Competing Visions for Syria and Iraq: The Myth of an Anti-ISIS Grand Coalition
January 20, 2016 - Hugo Spaulding![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/PLANEX%20Report%202%20cover%20%281%29_30.png?itok=JyNd7rJc)
This second report defines American strategic objectives in Iraq and Syria, identifies the minimum necessary conditions for ending the conflicts there, and compares U.S. objectives with those of Iran, Russia, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia in order to understand actual convergences and divergences.