ISW in the News: January 2016
March 10, 2016 - John Lawrence![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/ISW%20in%20the%20News%20slider%20--%20January%202016--3_4.png?itok=FhQ-T9Qo)
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and AEI's Critical Threats Project conducted a multi-week planning exercise to develop potential courses of action that the United States could pursue to destroy ISIS and al Qaeda in Iraq and Syria. The first two reports were released in January and media coverage is detailed below.