Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 24, 2014

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Western Jihad Recruits Portend Terror Strikes to Come -- David Francis, Fiscal Times

As the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continued its advance toward Baghdad this weekend, the group released a new video that shows that it has a wide reach far outside the borders of Syria and Iraq.

On Sunday, ISIS militants overtook the majority of Anbar province, giving the group control of most of Iraq’s western border. The group advanced quickly, with four towns in the province falling in just two days and Iraqi soldiers fleeing before ISIS arrived.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- June 24, 2014

U.S. Has Unfinished Business in Ukraine & Iraq -- George Friedman, Startfor/Real Clear World

Iraq troubles are unlikely to bring new oil crisis -- Fiona Maharg-Bravo, Reuters

Beware the Salesmen of Simple Solutions on Iraq -- Moisés Naím, The Atlantic

Analysis: In Russia's 'We Told You So,' Shreds of Truth, Opportunism -- Mike Eckel, VOA

When Iraq was the bastion of a thriving cosmopolitan culture -- Hamid Dabashi, Al Jazeera

Israel reins in West Bank military offensive amid fears it could backfire -- Joshua Mitnick, CSM

Too Late for Obama to Get Right with Egypt -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary

Operation Waziristan: Can Pakistan’s Military Root out Taliban Sanctuaries? -- Hassan Abbas, Foreign Policy

Has Afghan election fraud controversy been defused? -- Chelsea Sheasley, CSM

Moscow’s Afghan Endgame -- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat

Why Ukraine's Separatist Movement Failed in Kharkiv -- Oliver Carroll, New Republic

Russian Riddle: EU Can't Agree on a Natural Gas Strategy -- Frank Dohmen and Christoph Pauly, Spiegel Online

Warsawgate Rocks Poland -- Andrew Nagorski, Daily Beast

Counting the cost of Scottish independence -- Peter Jones, Scotsman

U.S. losing the broadcasting wars -- Markos Kounalakis, McClatchy News

Are National Security Lawyers a National Security Threat? -- Marshall Erwin, Real Clear Defense

A 'rare' Arab intellectual: Fouad Ajami (1945-2014) -- Dr Joseph A Kechichian, Al Jazeera

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