Interesting and fairly detailed discussion of how Iran has been supporting one part of the Kurdish ruling coalition (the PUK) while the US has supported
Tag: Syria
RCMP using new measures to stop ‘high-risk travellers’ -Globe and Mail
“The threat of homegrown terrorism isn’t new, but the manner in which the RCMP zeroed in on this couple represents a fresh gambit in the
Iran has mixed feelings about cooperating with US against IS -Al Monitor
Interesting piece on Iran’s strategic calculations. From Tehran’s perspective, they cooperated with the US during regional crises in the past (Kuwait & Afghanistan), only to
Obama’s Betrayal of the Constitution -NYTimes
The Politics of declaring war. When does the President of the United States have the legal right to war? Obama’s justification for escalating the US’
What’s next for the Syrian regime’s non-state allies -Monkey Cage
Great use of theory to map out post-conflict potential relations between the Syrian government and its non-state allies -though we are a long way from
Obama on ‘IS’: ‘No strategy’ remark reveals political truth -BBC
<http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-28977365 This article is not so much notable for pointing out that there is no simple solution to the situation in Iraq as it is
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