How to Defeat Iran’s Proxy Militias with Nicholas Krohley

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Proxy political-military organizations serve as Tehran’s main tool to project hard power in the Middle East. While U.S. forces have scored some tactical successes (e.g., the assassinations of Qods Force commander Qassem Soleimani and Kitaeb Hizballah leader Abu Mahdi al Muhandis), Iran’s militias have continued to gain strength. What should U.S. strategy be? How to break Iran’s stranglehold over Iraq? How to address the Houthi challenge to global shipping?

Nicholas Krohley founded and heads FrontLine Advisory, a research and consulting firm based in Switzerland. He is the author of The Death of the Medhi Army: The Rise, Fall, and Revival of Iraq's Most Powerful Militia (Oxford University Press, 2015). He holds a BA from Yale and MA and Ph.D. degrees from King’s College London.