Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 11, 2015

Shi’ite fighters fire a rocket during clashes with Islamic State militants in Salahuddin province, March 1, 2015. REUTERS/Ahmed Al-Hussain

Jack Goldstone, Reuters: A strategy for defeating Islamic State from an unlikely source

President Barack Obama has laid out his goal in the Middle East: to degrade and defeat Islamic State. Yet remarkably little progress seems to have been made.

Why has it proven so difficult for the world’s greatest power and its regional allies to succeed against an estimated 30,000 radical extremists? The answer can be found by examining the situation the Allies confronted in Russia after World War One.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 11, 2015

Time Bomb: The Islamic State Implodes -- Andrew J. Bowen, National Interest

Can the West Beat ISIS on the Web? -- Jamie Dettmer, Daily Beast

The Real Target of ISIS’s Child-Soldier Execution Video -- JacoB Siegel, Daily Beast

The nonmilitary victories in Iraq's battle of Tikrit -- CSM Editorial

Iran Looms Over ISIS Fight as Baghdad-Tehran Alliance Moves into Tikrit -- Mark Thompson, Time

Syrian rebels' march on Damascus becomes fight for their survival -- Taylor Luck, CSM

Towards a global currency war? -- Desmond Lachman, AEI

China's Plan for Winning the Currency Wars -- Mark Gilbert, Bloomberg

Preparing for War in Lithuania -- Gregory Feifer, Foreign Affairs

Explained: Russia's Military Options in Ukraine -- Stratfor

As Kremlin's Nemtsov case unravels, eyes on Chechen connection -- Fred Weir, CSM

Analysis: Greece Taunts the EU With Austerity Referendum -- Stratfor

The euro's tumbling: here's why -- Pan Pylas, AP

Cuba Is a Diplomatic Cautionary Tale -- John C. Mckay, American Conservative

Venezuela's Economic Fractures -- Danielle Renwick & Brianna Lee, Council On Foreign Relations

‘Intelligence Failures’ Are Inevitable. Get Over it -- Cicero Magazine