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Brick by Brick: Building a Durable Strategy Against ISIS

Maya El-Darzi May 14, 2015

His name was Fadi. He was… References and Footnotes"Homeland Security Secretary Johnson on ISIS, Ebola, and Preventing Homegrown Terrorism," Council on Foreign Relations, September 10, 2014, accessed May 13, 2015, http://www.cfr.org/homeland-security/homeland-security-secretary-johnson-isis-ebola-preventing-homegrown-terrorism/p35716 ↩"ISIS By the Numbers: Foreign Fighter Total Keeps Growing," NBC News, February 28, 2015, accessed May 13, 2015, http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/isis-numbers-foreign-fighter-total-keeps-growing-n314731 ↩"Homeland Security Secretary Johnson on ISIS, Ebola, and Preventing Homegrown Terrorism," Council on Foreign Relations, September 10, 2014, accessed May 13, 2015, http://www.cfr.org/homeland-security/homeland-security-secretary-johnson-isis-ebola-preventing-homegrown-terrorism/p35716 ↩ "FACT SHEET: Strategy to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)," The White House, September 10, 2014, accessed May 13, 2015. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/09/10/fact-sheet-strategy-counter-islamic-state-iraq-and-levant-isil[/ref] Finally, President Obama has ordered systematic airstrikes against ISIS held territories, in hopes of protecting “U.S. personnel and facilities in Baghdad and Erbil…, kill[ing] ISIS fighters, destroy[ing] ISIS equipment, [and] protect[ing] Iraqi critical infrastructure…” Ibid ↩Ibid ↩U.S. Department of Defense, “Operation Inherent Resolve,” April 2015, accessed May 13, 2013, http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2014/0814_iraq ↩RT News, “Jimmy Carter slams Obama’s handling of ISIS: ‘We waited too long,’” October 8, 2014, accessed May 13, 2015, http://rt.com/usa/194224-jimmy-carter-obama-isis ↩Richard Hall, “Just how many civilians have died in the West's campaign against ISIS?” The Week, April 23, 2015, accessed May 13, 2015, http://theweek.com/articles/551128/just-how-many-civilians-have-died-wests-campaign-against-isis ↩ Ibid ↩ "Ready for War with ISIS?" Foreign Affairs, December 14, 2014, accessed May 13, 2015, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/syria/2014-12-14/ready-war-isis ↩Max Boot, "Defeating ISIS," Council on Foreign Relations, November 14, 2014, accessed May 13, 2015 ↩Thomas Ricks, "Fighting ISIS (II): To Work, This Must Be More than Just a Military Operation," Foreign Policy, October 30, 2014, accessed May 13, 2015. http://foreignpolicy.com/2014/10/30/fighting-isis-ii-to-work-this-must-be-more-than-just-a-military-operation ↩

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The Failing War at Home

Christopher Law May 13, 2015

Forty years ago, in June 1971, President… References and Footnotes Kathleen Miles, "Just How Much The War On Drugs Impacts Our Overcrowded Prisons, In One Chart," Huffington Post, March 10, 2014, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/10/war-on-drugs-prisons-infographic_n_4914884.html. ↩Marc Santora, "City’s Annual Cost Per Inmate Is $168,000, Study Finds," The New York Times, August 23, 2013, Accessed August 23, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/nyregion/citys-annual-cost-per-inmate-is-nearly-168000-study-says.html ↩ Jeffery Miron and Jeffery Zwiebel, "Alcohol Consumption During Prohibition," NBER Working Paper Series, 1991. ↩ Tim Nash, "Organized Crime in the 1920's and Prohibition," The Finer Times, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://www.thefinertimes.com/20th-Century-Crime/organised-crime-in-the-1920s.html. ↩ Serena Dai, "A Chart That Says the War on Drugs Isn't Working," The Wire, October 12, 2012, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://www.thewire.com/national/2012/10/chart-says-war-drugs-isnt-working/57913/. ↩ Tina Chen, “Baby in Coma After Police 'Grenade' Dropped in Crib During Drug Raid,” ABC News, May 30, 2014, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/05/baby-in-coma-after-police-grenade-dropped-in-crib-during-drug-raid/ ↩ Matt Ferner, "End The War On Drugs, Say Nobel Prize-Winning Economists," Huffington Post, May 6, 2014, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/end-drug-war_n_5275078.html. ↩Katie Lobosco, "Recreational Pot: $53 Million in Tax Revenue to Colorado," CNN Money, February 12, 2015, Accessed May 8, 2015, http://money.cnn.com/2015/02/12/news/economy/colorado-marijuana-tax-revenue/. ↩Carol Tice, "Comedian Tommy Chong's Plan To Become Legal Pot's Sam Walton," Forbes, December 11, 2014, accessed May 8, 2015,  http://www.forbes.com/sites/caroltice/2014/12/11/comedian-tommy-chongs-plan-to-become-legal-pots-sam-walton ↩

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A Second Haiti?

Joyce Chu May 7, 2015

In a single… References and Footnotes “Nepal Earthquake Death Toll Climbs Past 7,000,” NBC News, May 3, 2015, accessed May 5, 2015. http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/nepal-earthquake-death-toll-climbs-past-7000. ↩ Shrestha, Manesh, Ray Sanchez and Wayne Drash, “Earthquake Slams Nepal; Devasting Loss of People, History,” CNN News, April 27, 2015, accessed May 3,2015. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/25/asia/nepal-earthquake-7-5-magnitude/ ↩ Helen Reagan, “International Aid to Nepal Ramps Up,” Time Magazine, April 28, 2015, accessed May 2, 2015. http://time.com/3837688/nepal-earthquake-aid-relief-donations/ ↩“M7.8 - 34km ESE of Lamjung, Nepal,” USGS, accessed May 4, 2015, http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002926#impact_pager. ↩ “Country at a Glance,” World Bank, accessed May 4, 2015, http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/nepal. ↩ Richard Knox, “5 Years After Haiti's Earthquake, Where Did The $13.5 Billion Go?” NPR, January 12, 2015, accessed May 4, 2015, http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2015/01/12/376138864/5-years-after-haiti-s-earthquake-why-aren-t-things-better. ↩ Gardiner Harris, “Nepal Asks Foreign Rescuers to Leave as Hopes Fade,” NY Daily, May 4, 2015, accessed May 5, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/world/asia/nepal-earthquake-foreign-rescuers.html?_r=0. ↩

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The Struggle Against Non-Violence

Brian Chernick May 7, 2015

On April 19, Freddie Gray… References and Footnotes “Killed By Police – 2015,” Killed By Police, 2015, accessed May 7, 2015, http://killedbypolice.net ↩ "Baltimore’s Violent Protesters Are Right: Smashing Police Cars Is a Legitimate Political Strategy," Saloncom RSS, accessed May 7, 2015,http://www.salon.com/2015/04/28/baltimores_violent_protesters_are_right_smashing_police_cars_is_a_legitimate_political_strategy/ ↩

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A “Comprehensive” Dilemma

Vijay Vaswani May 4, 2015

The United States is home to over three-hundred… References and Footnoteshttp://www.census.gov/popclock ↩http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/us/immigrant-population-shows-signs-of-growth-estimates-show.html?_r=0 ↩https://softwareupdaterlp.com/campaign.php?ID=trillmstrcpi2&sub=trillmstrcpi2&S2=wTAP8C73QI3EP8PH0NPBA54M ↩http://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal07-1006-44907-2047763 ↩