Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 29, 2014



Wishful Thinking In The U.S. Plans Against The Islamic State -- David Ignatius, Washington Post

A glimpse of the anxiety sweeping the Arab world surfaced last week when an Arab woman complained during a talk in Amman at the Columbia Global Center for the Middle East. She said my speech’s title about the “crisis” in the region wasn’t accurate. The correct word was “disintegration.” The audience cheered loudly.

The Arab world is suffering a sense of vertigo these days. Extremists from the Islamic State, who have seemingly arisen out of nowhere, have burst through the gates of power. Political elites are confused and frightened. They’re angry at the United States (as always). But at the same time, they want the United States to explain a strategy for combating a group that threatens every structure of stability, including borders.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 29, 2014

Why Kobani could be an opportunity for Turkey, the Kurds and the U.S. -- Gönül Tol, Special to CNN

Kurdish women a force to be reckoned with for ISIS -- Ivan Watson and Gul Tuysuz, CNN

The Kurds' Lonely Fight against Islamic State Terror -- Ralf Hoppe, Maximilian Popp, Christoph Reuter and Jonathan Stock, Spiegel Online

The U.S.-Iran non-alliance alliance against Islamic State -- Aki Peritz and Faris Alikhan, Reuters

How Yemen Is Making ISIS and al-Qaeda Even More Dangerous -- Riyadh Mohammed, The Fiscal Times

ISIS and Vietnam -- Thomas Friedman, NYT

With France, Israel opposed, why is a deal with Iran an almost done deal? -- Freddy Eytan, i24 News

Has a deal with Iran stalled? -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post

Obama and Netanyahu: A fractured alliance becomes open conflict -- David Horowitz, Times of Israel

Crisis: Are U.S.-Israeli Relations Really Doomed? -- Jacob Heilbrunn, National Interest

Will U.S. Military Come Back to Philippines? -- Jason Strother, World Crunch

Asia’s security relations continue to evolve -- Michael Auslin, AEI

Can Ukraine endure a winter without Russian gas? -- David J. Unger, CSM

Why is Pentagon quarantining troops who had no contact with Ebola patients? -- AnnA Mulrine, CSM

Maine nurse vows to sue to lift Ebola quarantine: How will she fare in court? -- Henry Gass, CSM

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