Iraq War 3.0: The Showdown with ISIS
Taught by Jordan Reimer
Jordan Reimer has a MPA from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University, with a concentration in international relations. He has visited or lived in several Middle Eastern countries, many of which subsequently underwent revolution. He does not think this is a coincidence.
For the third time in three decades, the world finds itself at war in Iraq, this time against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), a terror group too extreme for al-Qaeda. But what is ISIS, where did it come from, and how did it take over so much territory so quickly? What kind of threat does it pose to the US and its allies? Most importantly, what is the US doing to defeat it?
This course will examine the rise of ISIS and the ongoing US-led military campaign to contain it. A future class will explore the effects that ISIS has caused throughout the Middle East.