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NINEVEH, IRAQ - JUNE 20: Iraqi PMF fighters on June 20, 2017 on the Iraq-Syria border in Nineveh, Iraq. The Popular Mobilisation Front (PMF) forces, composed of majority Shi'ite militia, part of the Iraqi forces, have pushed Islamic State militants from the north-western Iraq border strip back into Syria. The PMF now hold the border, crucial to the fall of Islamic State in Mosul, blocking the Islamic State supply route for militants from Syria to Mosul. (Martyn Aim/Getty Images).

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Look at the State, Not the Hybrid Actors

BENGHAZI, LIBYA - MARCH 01: A rebel recruit tears up during his first day of military training at a rebel militia center on March 1, 2011 in Benghazi, Libya. Supporters of the Libyan opposition, which controls Benghazi and most of eastern Libya, have been eager to join militia groups, which have been fighting the forces of President Muammar Gaddafi to the west near the capitol Tripoli. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

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Roundtable: The Age of Armed Groups

ISTANBUL, TURKEY - JANUARY 05: People hold posters showing the portrait of Iranian Revolutionary Guard Major General Qassem Soleimani and chant slogans during a protest outside the U.S. Consulate on January 05, 2020 in Istanbul, Turkey. Major General Qassem Soleimani, was killed by a U.S. drone strike outside the Baghdad Airport on January 3. Since the incident, tensions have risen across the Middle East. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

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Moving America Closer to War?

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TCF World Podcast: A Better Explanation for Powerful Armed Groups: Hybridity

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Hybrid Actors: Armed Groups and State Fragmentation in the Middle East

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Hybrid Actors: Armed Groups and State Fragmentation in the Middle East

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TCF World Podcast: Recruiting militants: Greed or grievance?

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TCF World Podcast: Iran in Iraq

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TCF World Podcast: Iraq after the Kurdish referendum