Six Factors Will Determine Whether Mosul Is a Success or a Failure

September 27, 2016 Topic: Security Region: Middle East Tags: MosulIraqKurdsISIS

Six Factors Will Determine Whether Mosul Is a Success or a Failure

Without better preparations for the day after, the Mosul campaign could spark several wars within the war.

 

Zalmay Khalilzad is a Counselor at CSIS. He was the U.S. Ambassador in Afghanistan, Iraq and the UN. He is the author of a new book: The Envoy: From Kabul to the White House: My Journey through a Turbulent World, St Martin's Press.

Image: Boris Niehaus - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0