On this week’s episode of the podcast, Austin J. Knuppe of Utah State University joins Marc Lynch to discuss his new book, Surviving the Islamic State: Contention, Cooperation, and Neutrality in Warti...

The military’s professional norms are a check against a potential abuse of power.

By: Anna Pechenkina, Daniel Silverman, and Austin Knuppe Austin Knuppe is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Utah State University. His research examines conflict dynamics in the Middle Ea...

There are as many ways to survive war as those affected by it. Since Hamas’ attack on Israel last October, Palestinians have been confronting existential

Iraq’s 2017 victory over the Islamic State (IS) ushered in a period of political gridlock and electoral violence. Rather than demilitarising to compete in elections, pro-government militias retaine...

Following a 17-day visit to Israel, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict reported on Monday that she and a team of experts had found “clear and convincing information” of rape,...