Director of International Security Studies, Royal United Services Institute. Author of ‘We Love Death As You Love Life: Britain’s Suburban Terrorists‘. @raffpantucci
In the short term, at least, they seem to be on the back foot. The land they control in Syria in Iraq is shrinking – and they controlled, for a time, a territory the size of the United... Читать далее
Distinguished research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University, where she specializes on regional energy politics, Middle East politics and the Kurdish issue. @dNataliDC
Literally, Kurdistan means “land of the Kurds”. It’s a territory that crosses four states – Iraq, Iran, Turkey and Syria – plus parts of the former Soviet Union, with as many as 30... Читать далее
Distinguished research fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), National Defense University, where she specializes on regional energy politics, Middle East politics and the Kurdish issue. @dNataliDC
ISIL [as ISIS is widely known] is being pushed back from territories it once controlled, and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Peshmerga have been important partners in this effort. My... Читать далее