Maj. Jonathan Bate, author of the MWI Report “Adding Rigor to Stability and Reconstruction Operations,” and MWI Adjunct Scholars Andrew Bacevich and Daniel Bolger contributed their thoughts to a TIME article entitled “ISIS: How to Beat Them & Save Iraq.”
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MWI Adjunct Scholar Andrew Bacevich spoke to West Point cadets, staff, and faculty about more than 40 years of U.S. interventionism in the Middle East.
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On September 6, 2016, Eric Maddox, author of the book Mission: Black List #1, spoke to a packed auditorium of cadets, staff, and faculty about his role in the capture of Saddam Hussein.
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MWI sits down with Dr. Benedetta Berti, researcher, author, and TED speaker to discuss the rise of violent non-state actors and how security professionals should understand them.
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In this Democracy and Security Journal article, Nelly Lahoud and MWI Director Liam Collins argue that the counterterrorism (CT) community failed to anticipate the Islamic State.
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On 04 April 2016, the USMA Cadet Debate Team debated whether the United States should deploy conventional ground forces to conduct combat operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
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On April 8, the Modern War Institute invited Dr. Stathis Kalyvas of Yale and Dr. Laia Balcells of Duke to discuss the question: Is ISIS a group of revolutionary insurgents or a band of terrorists?
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MWI’s Lionel Beehner is interviewed in the new PBS “Great Decisions” series of documentaries on ISIS, the Kurds, and war in the Middle East.
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