The Gulf states were right about the Houthi threat and the West was wrong, so another large-scale confrontation is inevitable.…
Author: Michael Knights
Last year’s Washington Institute forum on post-Soleimani succession suggested that the IRGC would lose a unique coordinating capability and its…
Actions like the travel ban on Iraqis could have the unintended effect of derailing the U.S. alliance with Baghdad –…
Part 1 of this three-part PolicyWatch covered the ground campaign (seehttp://washin.st/1LMXKHC); part 3 will cover the naval campaign. ****************************** The…
The Iraqi government’s fight against ISIS is less important than how it deals with the impending economic crisis and the…
Since regaining Tikrit, the Iraqi government has seemingly listened to Washington’s advice about delaying an undermanned campaign to retake Mosul,…