Friday, September 11, 2015

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



Pavel K. Baev and Jeremy Shapiro, Brookings: How Russia and America make the same mistakes in Syria

Russia’s apparent escalation in Syria is less dramatic than it seems, but it still represents another depressing development in the ongoing nightmare of the Syrian civil war. While it appears no Russian troops are engaged in fighting, the volume of military cargo delivered from Russia to Syria by sea and air has significantly increased in the last couple of weeks. President Putin did assert that it was “premature” to talk about direct Russian participation in the yet-to-be-built coalition against the various terrorist groups in the country. And even though Putin says it, it might still be true.

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

Why Russia is in Syria -- Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post

Syria: It's What Isn't Being Said That's Of Interest -- Rodger Shanahan, Lowy Institute

Exclusive: Top Senators Investigating Cooked ISIS Intel -- Tim Mak, Daily Beast

ISIL Is Winning: Fourteen years after terror struck the U.S., our strategy to defeat terrorism is failing. -- Bruce Hoffman, Politico

Thornberry: Slow the pullout from Afghanistan -- Charles Hoskinson, Washington Examiner

How the Islamic State is exploiting Asian unrest to recruit fighters -- Metin Gurcan, Al-Monitor

Understanding China’s Eurasian Pivot -- Michael Clarke, The Diplomat

Who Opens a Reactor Next to a Volcano? Japan’s New Nuclear Gamble -- Jake Adelstein, Daily Beast

Why Are Young Egyptian Activists Disappearing? -- Nicola Abé, Spiegel Online

Bribes, Debt, $100 Billion Lost: Nigeria Can't Keep the Power On -- Chris Kay, Bloomberg

The Rewards of the Obama Doctrine -- Garry Kasparov, WSJ

How Low Can Oil Go? Goldman Says $20 a Barrel Is a Possibility -- Grant Smith & Ben Sharples, Bloomberg

Saudis Are Winning the War on Shale -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

ISIL haunts 9/11 anniversary: Our view -- USA Today editorial

The Islamist Menace Shadowing This Sept. 11 -- Rudolph Giuliani, WSJ

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