Joe Biden has Bombed Syria. Tell the President to use Diplomacy, not War.

The 2003 invasion and occupation of Iraq by U.S. and British forces was a momentous event for Iraq, the region, and the world.  Since then, Iraq has experienced political instability, corruption, deteriorating public services, economic decline, Da’esh (Islamic State/ISIS) terrorism, and several protest waves (e.g., […]

  Remarks Presented by Valentine Moghadam at the Syria • ISIS • Middle East Violence • and the Next President Forum Val Moghadam – 1st February 2016 at Suffolk University Law School The crisis in the Middle East is not specific to the region but is […]

Last night the U.S. conducted air strikes in Iraq in response to a rocket attack on Camp Taji, a U.S. base in Iraq.  The New York Times covered the story, but although the reports mentioned “malign efforts from Iran and its proxies” without apparent irony, […]