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Dispatch from Damascus

By Kyle Orton
Kyle Orton reflects on his recent visit to a Syria still adjusting to life after the fall of... Read more > March 2025

2024 is not 2006. This time Israel is beating Hezbollah

By Kyle Orton
Kyle Orton argues those drawing parallels to Israel’s 2006 are radically mistaken. In 2024 Israel intelligence, planning and... Read more > October 2024

Iran is slowly surrounding Israel with a ‘ring of fire’: On the West’s ongoing appeasement of Tehran and refusal to...

By Kyle Orton
Qasem Soleimani’s ‘ring of fire’ strategic concept envisioned surrounding Israel with IRGC units—in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, Iraq, and... Read more > April 2024

Opinion | Iran now controls three borders with Israel. Hamas’s missile war was a foretaste of what Tehran intends next

By Kyle Orton
Israel has been thwarting Iran’s global terrorist operations but has been less successful closer to home. The IRGC... Read more > June 2021

Book Review | The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US, and Iran’s Global Ambitions

By Kyle Orton
A little over a year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump gave the order to kill Qassem Soleimani, the... Read more > March 2021

Book Review | Your Sons Are at Your Service: Tunisia's Missionaries of Jihad

By Kyle Orton
Early in his new book, Your Sons Are At Your Service: Tunisia’s Missionaries of Jihad, The Washington Institute’s... Read more > May 2020

Obama, Trump and the collapse of the American position in the Middle East

By Kyle Orton
The disastrous foreign policies of two presidents are bringing about the collapse of America’s position in the Middle... Read more > November 2019

Book Review | Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State

By Kyle Orton
Carter Malkasian sets out in Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State... Read more > July 2018

After ISIS Symposium: Can ISIS really be defeated without legitimate local governance? | Kyle Orton

By Kyle Orton
Editorial Introduction to the Symposium: In this symposium, six experts – Kyle Orton, Aymenn al-Tamimi, Craig Whiteside, David... Read more > Autumn 2017

Book Review | The Shell

By Kyle Orton
In Syria, the West has been keen not to repeat the mistakes of Iraq — defined as being... Read more > Summer 2017

Book Review | The Master Plan: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory

By Kyle Orton
Brian Fishman's The Master Plan provides a comprehensive history of the Islamic State’s (IS) strategic evolution, covering the... Read more > Spring 2017

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Dispatch from Damascus

2024 is not 2006. This time Israel is beating Hezbollah

Iran is slowly surrounding Israel with a ‘ring of fire’: On the West’s ongoing appeasement of Tehran and refusal to...

Opinion | Iran now controls three borders with Israel. Hamas’s missile war was a foretaste of what Tehran intends next

Book Review | The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US, and Iran’s Global Ambitions

Book Review | Your Sons Are at Your Service: Tunisia's Missionaries of Jihad

Obama, Trump and the collapse of the American position in the Middle East

Book Review | Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State

After ISIS Symposium: Can ISIS really be defeated without legitimate local governance? | Kyle Orton

Book Review | The Shell

Book Review | The Master Plan: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory

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Dispatch from Damascus

2024 is not 2006. This time Israel is beating Hezbollah

Iran is slowly surrounding Israel with a ‘ring of fire’: On the West’s ongoing appeasement of Tehran and refusal to...

Opinion | Iran now controls three borders with Israel. Hamas’s missile war was a foretaste of what Tehran intends next

Book Review | The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the US, and Iran’s Global Ambitions

Book Review | Your Sons Are at Your Service: Tunisia's Missionaries of Jihad

Obama, Trump and the collapse of the American position in the Middle East

Book Review | Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State

After ISIS Symposium: Can ISIS really be defeated without legitimate local governance? | Kyle Orton

Book Review | The Shell

Book Review | The Master Plan: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Jihadi Strategy for Final Victory

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