on their frontier any more than the Syrians want to lose territory to the Kurds.

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Isis Faces Likely Defeat in Battles Across Iraq and Syria – But What Happens Next?

June 1, 2016 PPJC Picks iraq Comments are off for this post

At issue for all involved is not only breaking Isis's control of territory, but determining who will rule there in place of Isis.

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We All Are Islamic State

March 28, 2016 Current News Foreign Affairs Comments are off for this post

The maimed and dead in Brussels or Paris and the maimed and dead in Raqqa or Sirte perpetuate the same dark lusts. We all are Islamic State.

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How not to talk about Muslims after a Fringe Terrorist Group attacks

March 24, 2016 Current News ISIS Comments are off for this post

Muslims are a sixth of humankind and hail from all sorts of backgrounds, ethnicities, and languages. There are 40 million Chinese Muslims. There are 23 million Russian ones. Ethiopian Muslims and Senegalese Muslims have little in common despite being African, and neither has much in common with Bangladeshi Muslims. To...

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Here’s how NOT to respond to the Brussels attacks

March 22, 2016 PPJC Picks Anti-Muslim Comments are off for this post

Donald Trump was a ubiquitous presence on American news shows and said, “we’re having problems with the Muslims”. Ted Cruz recommended singling out American Muslim communities for heavy-handed police tactics.

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Why the Islamic State Is the Minor Leagues of Terror

January 5, 2016 Current News Climate Change Comments are off for this post

The fate of our Earth and putting threats into perspective for 2016.

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When the State Department Tries to Choose Muslim Thought Leaders to Win “Hearts and Minds”

December 16, 2015 PPJC Picks ISIS Comments are off for this post

If the U.S. government were actually serious about trying to change how it is perceived around the world, it would change its behavior around the world.

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Bomb Science 101

December 7, 2015 PPJC Picks ISIS Comments are off for this post

Apparently the only thing that's harder to understand than rocket science.

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