by nsiteamadmin | Feb 8, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Astorino-Courtois, A., EUROPE, Geopolitics, Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, Qualitative Analysis, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism, Turkey, ViTTa
Question (R2 QL6): What are near and long term Turkish interests and intentions in Syria and Iraq? What are Turkish interests and intentions with respect to al-Bab? Author | Editor: Astorino-Courtois, A. (NSI, Inc). Despite policy shifts Turkey’s key interests remain...
by nsiteamadmin | Feb 6, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Canna, S., Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism, ViTTa
Question (R2 QL8): How does the U.S./Coalition view Shia extremism? Different from Sunni extremism? How do Sunni communities, Shia communities, MENA countries, and media perceive the U.S./Coalition position on combatting extremists? Author | Editor: Canna, S. (NSI,...
by nsiteamadmin | Jan 31, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Geopolitics, Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, Qualitative Analysis, Reedy, K., SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism
Question (R2 QL7): What significance will small military groups, particularly in Northern Syria, have in a post-ISIL Levant? How should CENTCOM best shape or influence these groups? Author | Editor: Reedy, K. (RAND). The primary theme that all of the experts touched...
by nsiteamadmin | Jan 30, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Astorino-Courtois, A., Geopolitics, MIDDLE EAST, Qualitative Analysis, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism
Question (R3 QL6): How will the population in northwest Syria react to future Salafist political institutions? Author | Editor: Astorino-Courtois, A. (NSI, Inc). Similar to points made by other contributors to this SMA Reach-back report, Dr. Kathleen Reedy of Rand...
by nsiteamadmin | Jan 28, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Geopolitics, Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, Peterson, N., SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, Syria, ViTTa, ViTTa Transcript
SMA Reachback Panel Discussion with Experts from Naval Postgraduate School – Jan 2017. Author | Editor: Peterson, N. (NSI, Inc). Speakers were John Arquilla, Ryan Gingeras, Glenn Robinson, and Hy Rothstein of the Naval Postgraduate School. Glenn Robinson: Let me...
by nsiteamadmin | Jan 26, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Case Study, Geopolitics, Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, Reedy, K., SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism
Question (R2 #5): What are potential unanticipated complications or reactions (or “black swans”) with respect to defeating ISIL in al-Raqqah? Author | Editor: Reedy, K. (RAND). Predicting the unanticipated is always a challenge, but contributors have identified a...
