William Jacobson is a junior in Georgetown's Walsh School of Foreign Service from Arlington, Virginia.  He is majoring in International History, focusing on post World War II military conflicts, insurgencies, and counterinsurgencies.  He is also minoring in Arabic and is working on his Certificate of Arab Studies.  William's current research focuses on the battlefield doctrine of the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/DAESH) through the narrative reconstruction and analysis of small unit engagements.