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The Bishop and the Prime Minister: Mediating Conflict in the Nineveh Plains

Originally published in the LSE Middle East Centre blog by IRIS Director of Research and Policy, Mac Skelton, and AUIS Student Karam Bahnam in January 2019. This blog post is part of the LSE research project Public Authority and Iraq’s Disputed Territories led by Christine van den Toorn,...

Anti-ISIS Operations in Syria: Assessing Scenarios after the U.S. Withdrawal

U.S. Marine Corps firing a howitzer in Syria, June 2017. Photo Credit: Sgt. Matthew Callahan, U.S. Marine Corps

JOHN HOLLAND-MCCOWAN

On January 11, the spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition against the so-called Islamic State (otherwise known as ISIS) announced the beginning of the withdrawal of the approximately 2,000 U.S. troops stationed in Syria. Yet since President Trump’s sudden announcement of his plan to pull...

Regional Dynamics: What now for the US, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia?

Anitkabir / Ataturk's Mausoleum, Ankara, Turkey. Photo Credit: Barin Kayaoglu

BARIN KAYAOĞLU

Since 2 October, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to bolster his domestic and international standing by putting pressure...

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