ISN Weekly Theme: US Achievements in Iraq
In the wake of US troop withdrawals from Iraqi cities and with the scheduling of full withrawal still ahead, the ISN looks at the past, present and future of US involvement in Iraq. With a new...
View ArticleIs Afghanistan a Sinking Boat? Anxiety about the 2014 Withdrawal
The withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by 2014 has been the central foreign policy issue of both of Obama’s Presidential campaigns. American citizens seem to generally support the initiative,...
View ArticleWhat Afghans Want From the West
The date of the withdrawal of most of Western forces from Afghanistan is approaching but the war and the state of the war in Afghanistan continue. The US consolidates its strategic military bases in...
View ArticleAustria’s Withdrawal from the Golan Heights: A Hasty Good-Bye
On the 6th of June, after only two hours of reflection, the Austrian government ordered the withdrawal of its peacekeepers from the Golan Heights, thus ending its 39-year engagement in the area. In an...
View ArticleBurden-Sharing within NATO: Facts from Germany for the Current Debate
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 7 August 2018. Professor Rachel Epstein’s interview with Professor Donald Abenheim of the Naval Postgraduate School and...
View ArticleWhat Does the US Troop Withdrawal Mean for Syria?
This article was originally published by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on 19 December 2018. On Wednesday, the White House announced that it will “fully” and “rapidly” withdraw the U.S....
View ArticleWho Gains from Trump’s Sudden Syrian Withdrawal?
This article was originally published by the ASPI’s The Strategist on 16 October 2019. President Donald Trump has upended American policy in Syria, and possibly in the entire Middle East, in one...
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