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ISIS’s remnants may regenerate themselves to some degree as an insurgency, but history suggests insurgencies can only suffer permanent defeat at the hands of the governments they have rebelled against. ISIS, the latest and most dangerous incarnation of Sunni jihadism, has been shattered. provided most airpower and advising while allied forces carried the ground fight. The physical caliphate of the Islamic State (ISIS) has been destroyed by the forces of the U.S.-led coalition, in which the U.S. forces are not needed to take on ISIS’s remnants-there is no good reason to run the risks of continued deployment. That assessment should acknowledge the decrease in ISIS’s power, capabilities, and potential. should re-examine its priorities and strategy in Iraq and Syria. Soleimani’s death, ironically, should mark the end of the U.S. Iranian forces, led by Soleimani, and Iran’s many proxy forces played a key role in defeating ISIS in both Iraq and Syria. forces will, at a minimum, become far more fraught in the midst of escalating tensions with Iran and Shia militias in Iraq. forces from Iraq, it is likely the continued presence of U.S. Though it remains unclear whether Baghdad will legally evict U.S. Qassem Soleimani should mark the beginning of the end of the U.S. ISIS’s caliphate is destroyed-end the U.S. These dangers make the need to withdraw more urgent. Staying to conduct local policing operations is a misuse of the military that risks broader conflict with Iran, Iran-backed Shia militias, Russia, Syria, and others. forces could always return with congressional authorization. If ISIS manages to reconstitute itself and local forces fail to contain it, U.S. ISIS’s remnants do not justify keeping an indefinite U.S. It is surrounded by local state and non-state actors opposed to its existence and no longer directly threatens the U.S. ISIS now consists of scattered groups of fighters, lacks a coherent organization, and has lost its aura of success. With the loss of its caliphate, the anti-ISIS mission should have ended. Liberating ISIS-held territory was an achievable military mission that enhanced U.S. ISIS’s caliphate-a radical Sunni protostate-enabled it to recruit jihadists globally, collect taxes to fund terror, and train militants to carry out attacks. Saudi intervention in Yemen undermines U.S.military support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen interests in Europe and the future of NATO military withdrawal from Afghanistan-with or without an agreement military strikes on behalf of Saudi Arabia terror threats with targeted raids, not permanent occupations Deter and normalize relations with North Korea.Burden shifting to fix outdated alliances.Saying “no” to NATO-options for Ukrainian neutrality.The case for withdrawing from the Middle East.role in NATO 30 years after German reunification foreign policy priorities for the next four years End the war in Afghanistan and unwind post-9/11 mistakes.“Great power competition” as an anachronism.Recalibrating sanctions to preserve U.S.After “maximum pressure”: returning to deterrence and diplomacy with Iran.Now is the optimal time to exit Afghanistan.Not an ally: Recalibrating U.S.-Saudi relations.Leaving Iraq and Syria avoids war and aids Iran diplomacy.The imperative of prudent U.S.-Russia policy.Assessing Georgia’s prospects for NATO membership.Global Posture Review 2021: An opportunity for realism and realignment.Perils of pushing Russia and China together.Considering the utility of an Iranian nuclear bomb.What the Quad is, is not, and should not be.End the failed regime change campaign in Venezuela.military aid and NATO aspirations for Ukraine "Maximum pressure" harms diplomacy and increases risks of war with Iran.Phantom Empire: The illusionary nature of U.S.The folly of a democracy-based grand strategy.Afghans' well-being is tied to the Taliban's.