Some of the cool research done by Political Scientists, including one of my former grad school cohort, Margaret Foster, who wrote a paper on how
Month: September 2014
Congenial new Iraq leader wins allies, but no easy path to save nation -Reuters
Interesting article on the challenges faced by Iraq’s new Prime Minister, Haidar al-Abadi. He has a big square to circle. “He has to make Maliki
The New Arab Cold War- FP
“The popular conception of the Middle East is one of a region divided along sectarian lines pitting Sunni against Shiite, but another simultaneous struggle is
Book Review: ‘World Order’ by Henry Kissinger -Wall Street Journal
A review of the always controversial Henry Kissenger’s book, ‘World Order’ with an interesting discussion of the uber-realist’s view on the Westphalian system, IS and
What ‘American-Iranian-Shi’a-Kurdish’ cooperation looks like on the ground -Washington Post
Not a lot of trust here…. http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/in-amerli-an-unusual-alliance-defeated-islamic-radicals-dont-count-on-that-lasting/2014/09/05/e51d175c-3523-11e4-a723-fa3895a25d02_story.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-iraq-fight-against-islamic-state-has-produced-some-unlikely-facts-on-the-ground/2014/09/05/6e774daa-352a-11e4-a723-fa3895a25d02_story.html?tid=pm_world_pop
Kurds say they’ll give a unified Iraqi government one last chance -McClatchy DC
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/09/05/238793/kurds-say-theyll-give-a-unified.html This should be an interesting negotiating process…..
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