Friday, September 12, 2014

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 12, 2014



What Can We Expect From The Anti-Islamic State Coalition? -- John Vandver/Jennifer Svan/Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes

U.S. officials are working hard to build a broad, international coalition to combat Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. What’s unclear is whether the international effort will produce a coalition of consequence or one in name only.

At the NATO summit last week, the U.S. announced formation of a 10-nation “core coalition” that includes nine NATO members plus Australia. It has since grown.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 12, 2014

Whack-a-Mole: Obama's Real ISIS Strategy -- James Joyner, National Interest

For Assad, U.S. plan will weaken one foe but bolster others -- Tom Perry and Alexander Dziadosz, Reuters

Obama's anti-Islamic State coalition: Who's in and what are they likely to do? -- Dan Murphy, CSM

How Serious a Threat Is ISIS? -- Peter Beinart, The Atlantic

Will the House GOP Stop the War on ISIS? -- Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast

We Don't Need Another Dumb War -- Rosa Brooks, Foreign Policy

The mysterious explosion that could change the Syrian war -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post

Ukraine Is Running Out of Time -- Andrew A. Michta, American Interst

Putin holds key to Ukraine peace but keeps world guessing -- Timothy Heritage, Reuters

Why the Ukraine ceasefire may not hold -- Derek Frasier, The Globe and Mail

Russia sanctions: Policy of provocation? -- Yan Vaslavskiy, Al Jazeera

The Strategic Fallout from Scottish Independence -- Information Dissemination

Say 'Non': Quebec referendum offers lessons for pro-union UK leaders -- Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren, Reuters

Air strikes, drones and advisers: the new template for America's counter-terror fight -- Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian

Can Obama wage war without consent of Congress? -- Stephen Braun, Associated Press

1 comment:

James said...

These people are amazing, they're talking about this as if ISIS doesn't even exists, much less has a say in how any conflict will turn out. Just wait, when the bombing starts to get a little serious, out will come the dead women and kids, then what will the US do? ISIS is not invincible, I myself have stated they are very beatable here on this site, but they are not stupid either.