The Liberation of Fallujah, the Fall of Baghdad
Securing the Iraqi capital won’t be easy, but keeping Baghdad safe from the Islamic State is the only way to ensure it doesn’t fall to Shiite militias.
David Bosco
Rosa Brooks
Thanassis Cambanis
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laurie Garrett
Kim Ghattas
Julia Ioffe
Leela Jacinto
Whitney Kassel
Jeffrey Lewis
Aaron David Miller
Suzanne Nossel
Thomas E. Ricks
David Rothkopf
Kori Schake
Emile Simpson
James Stavridis
Bruce Stokes
James Traub
Stephen M. Walt
Lauren Wolfe
Michela Wrong
Micah Zenko
The Liberation of Mosul Has Begun
But who’s going to lead the fight to take Iraq’s second city back from the Islamic State?
No One Talks About Liberating Mosul Anymore
It’s time to let the U.S. military get creative with partners on the ground — and let pilots above open a can of whoop-ass on the Islamic State.
Doubling Down on a Doubtful Strategy
Why the current U.S. plan to win back Iraq only guarantees the Islamic State won’t be defeated.
How to Retake Mosul From the Islamic State
Does the Iraqi Army have the right stuff to win the battle everyone knows is coming -- and handle the messy aftermath?
Iraq’s City of Orphans
The world came to the rescue of the refugees on Mount Sinjar -- so why does it continue to ignore thousands more Iraqi minorities who face imminent threat of extermination by jihadists?
Iraq War III Has Now Begun
As ISIS marches toward Baghdad, can Washington afford to sit on the sidelines?
Doctor’s Orders
How a neurosurgeon from Maryland cleaned up one of the most notoriously violent cities in Iraq.
Yes, Iraq Is Unraveling
And it's about to become Obama's problem all over again.
Blind in Baghdad
Mesopotamia is once again descending into sectarian violence. Too bad nobody in the United States understands what's happening on the ground.
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About Michael Knights
Michael Knights is a Lafer fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He travels regularly to Iraq and has written a number of books and reports on the country's security and politics, most recently The Iraqi Security Forces: Local Context and U.S. Assistance.
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