May 22, 2019

In or Out? What Should the U.S. Do in Syria?

By: Nicholas Heras, Frances Z. Brown, Melissa Dalton and Loren DeJonge Schulman

Nicholas A. Heras asks three notable experts on U.S. national security decision making—Frances Z. Brown, Melissa Dalton, and Loren DeJonge Schulman—whether the United States should remain committed to maintaining a presence in Syria, and if President Trump is right that all that remains for the U.S. in Syria is "sand and death."

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While Kirkuk remains contested, risks of destabilisation will continue to hang over Iraq and the Sudani government....

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It will require immense political will and courage to reform an Iraqi defense establishment that continues to perpetually hollow itself through corruption, indifference, and o...

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- European Council on Foreign Relations
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Leaders are concerned with the economic wellbeing of their citizens in a transforming, and less oil reliant, world....

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Jonathan Lord joins AL-Hadath to explain some of the challenges facing United States Department of Defense in providing air defense systems to the Kurdistan Regional Governmen...

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