Tag: Syria
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Northern Syria’s Status Quo: Kind Words and Cruel Airstrikes
By David Islay // Putin and Erdogan like to look friendly for the cameras, but Moscow and Ankara oppose each other in almost every regional conflict in which they are involved. Their friendship is not meant to last.
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A Forgotten Tragedy: Will War Return to Southern Syria?
By David Islay // Three years after the supposed end of the war in Daraa, it seems more likely than ever that the government will attempt to extend its rule over all of Syria by any means necessary.
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Syria, Yugoslavia, and A Lesson for America
By Coleman Hopkins //
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An (In)Visible Enemy: Climate Change
Thwaites Glacier. Image credit: NASA By Natalie Wu With the conclusion of the Iraq War and the winding down of the War in Afghanistan, there has been a new consensus in Washington D.C. that “great power competition” is replacing terrorism as the primary threat to U.S. national security. This viewpoint is most clearly articulated…
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Here’s a List of All the Constitutional Clauses Authorizing the President’s Airstrikes on Syria
By Andrew Doris …