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November 5, 2015

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Guest Post: The Islamic State - Where is it now?

Helia Ighani is the assistant director of the Council on Foreign Relations’ Center for Preventive Action. Since the self-proclaimed Islamic State captured territory in Iraq and Syria in the summer o…

Islamic State Trucks

February 13, 2015

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Guest Post: The Unknown Limits of Synthetic Biology

Helia Ighani is a research associate in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. Since 2001, major metropolitan cities have increasingly conducted gas and chemical attac…

Synthetic Bio

September 10, 2014

Political Transitions
Guest Post: Tiptoeing Around Iran in Iraq

Helia Ighani is a research associate in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. Iraq appears to be coming apart at the seams. The Sunni terrorist organization, the Isla…

Peshmerga Forces

March 6, 2014

United States
Guest Post: Conflict Prevention Challenges in 2014

Anna Feuer and Helia Ighani are research associates in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. The Syrian civil war highlights some of the most challenging features of …

Free Syrian Army Fighter

March 9, 2015

Zimbabwe
Guest Post: Looming Succession Crisis in Zimbabwe

Helia Ighani is a research associate in the Center for Preventive Action at the Council on Foreign Relations. Last week, the United States extended sanctions on Zimbabwe’s “president for life”—Rober…

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