Proxy Battle of the Cold War: Taxation in Hashemite Iraq

Cold war battle against hot atherosclerotic plaques.

Atherosclerotic disease develops over decades, which makes it difficult to study the temporal changes in remodeling processes during initiation, progression, and destabilization of vascular lesions. The mechanisms and current concepts of atherosclerotic plaque stabilization and destabilization in literature have mainly been based on human pathological observations. The natural history of advanc...

The opportunity costs of war in Iraq.

Iraq War Clinician Guide - IV. Treatment of the Returning Iraq War Veteran

In this section of the Iraq War Clinician Guide, we discuss treatment of veterans recently evacuated due to combat or war stress who are brought to the VA for mental health care, and Iraq War veterans seeking mental health care at VA medical centers and Vet Centers. This section complements discussion of special topics (e.g., treatment of medical casualties, identification and management of PTS...

Political Developments in Iraq, from the Second Persian Gulf War to the fall of Saddam

Proxy war and US's smart power strategy (the case of Syria, 2011-2016)

‌Frequent application of the term “proxy war” indicates its prominent place in academic researches on international relations. Separate implementation of soft power and hard power proved to be unsuccessful in recent years. Accordingly, great failures in classic wars increased tendencies towards proxy wars. By the outbreak of Arab Springs in the early 2011, Syria was devastated by different oppo...