After eight months of fighting for Mosul, Iraqi troops are closing in on the last of ISIS’s forces in the city. The government’s recovery of the main ISIS stronghold in Iraq will open a new phase in the country’s struggle for stability. Iraq must resolve longstanding domestic conflicts that contributed to ISIS’ rise in the first place and avert new cycles of vengeance arising from the terrorists’ brutal, three-year reign in Iraq’s northwest.
Following Iraq’s defeat of ISIS, the country must manage a web of internal challenges and conflicts, many deepened by the war. As the country...
On July 25, USIP hosted a conversation on Sri Lanka’s trajectory since the Aragalaya protests last year. The discussion examined the island’s economic recovery,...
China-Venezuela relations were strong at the outset of the 21st Century, but there are indications that China may be growing dissatisfied with the status...