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"'If Iran is indeed behind these attacks, it would demonstrate that the country's key decision makers feel the risk of military escalation is one worth taking.' "
Why might Iran be behind the tanker attacks?
In The News, 14 June 2019 Tags: Iraq, Middle East and North Africa
The US–Turkey Strategic Stalemate
RUSI Newsbrief, 13 June 2019
Michael Stephens
Despite Daesh’s military defeat there remains a significant clash between the US and Turkey about Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria. Should Washington continue to support the Kurds?
Tags: Turkey, United States, Iraq, Counterinsurgency, Syria, Global Security Issues
"“It’s not surprising that we’ve seen groups like this break away. There have been arrests and infighting inside the Badr organisation over the past few months," Mr Watling told The National.
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Iraq: powerful Shiite party faces splinter group
In The News, 4 March 2019 Tags: Iraq, Military Sciences, Middle East and North Africa
"[From 02:39:20 onward] They have gone underground, there are estimates that there are 10,000 ISIL fighters in Iraq and Syria. Some are foreign, some are local. There will be challenges in Iraq and Syria, of what to do with those detained, because neither country is obviously capable of managing such large loads. There are numerous internally displaced people, in Iraq it's 1,800,000 and and many of them are perceived to have links to ISIL and are not welcomed back to their community. So there are going to be enormous challenges. "
Today Programme 15/02/18
In The News, 15 February 2019 Tags: Iraq, Syria, Middle East and North Africa
"At the moment ISIS has not yet been defeated, militarily yes, things are looking good, but stabilisation operations will be going on for years to come. "
Pulling US troops from Syria is conditional, says Bolton
In The News, 7 January 2019 Tags: Leadership Centre, Iraq, Syria, The War on Terror, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
"“The lesson in operations in the Middle East has been that body armor saves lives, so the default is to put it all on,” says Jack Watling of UK defense think tank RUSI. "
The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More Weight Than Ever
In The News, 26 December 2018 Tags: Iraq, Military Sciences, Middle East and North AfricaPages
Judge the Iraqi Government by its Achievements
Commentary, 5 October 2018Jack Watling
Iraq’s post-electoral stalemate is over. But the hard work is just about to begin.
International Security Studies, Iraq, Military Sciences, Global Security Issues
Iraqi Kurds: A Referendum Which May Make History
Commentary, 25 September 2017Michael Stephens
Iraqi Kurds have voted in an independence referendum few in either the Middle East or the rest of the world thought wise. But that was the easy part – gaining independence will be much more difficult.
Iraq, Middle East and North Africa
Hybrid Warfare in the Middle East: We Must Do Better
Commentary, 7 March 2017Clovis Meath Baker
There is something about the way our opponents confront us, the way they combine different military and non-military measures in campaigns that have clear political objectives that we find really difficult to counter.
Iraq, Syria, Middle East and North Africa
Financial Intelligence and the Evolving Threat from Daesh
Commentary, 27 December 2016Tom Keatinge
As the threat from Islamic State evolves, security responses must too. Financial intelligence must continue to play a critical role in identifying and disrupting new threats, in investigating foreign terrorist fighters and prosecuting their supporters.
Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies, AML/CTF, Iraq, Syria, France, Al-Qa'ida, Terrorism, Europe, Middle East and North Africa
Chilcot – The Judgement of History
Commentary, 7 July 2016Michael Clarke
The Iraq Inquiry's devastating critique reveals how Tony Blair led the UK into a strategic blunder from which neither Britain nor the region has so far recovered.
The decade after 9/11, Iraq, The War on Terror, UKPages
Psychological Occupation and Resistance in Mosul
Multimedia, 6 April 2018Mike Stevens on a new study published by RUSI that tells the extraordinary story of how resistance activists and fighters in Mosul ‘punctured Daesh’s image of invincibility’ leading to the city’s...
Tags: Iraq, Middle East and North Africa
ISIS Faces Endgame in Mosul - Karin von Hippel
Multimedia, 29 June 2017 Tags: Iraq, Terrorism, Terrorism
The 2016 Battle of Fallujah
Multimedia, 3 June 2016RUSI Research Fellow Michael Stephens gives his assessment on the Iraqi government's push to retake the strategically important city of Fallujah from Daesh militants.
Tags: RUSI International, Iraq, Middle East and North Africa
The US–Turkey Strategic Stalemate
RUSI Newsbrief, 13 June 2019Michael Stephens
Despite Daesh’s military defeat there remains a significant clash between the US and Turkey about Kurdish-controlled areas in Syria. Should Washington continue to support the Kurds?
Turkey, United States, RUSI Newsbrief, Iraq, Counterinsurgency, Syria, Global Security Issues
Blood Between Us: Psychological Occupation and Resistance in Mosul
RUSI Journal, 6 April 2018Michael Stevens
The resourceful resistance effort in Mosul provides useful lessons on how psychological operations can be effectively countered.
RUSI Journal, Iraq, Resilience
A New State in the Middle East? From the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the Republic of Kurdistan
Briefing Papers, 19 September 2017Gareth Stansfield
The likely result of the upcoming referendum in the Kurdish areas of Iraq will create a dilemma for the Iraqi state and foreign powers.
Briefing Papers, Iraq, Defence Policy, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
New Emerging Trends to an Age-Old Challenge: Stable Governance in Northern Iraq
Conference Reports, 2 June 2017Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, Aaditya Dave, Gareth Stansfield and Stefan Wolff
Report from a roundtable looking at the challenges facing Iraq after Daesh, focusing especially on post-war identities and stable government in the north of the country.
Conference Reports, International Security Studies, Iraq, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
Challenges to Stabilisation in Iraq after the Mosul Operation
Conference Reports, 22 March 2017Aniseh Bassiri Tabrizi, Aaditya Dave, Gareth Stansfield and Stefan Wolff
Report from two roundtables convened to discuss the stabilisation in and challenges facing Iraq after the liberation of Mosul from the hands of Daesh.
Conference Reports, International Security Studies, Iraq, Global Security Issues, Terrorism, Middle East and North AfricaPages
Learning to Fight Daesh
Events, 11 March 2019A lecture by Lieutenant General Jameel Kamil Al Shimary, President of Iraq’s Defence University for Military Studies.
Iraq, Middle East and North Africa
Iraq, Iran and the US: Economic trends in the wake of sanctions
Events, 31 October 2018In association with the Iraq Britain Business Council, RUSI will host a panel discussion on the future of Iraq, its economic and political stability.
RUSI International, Iran, Iraq, Middle East and North Africa
The Iraq Election Results: What next for Iraq’s political stability?
Events, 16 May 2018This panel event, in partnership with the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) assessed the Iraqi election result, the early indications of any political realignment and possible impacts on the...
RUSI International, Iraq, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
A Conversation with Jaffar Hagi, Deputy Speaker of Kurdistan Parliament–Iraq
Events, 15 March 2018Since the referendum on Kurdish independence in September 2017 and the subsequent loss of territory to the Federal Government of Iraq, the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq has been placed in a...
RUSI International, Iraq, Global Security Issues, Middle East and North Africa
A Conversation with Dr Ibrahim al Jaafari, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Iraq
Events, 14 September 2016A briefing by Iraq’s Foreign Minister and Former Prime Minister, Dr Ibrahim al Jaafari.
International Security Studies, Iraq, Middle East and North AfricaPages
"'If Iran is indeed behind these attacks, it would demonstrate that the country's key decision makers feel the risk of military escalation is one worth taking.'"
Why might Iran be behind the tanker attacks?
In The News, 14 June 2019 Tags: Iraq, Middle East and North Africa
"“It’s not surprising that we’ve seen groups like this break away. There have been arrests and infighting inside the Badr organisation over the past few months," Mr Watling told The National. "
Iraq: powerful Shiite party faces splinter group
In The News, 4 March 2019 Tags: Iraq, Military Sciences, Middle East and North Africa
"[From 02:39:20 onward] They have gone underground, there are estimates that there are 10,000 ISIL fighters in Iraq and Syria. Some are foreign, some are local. There will be challenges in Iraq and Syria, of what to do with those detained, because neither country is obviously capable of managing such large loads. There are numerous internally displaced people, in Iraq it's 1,800,000 and and many of them are perceived to have links to ISIL and are not welcomed back to their community. So there are going to be enormous challenges. "
Today Programme 15/02/18
In The News, 15 February 2019 Tags: Iraq, Syria, Middle East and North Africa
"At the moment ISIS has not yet been defeated, militarily yes, things are looking good, but stabilisation operations will be going on for years to come. "
Pulling US troops from Syria is conditional, says Bolton
In The News, 7 January 2019 Tags: Leadership Centre, Iraq, Syria, The War on Terror, Terrorism, Middle East and North Africa
"“The lesson in operations in the Middle East has been that body armor saves lives, so the default is to put it all on,” says Jack Watling of UK defense think tank RUSI. "
The Overloaded Soldier: Why U.S. Infantry Now Carry More Weight Than Ever
In The News, 26 December 2018 Tags: Iraq, Military Sciences, Middle East and North Africa
Transparency in the Backbone of Global Supply Chains: Foreign Trade Zones
Partnerships are at the Core of Modern Deterrence
Sea Training: An Oft Overlooked Strategic Asset