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June 19, 2017

Defense and Security
Why Are Civilian Deaths in Iraq and Syria from U.S. Airstrikes Up 60% Under Trump?

Today, I have an op-ed in the New York Times, which they titled: “Why Is the U.S. Killing So Many Civilians in Syria and Iraq?” The piece documents the sudden increase in civilian deaths from the U.S…

Iraq Mosul airstrikes civilians

November 20, 2015

Political Transitions
Guest Post: Obama, Don’t Cross the Rubicon in Syria

Bogdan Belei is an intern in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. On his way to Rome in 49 BCE, Julius Caesar paused before crossing the Rubicon. With only a single …

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November 5, 2015

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Guest Post: The Islamic State - Where is it now?

Helia Ighani is the assistant director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Preventive Action. Since the self-proclaimed Islamic State captured territory in Iraq and Syria in the summer o…

Islamic State Trucks

October 1, 2015

International Organizations
Guest Post: Making Obama’s Peacekeeping Commitments a Reality

Amelia M. Wolf is a research associate in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. While chairing Monday’s Leaders’ Summit on Peacekeeping, President Obama called on UN…

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September 28, 2015

International Organizations
Guest Post: Closing the Rhetoric-Reality Gap on R2P

Bruce W. Jentleson is a professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and the 2015-16 Kissinger chair at the Kluge Center in the Library of Congress. Jenna Karp is a Duke University…

Syrian Refugees in Serbia