Turkey’s offering Washington a fig leaf of cooperation against the Islamic State, but it’s turning all its firepower against the most effective anti-ISIS fighters in the region — the Kurds.
What Happens When the Islamic State Has Its Own Air Force?
Last year it was reported that the Islamic State captured Syrian fighter planes.
Who’s the Greatest Danger to World Peace? Hint: It’s Not Iran.
“The Iranian threat” has become such a truism in American politics that we’ve completely lost sight of Washington’s own record.
The Islamic State Succeeds Despite Breaking All the Rules of Insurgency
Or, to put it another way, the Islamic State succeeds because it breaks all the rules of insurgency.
Trump Takes on the World
Donald Trump’s not-so-veiled racism, crude economic populism, and male bravado make him the closest thing the U.S. has to an authentic European-style fascist.
U.S. Military Campaign Against the Islamic State: If It Looks Like a War
The United States has tacit, if not official, congressional approval for its war on the Islamic State.
How to Confront ISIS
There may be a responsible way to fight the Islamic State, but the U.S. will have to leave its boots in the closet and the drones in the hangar.
Behind Washington’s ‘Crackpot’ Deal with Turkey to Fight ISIS
Under the guise of fighting ISIS, Turkey’s president is re-igniting a bloody war with the Kurds for his own political purposes.
Regional Powers Seek to Use War Against Islamic State to Defeat Their Traditional Enemies
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Israel appear constitutionally incapable of prioritizing the Islamic State as a threat.
The Kurdish Elephant
In their latest deal to fight ISIS, Washington and Turkey are treating the Middle East’s largest stateless minority like pawns. That’s a huge mistake.