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Research Project Ideas - Coggle Diagram

- - - - what role should the US play in post-ISIS Syria - counterterrorism force, peacebuilder or regional balancer?
    - - How did US-Iraq foreign policy influence the country's treatment of Syria, and was this a key fault?
      - How US retrenchment under Obama altered the regional balance of power and enabled secretarian actors to expand influence in Syria?
      - How Obama's Middle East policy indirectly deepended sectarian geopolitics, transforming Syria into a primary proxy battleground between Iran and Saudi Arabia
      - Was Obama's shift from 'boots on the ground' to 'remote influence' through drones, arms, and training a successful course of action
    - - did military intervention without political reconciliation contribute to recurring isntability
      - To what extent did the U.S military campaign against ISIS in Syria blur the line between counterterrorism and interventionism?
      - How did US support for Kudish forces reshape power dynamics in northern Syria and strain U.S. Turkey relations?
      - Does the US's use of nonstate actors to project influence without direct intervention create moral hazards nad entrapment risks?
  - - - how military strategies balance defeating ISIS with civilian protection
    - - How US-Russia relations shaped peace efforts in syria
      - regional rivalries and their impact on conflict resolution
- - - - how global communication and social media enabled ISIS recruitment
      - comparative analysis of ISIS's recruitment method sin western vs middle eastern contexts