![]() ![]() From regular rocket attacks by Iranian-backed militias and a decreasing U.S. In Iraq, caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is grappling with a number of issues in addition to an ISIS resurgence. 1 But the president continues to maintain a one-foot-in, one-foot-out approach, and having already declared victory against the terrorist group, he is unlikely to heed these warnings absent an attack on American soil or a significant attack on U.S. President Trump’s own Department of Defense inspector general is warning about the uptick in ISIS attacks, likely as a result of a decrease in direct pressure. This would reverse the hard-fought gains and investments of all members of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS. It is unlikely that this issue will be critical during the final weeks of the campaign, but failure to address this growing resurgence could have a catastrophic effect on efforts to contain ISIS from carrying out sophisticated - and potentially global - attacks. presidential election just weeks away, the foreign policy community must grapple with how to prevent an ISIS resurgence, regardless of whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden wins. COVID-19 is ravaging both countries and previous political and economic uncertainties remain high. presence in Iraq and maintains its smaller footprint in Syria, ISIS is beginning to reconstitute. government must pursue a foreign policy that redirects focus away from a singularly counter-Iran mission, reinvigorates coalition partners to invest and train in the region, surges efforts to support our Iraqi and Syrian partners, and embraces and invests in a diplomacy-first approach.Īs the Trump administration winds down the U.S. presidential election also offers a distinct choice between two candidates: one who will maintain the current disengaged and incoherent status quo and the other who will purportedly maintain a light but effective footprint in the region to counter the remnants of ISIS. forces, security gaps have worsened, allowing ISIS to move more freely, conduct prison breaks, carry out more sophisticated attacks, and smuggle fighters across borders. ![]() In the wake of COVID-19 and the drawdown of U.S.ISIS attacks in Iraq and Syria have increased significantly in 2020, demonstrating both a capacity and a willingness on ISIS’s part to retake territory, populations, and resources.This paper lays out this growing problem and recommends policy, which will be constrained by the outcome of the November election. foreign policy will seek to address a potential ISIS resurgence. presidential election offers a turning point for how U.S. As attacks by ISIS increase in both Iraq and Syria, the upcoming U.S. ![]()
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