September 2017

As the regional government of Iraqi Kurdistan (KRG) has announcement victory in the referendum on Iraqi independence, there is an increased risk of military escalation between Kurdish and Iraqi forces and militias in disputed areas,…

A little-noticed provision to arm Iraqi Christians in the house version of a defense bill to be passed inadvertently fuels unrest between rival militias in the Nineveh Plains, an Iraqi melting pot. The non-binding provision, inserted by…

Several years ago, the United States debated providing the Syrian rebels with high-tech weapons such as anti-tank and surface-to-air missiles. Critics have argued that the weapons could fall into the hands of "terrorist organizations"…