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The Evolution of the Peshmerga vs. the Case of Islamic State in Iraq

... (dependent on the constitutional form the KRG will take in the future) will also determine the orientation 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 ...

17.04.2018

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U.S.-Iranian Policy in Iraq: Distrust Vs Interests

... fall to Sunni Islamists it would not pose any particular problem for Washington, since the ultimate goal of diverting Iran’s attention from Palestine and the Gulf countries would have been achieved . Tehran is interested in maintaining a secular Iraq and considers the U.S. policy in Kurdistan almost as an existential threat, no less dangerous than the one that comes emanating the Islamic State. However, while pushing southward, the Islamists turned around and launched an offensive on the Kurdish territories, and this meant the situation for the United States changed dramatically. As a result, Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan,...

25.08.2014

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