Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 26, 2015

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