Choose your poison: Have the baby of an Islamic State fighter or be continually raped.
Yazidi Women Seized by the Islamic State Caught Between Rock and a Hard Place
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Iraq
To End No Wars
In a world awash with weak states, powerful weapons, and crumbling institutions, conflicts can easily continue for generations — and perhaps never end.
Hillary Clinton’s Support for the Iraq War Was No Fluke
Hillary Clinton has run to the right of the Obama administration on every major foreign policy issue — and she’s left a trail of devastation in her wake.
Does Providing Aid in War Zones Do More Harm Than Good?
The politicization of humanitarian aid poses a huge moral dilemma for NGO workers.
The Islamic State’s Obvious Next Step: Arming Its Drones
The Islamic State already uses drones for surveillance.
Military Victories Are Counterproductive If They Leave a Political Vacuum
Such a vacuum has enabled the Islamic State to become a magnet for unemployed young men throughout the Middle East and North Africa.
Happy Ending to Lost Radioactive Material Story Doesn’t Dispel Concerns About Islamic State WMD
The Islamic State would be the ultimate victim of a dirty bomb it set off.
Enough Islamic State Civilians Are Already Being Killed Without Carpet Bombing, Thanks
Carpet bombing of Islamic State territory called for by Sen. Ted Cruz is inflammatory rhetoric at its worst.
Women High on List of Victims of Hillary Clinton’s Hawkish Foreign Policy
Hillary Clinton’s advocacy for women, ostensibly global, is hollow at heart.
Jeffrey Sachs Blames Hillary Clinton for Our National Security Woes
To economic development expert Jeffrey Sachs, Hillary Clinton is a neocon.