by Foreign Policy | Dec 29, 2015 | Monitor
By: Foreign Policy "With Iraqi forces claiming victory in Ramadi, Baghdad finds itself facing a pair of difficult tests."
by Voice of America | Dec 29, 2015 | Monitor
By: Voice of America "Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi visited Ramadi Tuesday after government forces recaptured the government compound in the key western city."
by Ajit Maan | Dec 29, 2015 | Monitor
By: Ajit Maan The term “terrorist organization” offers little insight and limits our understanding and approach. ISIS is an insurgent organization using terrorism as a tactic.
by David S. Maxwell | Dec 29, 2015 | Monitor
By: David S. Maxwell With the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2016 the United States Congress has embraced what Russia, Iran, China, Al Qaeda and even ISIS have long known.
by zen | Dec 28, 2015 | Monitor
[by Mark Safranski, a.k.a. “zen“] My usual yuletide haul of books received and purchased…. The Last of the President’s Men by Bob Woodward Being Nixon: A Man Divided by Evan Thomas Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern...