Jacob Shapiro

Jacob Shapiro is an associate professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University and co-directs the Empirical Studies of Conflict Project. He is the author of The Terrorist’s Dilemma: Managing Violent Covert Organizations.

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The Problem With Vows to 'Defeat' the Islamic State

What happens after Raqqa falls?
- Stephen Biddle and Jacob Shapiro
- August 21, 2016
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America Can’t Do Much About ISIS

That leaves patience, containment, and humanitarian aid as the least-bad policies while waiting for this awful war to play itself out.
- Stephen Biddle and Jacob Shapiro
- April 20, 2016

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Jacob Shapiro

The Problem With Vows to 'Defeat' the Islamic State

America Can’t Do Much About ISIS