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.
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