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Precision Lethality and Civilian Harm Mitigation: Challenges and Opportunities in the Future of Warfighting

Foreign Policy Essay

Dangers of Deploying the Military on U.S. Soil

The Foreign Policy Essay: Charles Lister on "The anti-Jihadist Revolt in Syria"

Daniel Byman

Jan 19, 2014

The revolt against the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (greater Syria), usually referred to by its acronym ISIS, is the latest dramatic turn in the Syrian civil war. In the last few weeks, a range of r...
"Afghanistan: A Distant War," by Robert Nickelsberg

Book Review Editor

Jan 13, 2014

Afghanistan: A Distant War Robert Nickelsberg; Foreword by Jon Lee Anderson; Introduction by Ahmad Nader Nadery Prestel U
The Foreign Policy Essay: "Syria's Other Foreign Fighters"

Daniel Byman

Jan 12, 2014

The Syria conflict hasn’t really stayed in Syria. The trickle of Sunni jihadists traveling to Syria to fight quickly became a flood, with their numbers rapidly surpassing those in past wars, the anti-Sov...