Daniel R. DePetris

Daniel R. DePetris is the Senior Associate Editor of the Journal on Terrorism and Security Analysis, and a research intern at the American Enterprise Institute.  He is a past contributor to The Small Wars Journal.

By taking the fight to his opponents in the western frontier, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hopes to preempt significant resistance from encroaching in the capital.

With the UN Security Council closed for business, the international community is clamoring for a way to increase the costs on President Bashar al-Assad.  Here are some of the options that...

Arrests of suspected Baa’thists continue unabated, jarring Iraq’s Sunni community.  If Prime Minister Maliki is not careful, the sectarian disease could once again infect Iraq...