What shock-and-awe accomplished for Putin in Syria
With Syria, Vladimir Putin wanted the world to know Russia is once again a major military player. Mission accomplished.
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ISIS
Why the Islamic State keeps winning over our young
The Killing Game examines the foreign-fighter phenomenon
What a former special-ops commander thinks of Trudeau’s ISIS plan
Steve Day, the former head of Canada’s JTF-2 special-operations task force, assesses the ins and outs of Canada’s tactical shift in the fight against ISIS
Trudeau’s ISIS policy gets an assist from Obama—and Harper
A Trudeau retreat would be easier to spot if Harper had done more in the first place
On fighting Islamic State, Trudeau’s message is muddled
The Prime Minister’s top soldier upstaged him in justifying Canada’s transition plan, writes John Geddes
The Sunni vs. Shia schism, and why it matters 1,300 years later
It would be simplistic to say the sectarian outrage over Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shia cleric was only religion-driven—and would ignore key history
How a prophecy can help us better understand Islamic State
William McCants on the apocalyptic End Times prophecies that drive Islamic State, why it’s so dangerous—and why it is so difficult to defeat
Prepare for a whole new refugee crisis in 2016
The defeat of ISIS will unleash a new flood of refugees just as nations try to seal their borders
Why Trudeau is lost on the Middle East
The many ways the Prime Minister’s position on the fight against ISIS is still shot through with contradictions
ISIS in Syria: Letter from Washington
The Americans are writing to allies asking them to do more. Canada’s on the list.