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Was ISIS Inevitable?

Posted on April 4, 2015. Tags: Baathist, Counter-terrorism, independence, Iraq, Iraq war, ISIL, ISIS, Islam, Islamic State, Middle East, Nouri al Maliki, Saddam, Shi'a, Sunni, Syria, Terrorism, World

ISIS’ exploits dominate headlines, horrifying witnesses around the world. As a history graduate who specialised in researching the rise of Islam, its culture, and its creation of a complex and inspiring civilisation, the recent destruction of millennia old artefacts have almost reduced me to tears. As we now watch and condemn the destruction of priceless […]

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Posted in Conflict, Humanitarian Intervention, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Political Security, Refugees, Religion, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World

Iraq in 2015: An Interview with Iraq Analyst Joel Wing

Posted on December 31, 2014. Tags: Counter-terrorism, Counterinsurgency, Daesh, Haider al Abadi, Insurgency, Iraq, Iraqi army, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Joel Wing, Musings on Iraq, Nouri al Maliki, Terrorism

Robert Tollast sits down with Joel Wing, author of the excellent Musings on Iraq blog, to discuss the coming year in Iraq. Joel has made his blog an expansive online resource for Iraq analysis and it is now one of the main on-line forums for academic discussion of Iraq, recently hosting a 24 expert review of the […]

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Posted in Conflict, Interviews, Iraq, Middle East, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, World