Muhammad Idrees Ahmad (@im_pulse) is a Lecturer in Journalism at the University of Stirling (Scotland) and a co-editor of PULSE. He is the author of The Road to Iraq: the Making of a Neoconservative War.
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Death from Above, Remotely Controlled: Obama’s Drone Wars
History will view drone warfare as the Obama administration’s signature approach to military engagement.
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ISIS: Managers of Savagery
The sectarian brutality of ISIS has allowed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to disingenuously play the victim: the arsonist masquerading as a firefighter.
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