Justin Sink, Bloomberg: Iraq Regroups for Ramadi Fight as Carter Criticism Reverberates
Iraq’s government began maneuvering to recapture the city of Ramadi from Islamic State, the Pentagon said, days after a top U.S. official questioned the Iraqi military’s will to fight.
“What you’re seeing now is the beginning of shaping operations” that include securing lines of communications and terrain needed before a full offensive begins, Army Colonel Steve Warren told reporters Tuesday.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 26, 2015
Rift looms in strategy as US blames Iraq for war setbacks -- Jamal Hashim, Global Post/Xinhau News Agency
Reflections on Ramadi -- Paul Floyd, Stratfor
Turkish Election Outcome Could Shape Syria Policy -- Dorion Jones, VOA
The U.S.-Israeli Relationship Is Fraying, but Won't Fail -- Aaron David Miller, RCW
Persian Empire, anyone? -- Hamid Dabash, Al Jazeera
With Help From ISIS, a More Deadly Boko Haram Makes a Comeback -- Philip Obaji Jr., Daily Beast
He’ll Tell You Where to Find Gaddafi’s Missing Billions—If He Gets His Cut -- Shane Harris, Daily Beast
North Korea's Real Life Hunger Games -- Joseph Kim, Foreign Policy
China Didn't Invent Industrial Espionage -- Stephen Mihm, Bloomberg
Will Putin Gamble All On A Broader Ukraine Invasion? -- Denis Corboy , William Courtney , and Kenneth Yalowitz, Newsweek
Why Poland Tossed Its President -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Violence in Macedonia: Danger or distraction? -- The Economist
The real lesson of Vietnam -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post
The coming jobs massacre and a more violent world -- John Lloyd, Reuters
Death of John Nash and His Beautiful Ideas -- Noah Smith, Bloomberg
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