Obama Faces Growing Pressure To Escalate In Iraq And Syria -- David Ignatius, Washington Post
As fighters from the Islamic State surge in Iraq toward control of Anbar province in the west and the town of Kobane on the Syrian border , U.S. commanders and diplomats are signaling that the United States must expand its military operations before the extremists control even more territory.
“Too few and too slow,” is the way one official characterizes efforts so far. Supporters of an expanded American role appear to include Secretary of State John F. Kerry and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 15, 2014
The right way to take out ISIS is a large-scale raid -- Gary Anderson, New York Post
The Spy Who Told Me: Islamic State's Deadly Tactical Strategy -- John McLaughlin, OZY
Iraq Is Still Worth Saving -- Michael O Hanlon, National Interest
Obama Is Working With the Wrong Partners in Iraq -- Bing West, Defense One
Militias rule the day in strife-torn Middle East -- Joseph Krauss, Associated Press
Flight from Islamic State overwhelms UN refugee agency. Is Europe's door open? -- Jane Arraf, CSM
Does it matter if Iran developed nuclear weapons at Parchin? -- Ariane Tabatabai, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
China's Next Export: Deflation -- William Pesek, Bloomberg
China’s Inscrutable Contraction -- Kenneth Rogoff, Project Syndicate
From Havana to Hanoi -- Michael J. Totten, World Affairs
Experts Divided Over Whether Russia Sanctions Are Working -- Andre de Nesnera, VOA
How Russia Sees the Ukraine Crisis -- Paul J. Saunders. National Interest
Europe’s Hidden Ebola Cases -- Barbie Latza Nadeau, Daily Beast
The real Ebola threat -- Ottawa Citizen editorial
What steps are countries taking to prevent a global Ebola outbreak? -- Michael Holtz, CSM
Map: Where Ebola is likely to go next -- German Lopez, VOX
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