Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 16, 2015

Dmitri Trenin, National Interest: Like It or Not, America and Russia Need to Cooperate in Syria

"The Obama administration is unlikely to fall for the Putin plan of a grand coalition with Moscow, Tehran and Damascus to accomplish that, but a degree of coordination is advisable."

Many outside observers view the Russian military buildup in Syria as a way for President Putin to force his way through to the negotiating table with Barack Obama ahead of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York. There is some truth to that. To be effective, diplomacy should be backed by facts on the ground, and Moscow is busy creating them—in the face of mounting U.S. concerns. However, coercive diplomacy is just another form of diplomacy.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 16, 2015

Why Russia and the U.S. Disagree on Syria -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

What a Russian Vision for Syria Means for America -- Paul Bonicelli, FP

White House Refugee Plan Overwhelmed by Syrian Exodus -- Josh Rogin, Bloomberg

Refugee crisis: Under fire, wealthy Gulf states say they're doing their part -- Taylor Luck, CSM

Syria's civil war: a brief history -- Zack Beauchamp, VOX

What does the return of Yemen's exiled prime minister mean? -- Lucy Schouten, CSM

Western dream of regime change in Iran is over, so what’s next? -- Joost Hiltermann, Reuters

North Korea’s Political Famines -- Robert A. Manning and James Przustup, WSJ

A Migration Juggernaut Is Headed for Europe -- Eduardo Porter, New York Times

Keeping an Eye on the Russian Financial Market -- Chris Weafer, Moscow Times

Finding Putin’s Dead Soldiers in Ukraine -- Catherine A. Fitzpatrick, Daily Beast

The Federal Reserve is trying to do what nobody else has been able to do -- Matt O'Brien, Washington Post

Why the Best War Reporter in a Generation Had to Suddenly Stop -- Mark Warren, Esquire

Can Donald Trump Be Stopped? -- Mark Halperin, Bloomberg