The Evolution of the Peshmerga vs. the Case of Islamic State in Iraq
... of local/regional conflicts. Iraq’s geostrategic position and the peshmerga ’s ability to control border lines with both Syria and the rest of Iraq will prove key factors to the defeat of new insurgents, and safeguard the broader region in which Kurdistan is situated. 1 . Dr. Sebastian Gorka, “How America will be attacked: irregular warfare, the Islamic State, Russia, and China”, Military Review , (September-October 2016) in https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Gorka-IWP-Statement-1-17-NS-ISIS.pdf (last accessed March, 2018). 2 . T.X. Hammes, “The Changing Character of ...