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5 Questions by Which to Judge Obama’s Decision to Return U.S. Forces to Combat

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Peter D. Feaver
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From Electricity to Sewage, U.S. Intelligence Says the Islamic State Is Fast Learning How to Run a Country

The Cable
Yochi Dreazen
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The Soldiers of Sinjar

Portraits of ragtag fighters from Sinjar, Iraq, rallying to protect their homeland.

Feature
Andrew Quilty
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FP’s Situation Report: Iraqis may have all but retaken the Mosul dam; The Guard deploys to Ferguson; Ukrainian forces claim they’ve snagged a key rebel town; Bob Work to Asia; and a bit more.

Situation Report
Gordon Lubold with Nathaniel Sobel
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Countries in Crisis at Record High

The Cable
Kate Brannen
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The Pinprick President

Barack Obama needs to go to war with the Islamic State, or it will go to war with America.

Argument
James Jeffrey
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Obama’s Concession on Iraq Might Be a Turning Point for His Foreign Policy

Shadow Government 2009-2017
Peter D. Feaver
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FP’s Situation Report: Maliki to step down; Administration’s Sinjar Surprise; Kerry forced onto commercial flight; Sinclair’s PR firm up for an award; Kirby won’t do happy dance; and a bit more.

Situation Report
Gordon Lubold
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Sinjar Surprise: How the U.S. May Have Misjudged the Refugee Situation in Iraq

The Complex
Gordon Lubold, Kate Brannen
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With Maliki Gone, Can Iraq’s New Prime Minister Put His Country Back Together?

The Cable
Yochi Dreazen
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In Iraq, Maliki Throws in the Towel

The Cable
John Hudson, Yochi Dreazen
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Iraq’s City of Orphans

The world came to the rescue of the refugees on Mount Sinjar -- so why does it continue to ignore thousands more Iraqi minorities who face imminent threat of extermination by jihadists?

Argument
Michael Knights
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Is the Islamic State Exterminating the Language of Jesus?

We may be watching the deliberate destruction of Aramaic, unfolding in real time.

Feature
Ross Perlin
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After Centuries of Persecution, Yazidis Advocate Final Exodus From Iraq

The Cable
John Hudson
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Obama Pledge to Keep Troops Out of Combat May Fall Flat

The Complex
Gordon Lubold

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5 Questions by Which to Judge Obama’s Decision to Return U.S. Forces to Combat

From Electricity to Sewage, U.S. Intelligence Says the Islamic State Is Fast Learning How to Run a Country

The Soldiers of Sinjar

FP’s Situation Report: Iraqis may have all but retaken the Mosul dam; The Guard deploys to Ferguson; Ukrainian forces claim they’ve snagged a key rebel town; Bob Work to Asia; and a bit more.

Countries in Crisis at Record High

The Pinprick President

Obama’s Concession on Iraq Might Be a Turning Point for His Foreign Policy

FP’s Situation Report: Maliki to step down; Administration’s Sinjar Surprise; Kerry forced onto commercial flight; Sinclair’s PR firm up for an award; Kirby won’t do happy dance; and a bit more.

Sinjar Surprise: How the U.S. May Have Misjudged the Refugee Situation in Iraq

With Maliki Gone, Can Iraq’s New Prime Minister Put His Country Back Together?

In Iraq, Maliki Throws in the Towel

Iraq’s City of Orphans

Is the Islamic State Exterminating the Language of Jesus?

After Centuries of Persecution, Yazidis Advocate Final Exodus From Iraq

Obama Pledge to Keep Troops Out of Combat May Fall Flat

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