Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 13, 2017

Lewis Sanders IV, Matthias von Hein, DW: 'Islamic State': Will it survive a post-caliphate future?

Losing ground in its power base in the Middle East, the "Islamic State" militant group's future appears as open as ever. DW spoke to counter-terrorism experts and scholars to discuss the likelihood of its survival.

"I announce from here the end, the failure and the collapse of the state of falsehood and terrorism, which the 'Islamic State' declared from Mosul," said Iraqi premier Haider al-Abadi after a months-long campaign to drive the militant group from the strategic city.

While the devastating military campaign to liberate Mosul from the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) militant group proved successful, it has yet to spell the end for a band of militants that rallied together in 2006 and, a decade later, transformed into a global phenomenon.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 13, 2017

ISIS’s End-of-the-World Problem: The terrorist organization’s apocalyptic prophecies aren’t coming true. -- Joshua Keating, Slate

What attracts Japanese women to 'Islamic State'? -- Julian Ryall, DW

Why Haven’t the 9/11 Defendants in Guantanamo Been Put on Trial? -- Robert Windrem, NBC

US arms sale to Bahrain raises questions about sustainability -- Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor

The North Korean nuclear ‘crisis’ is an illusion -- John Mecklin, Reuters

A Strategy for Dealing With North Korea -- R. Nicholas Burns, RCD/Atlantic Council

On Rohingya Issue, Both China and India Back Myanmar Government -- The Diplomat

China's Synchronization of Party and Military -- Ching Chang, CIMSEC

Chinese Bomber Flights Around Taiwan: For What Purpose? -- Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Derek Grossman and Logan Ma, War on the Rocks

Is the U.S. Seventh Fleet Unprepared to Operate at Sea? -- Steven Stashwick, Diplomat

Australia's Economy - Not So Exceptional? -- John Edwards, Lowy Institute

Russia's Hand Visible Everywhere in Middle East -- Nikolas Gvosdev, National Interest

Zapad 2017: What It Reveals About the Prickly Russia-Belarus Relationship -- Bruce McClintock & Bilyana Lilly, National Interest

Putin’s Peacekeepers: Beware of Russians Bearing Gifts -- Fredrik Wesslau, ECFR

What Spain Has to Lose From Catalan Independence -- Arnau Busquets Guàrdia, Politico