Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Lebanese government—reacting four years too late—should have had a policy on the Syrian crisis from the start of the conflict to ensure the livelihoods of the Syrian refugees and their host communities.
U.S.-led air raids have struck Syrian rebels not linked to the Islamic State, expanding the coalitions raids for the second time to other groups fighting in Syria, including Ahrar al-Sham and the Nusra Front.
Empowering local partners on the ground is going to be a long-term challenge.
Kobani is a town of incredible significance for the Syrian and Turkish Kurds, but looking at its strategic significance to U.S. strategy, it appears secondary.
What can the EU do to prevent its citizens from leaving for Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State and becoming a domestic threat once they return to European soil?
The U.S.-led air strikes threaten to alienate more moderate groups in Syria.
A growing number of countries are joining the U.S.-led fight against ISIS, one of the world’s most well-funded terrorist groups.
Will President Obama’s U.N. speech and Security Council resolution resonate with leaders of Muslim countries and others around the world?
The global response to the Islamic State is playing directly into the hands of militants.
Airstrikes targeting the Islamic State, as well as regional involvement with the United States, could produce an extra surge of recruits and provide more momentum and grist to the jihadist group.