Syria: the new endgame
Highly tangled conflict lies behind the tide of human misery.
David Kilcullen
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Ramp up the force to defeat Islamic State
The US-led coalition’s campaign clearly isn’t working in its present form. Here’s what needs to change.
How to defeat Islamic State
The US-led coalition’s campaign clearly isn’t working in its present form. Here’s what needs to change.
No holds barred in Iraqi war
A DECISIVE new phase in the war against Islamic State began this week.
Remote control terror
A new wave of militants is emerging, those who are being radicalised without ever meeting their recruiters.
We need a complete strategic rethink
THE West’s post-9/11 strategy has failed. We’ve got to do better now.
Islamic State must be crushed
THE West must help bring order to the menacing arc of instability in the Middle East and Africa.
Surge provided balm for sorry mess
IN my view, the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 was an extremely serious strategic error. However, the task of moment is not to cry over spilled milk but to help clean it up: a task in which the surge, the comprehensive counterinsurgency approach and our troops on the ground are admirably succeeding.
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