Alexa van Sickle

Alexa van Sickle is Assistant Editor at the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) and a journalist covering foreign policy and travel. Find her on Twitter at @AlexavSickle. Website: www.alexavansickle.com

Obama and Iraq: the myth of abandonment

John McCain and others continue to blame the escalation of tension and sectarian violence in Iraq on Obama’s 'abandonment' of the country in 2011, but the foundations for the violence were laid years before his election.

By Alexa van Sickle

/ 30 Mar 2014

Obama and Iraq: the myth of abandonment

By Alexa van Sickle

/ 30 Mar 2014