Panel: Law Authorizing ISIS Strikes Could Be Up For Review When Congress Returns
Because the 2001 Authorization of the Use of Military Force “has no sunset” or “geographic limits,” a panel of legal…
Panel: Tackling ISIS Requires A Mix of Diplomacy and Military Action
Shortly before the United States and some Sunni Arab nations attacked targets with aircraft and cruise missiles against targets of…
The Implications of Expanding ISIS Airstrikes Into Syria
The start of U.S. airstrikes in Syria early Tuesday morning local time marks a major expansion of the air campaign…
Updated: Congress Approves Funds for Moderate Syrian Fighters
The Senate vote of 78-22 to approve a temporary spending bill that included money to support training of vetted Syrian…
Opinion: The Growing Cost of the Third Iraq War
As of Sept. 10, the Third Iraq War is now official. While some debate whether we should call it a…
HASC’s McKeon: ‘Go All-In Now’ Against ISIS
While generally supporting President Barack Obama’s announced strategy to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL),…
Opinion: The Strategic Communication Goals Behind Obama’s ISIS Speech
A version of this piece originally appeared in the Center for International Maritime Security’s NextWar blog. Thirteen years ago America…
Comprehensive Anti-ISIS Air Campaign Includes Syria
The U.S. will launch a comprehensive air campaign to exterminate the Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS or…
Cheney: Islamic Fundamentalists Not In Decline, Isolationist Republicans Are ‘Dead Wrong’
Former Vice President Dick Cheney said President Barack Obama was wrong in asserting that the threat from Islamic fundamentalists to…
Opinion: Searching for a Strategy to Defeat ISIS
The news on the crisis with Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or ISIL) is moving so fast that…