SFS faculty have been active participants in the national conversation about the growing power of the terrorist group ISIS in Iraq and Syria and what that means for the future of Iraq.
This is a collection of those stories.
- Obama’s long-term ISIS strategy could hurt Dems in the short term
Kenneth Pollack quoted for The Hill, October 14 - Why the Bombing Campaign in Syria Isn’t Working Well
Paul Pillar for The National Interest, October 14 - We shouldn’t stop terrorists from tweeting
Daniel Byman for The Washington Post, October 9 - Be Afraid, Be Just a Little Afraid
Daniel Byman for Slate, October 2 - An Army to Defeat Assad
Kenneth Pollack for Foreign Affairs, September/October issue - Homeward Bound? Don’t Hype the Threat of Returning Jihadists
Daniel Byman for Foreign Affairs, September 30 - The Anti-ISIL strategy: Let’s whack another mole and hope it’s the last
Robert Egnell for War on the Rocks, September 24 - Why are al-Qaeda inspired groups like Islamic State growing?
Bruce Hoffman quoted for AP, September 16 - Islamic State Remains Distant Threat to U.S. Homeland
Daniel Byman and Paul Pillar quoted for BusinessWeek, September 12 - Is It Necessary to Destroy Iraq to Save It?
Daniel Byman for Brookings, September 10 - What’s Next for Iraq and the Middle East
Colin Kahl interviewed for Council on Foreign Relations, September 10 - Obama to Woo Skeptical Allies in Islamic State Offensive
Kenneth Pollack and Paul Pillar quoted for Bloomberg, September 8 - Six places ISIS might be
Daniel Byman quoted for The Hill, September 7 - Brutal Efficiency: The Secret to Islamic State’s Success
Bruce Hoffman quoted for The Wall Street Journal, September 3 - A Strategy for Beating the Islamic State
Dennis Ross for Politico, September 2 - U.S. Considers Threat Posed if Islamists Establish State
Bruce Hoffman quoted for The Wall Street Journal, August 29 - Despite Islamic State’s Resources, U.S. May Not Be Its Prime Target
Bruce Hoffman interviewed for NPR, August 29 - What We Know About The Americans Fighting in Syria
Daniel Byman interviewed for Here and Now, August 27 - ISIS in Perspective
Paul Pillar for The National Interest, August 25 - Sunni-Shi’ite Divide Threatens Middle East Stability
Bruce Hoffman quoted for Voice of America, August 23 - How Isil is funded, trained and operating in Iraq and Syria
Paul Sullivan quoted for The Telegraph, August 23 - A Plan to Fight the Islamic State
Daniel Byman for The Wall Street Journal, August 22 - Obama makes ISIS enemy No. 1
Kenneth Pollack quoted for The Hill, August 22 - Islamic State Uses Online Strategies to Get Their Message Out
Bruce Hoffman interviewed for NPR, August 21 - Despite Threat, U.S. Launches More Airstrikes in Iraq
Bruce Hoffman interviewed for Here and Now, August 21 - A Terrorist Horror, Then Golf: Incongruity Fuels Obama Critics
Bruce Hoffman quoted for The New York Times, August 21 - Germany to Arm Kurds as Europe Shocked Into Helping Iraq
Paul Sullivan quoted for Bloomberg, August 20 - Islamic State: What factors have fueled the rise of militants?
Bruce Hoffman quoted for The Guardian, August 20 - With Maliki Gone, Can Iraq’s New Prime Minister Put His Country Back Together?
Colin Kahl quoted for Foreign Policy, August 14 - Iraq: Understanding the ISIS Offensive Against the Kurds
Kenneth Pollack for Brookings, August 11 - Iraq Needs Global Response, Not Just U.S.: Sullivan
Paul Sullivan interviewed for BloombergTV, August 11 - U.S. Weighs Options to Rescue Desperate Yazidis From Iraqi Mountain
Kenneth Pollack quoted for Reuters, August 11 - Obama Praises Selection of Iraqi PM-designate
Paul Sullivan quoted for Voice of America, August 11 - Abbott’s new counter-terrorism laws versus the internet
Bruce Hoffman quoted for The Sidney Morning Herald, August 9 - Fears Rise in Northern Iraq Despite U.S. Support
Kenneth Pollack quoted for Time, August 8 - Yezidis Aided by Obama Have Long History of Persecution in Iraq
John Esposito quoted for Bloomberg, August 8 - U.S. Strategy Relies on New Baghdad Leadership
Kenneth Pollack quoted for The Wall Street Journal, August 8 - US airstrikes in Iraq: Who are the Yazidis?
Kenneth Pollack interviewed for KPCC Southern California Public Radio, August 8 - Obama Allows Limited Airstrikes on ISIS
Kenneth Pollack quoted for The New York Times, August 7 - U.S. Weighs Aid Drops, Airstrikes on Islamist Militants in Iraq
Paul Sullivan quoted for Bloomberg Businessweek, August 7 - Kurds use well-oiled lobbying to plead for help in Washington
Kenneth Pollack quoted for Reuters, August 7 - Militants Target Second Iraqi Dam as Infrastructure Attacked
Paul Sullivan quoted for Bloomberg, August 5 - Other crises muscle onto world stage just as Iraq is coming undone
Kenneth Pollack quoted for Yahoo News, July 28 - How to Save Iraq: This is the best, or the least bad, solution to the current crisis
Kenneth Pollack for the New Republic, July 22 - A surge of fighters into Iraq and Syria stokes worry about plots targeting US
Daniel Byman quoted for West Hawaii Today, July 20 - The ISIL caliphate: Crisis or chimera?
John Esposito quoted for Singapore Institute of International Affairs, July 17 - Saudis On Alert at Iraq Border for Conflict Spillover
Paul Sullivan quoted for Bloomberg News, July 16 - ISIL May Target Mecca for Destruction
Yvonne Haddad quoted for AhlulBayt News Agency, July 13 - U.S. Intelligence Officials Want ISIL Fighters to Keep Tweeting
Kalev Leetaru quoted for Mashable, July 11 - ISIS destroys shrines and mosques, may be targeting Mecca
Yvonne Haddad quoted for Fox News, July 10 - That Map Of The ISIS 5-Year Conquest Plan? Flawed, Experts Say
John Esposito quoted for International Business Times, July 7 - The ISIS Paradox: A Mirage or Mortal Threat?
Ross Harrison for The National Interest, July 7 - How ISIL Is Financing Its War Machine: Terror 2.0
Paul Sullivan quoted for Eurasia Review, July 6 - Foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria are joining a long tradition
Bruce Hoffman quoted for the Sydney Morning Herald, July 5 - Five myths about the Islamic State
Daniel Byman for The Washington Post, July 3 - Militant Group In Iraq Proves It’s Learned From Al Qaida’s Mistakes
Bruce Hoffman for NPR, July 3 - Iraq crisis: ISIS social media blitz could be its downfall
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross quoted for CBC News, July 2 - ISIL ‘Caliphate’ May Be a Strategic Error: Sullivan
Paul Sullivan for Bloomberg TV, June 30 - Special Report: How Iraq’s Maliki defined limits of U.S. power
Kenneth Pollack quoted for Reuters, June 30 - Beside A Crumbling Iraq, Iran Looks On With Alarm Bells Ringing
Colin Kahl quoted for NPR’s All Things Considered, June 30 - The Iraqi Government Seems Helpless to Stop ISIS’s New Caliphate
Kenneth Pollack quoted for Time, June 30 - The rise of the new caliph, ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghadi
Paul Sullivan quoted for Al Arabiya News, June 30 - What Is A Caliphate? ISIS Declaration Raises Questions
John Esposito quoted for Huffington Post, June 30 - Aid to Syrian Rebels: How does It End?
Paul Pillar for The National Interest, June 29 - Western Fighters Answer Mideast Extremists’ Clarion Call
Bruce Hoffman quoted for NPR Weekend Edition, June 28 - No clear military solution for Iraq crisis
Daniel Byman quoted for Middle East Online, June 27 - Crisis in Iraq: many power players, few military options
Daniel Byman quoted for The Economic Times, June 27 - Obama wants $500 million to train Syrian rebels. Now what?
David Maxwell quoted for The Washington Post, June 27 - Kerry Finds U.S. Vision a Hard Sell Amid Mideast Turmoil
Colin Kahl quoted for Bloomberg, June 26 - Looted Banks Fund Iraq Fighters Eying Wealth Al-Qaeda Never Had
Paul Sullivan quoted for Businessweek, June 26 - ISIS Brings Business Acumen to Violent Jihad
Paul Pillar quoted for NPR’s All Things Considered, June 25 - US Renews Call for Unity in Iraq
Colin Kahl quoted for Voice of America, June 25 - Why ISIS Seizing Weapons and Aircrafts May Not Help it Crush Maliki’s Forces
Colin Kahl quoted for International Business Times, June 25 - How Much Does A Terrorist Attack Cost? A Lot Less Than You’d Think
Bruce Hoffman quoted for NPR, June 25 - The peshmerga and the Iraqi army just love to hate on each other
Kenneth Pollack quoted for GlobalPost, June 25 - Now controlled by Kurds, Kirkuk oil fields are up for grabs
Kenneth Pollack quoted for The National, June 24 - Obama – Caught Between Iraq and a Hard Place
Jon-Christopher Bua for the Huffington Post, June 23 - ‘Double Standard’? Concern on Capitol Hill over immunity for US troops in Iraq
Colin Kahl quoted for FoxNews.com, June 23 - Relief Over U.S. Exit From Iraq Fades as Reality Overtakes Hope
Colin Kahl quoted for The New York Times, June 22 - People who are making sense about Iraq
Kenneth Pollack quoted for The Christian Science Monitor, June 20 - Three Questions About the Deployment of American Advisors to Iraq
Kenneth Pollack for Brookings Up Front Blog, June 20 - Striking Distance
Daniel Byman for Foreign Policy, June 19 - White House beginning to consider conflicts in Syria and Iraq as single challenge
Colin Kahl quoted in The Washington Post, June 19 - How Nouri al-Maliki fell out of favour with the US
Colin Kahl quoted for The Guardian, June 19 - Iraq war: Here are the worst and best scenarios
Kenneth Pollack quoted for CNBC, June 19 - Obama Sending 300 Advisers to Help Iraq Battle Insurgency, Ready to Take ‘Targeted’ Action
Colin Kahl quoted for Bloomberg, June 19 - Obama’s tough options on Iraq
Daniel Byman quoted for Arab News, June 19 - Shi’ite, Sunni leaders call for unity
Colin Kahl on MSNBC’s Hardball, June 17 - Foreign Pulse: US-Iran to the rescue?
Charles Kupchan quoted in Deccan Chronicle, June 17 - Obama Courting Iran for Help in Iraq Risks Backlash
Colin Kahl quoted for Bloomberg, June 17 - What, Exactly, Are U.S. Interests in Iraq’s Turmoil?
Bruce Hoffman quoted for NPR, June 17 - Any airstrikes on Iraq will be risky for Obama
Colin Kahl quoted in The Japan Times, June 17 - Jihadi Recruitment in Riyadh Revives Saudi Arabia’s Greatest Fear
Paul Sullivan quoted for Bloomberg News, June 16 - No, Obama Didn’t Lose Iraq: What the president’s critics got wrong
Colin Kahl for Politico Magazine, June 15 - ISIS Challenge in Iraq: Let the Neighbors Lead
Paul Pillar for The National Interest, June 15 - The Real Causes of Iraq’s Problems
Shireen Hunter for LobeLog foreign policy, June 14 - Iraq Military Situation Report
Kenneth Pollack for Brookings Up Front blog, June 14 - The State of Terror
Daniel Byman for Slate, June 13 - In Iraq, Obama has a choice: Bad guys or bad government
Daniel Byman for The Washington Post, June 13 - Obama rules out sending ground troops to Iraq
Colin Kahl quoted in the Los Angeles Times, June 13 - Panic over the ISIS Offensive in Iraq: “Everyone should take a deep breath.”
Paul Pillar for The National Interest, June 12 - Iraq’s second largest city falls to insurgents, threatening oil sectorPaul Sullivan quoted for Financial Post, June 11