Tag "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant"
Middle East/North Africa
Politics
ISIL in Iraq Series: What does ISIL mean for Iraqi Kurdistan?
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has moved onto the Kurdistan Regional Governorate’s doorstep, killing and plundering its way from Mosul to near Baghdad. Some champions of Kurdistan see
Middle East/North Africa
Security
ISIL in Iraq Series: Iraq-Turkey economic ties survive ISIL
ISIL is proving to be not just a political threat to Iraq, but an economic one too. Nevertheless, Iraq-Turkey trade and investment prospects will not suffer as ruinous a decline
Middle East/North Africa
Security
Why Iraq is not a new Vietnam
It was fashionable in 2007 to label the Iraq War as the next Vietnam. It was easy to draw parallels – weak local allies, a post-invasion quagmire, insurgency, inability to
