The Islamic State is just the latest in a long line of state-building revolutionaries, following in the footsteps of the Jacobins, the Bolsheviks, the Khmer Rouge, and others. But its revolution is highly unlikely to spread, so the United States should follow a strategy of patient containment.
Iraq has refrained from taking a firm position on the war and political opinion on Russia’s conduct is divided along partisan and factional lines. The imposition of sanctions against Russia has complicated its energy investments in Iraq and prospective arms purchases from Moscow and could have a long-lasting adverse impact on the Iraqi economy.
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