Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 26, 2017

Denis Dragovic & Richard Iron, National Interest: It's Time to Break Up Syria

Some believe that the destruction of ISIS is the only thing standing between peace and eternal crisis. It isn’t.

THE ELIMINATION of the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria has become an unhealthy obsession for Western nations, most of which operate under the assumption that the destruction of ISIS is the only thing standing between peace and eternal crisis. It isn’t. Focusing on ISIS’s defeat is a nonstrategy that has been seen before, one familiar to anyone involved in the invasion and rebuilding of Iraq, where a U.S.-led coalition removed Saddam Hussein without a coherent plan for the day after. Our combined experiences in Iraq as senior military and humanitarian leaders prompt us to call for careful consideration of what comes next—before today’s actions lead us down an even more treacherous path.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 26, 2017

Wars in Syria and Iraq: How will they end? -- Harlan Ullman & Arnaud de Borchgrave, UPI

As Syrian war winds down, the region heats up -- Japan editorial

After Mosul is liberated, where will ISIL go? -- Faisal Al Yafai, The National

Will the situation on the Golan suck Israel into the Syrian Civil War? -- Ben Lynfield, The Jerusalem Post

Trump’s Fly-by-Night Mideast ‘Policy’ Embraces the Saudi’s New Crown Prince -- Patrick Smith, Fiscal Times

Should the US pull its nuclear weapons out of Turkey? -- Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner

What’s standing in the way of improving China, US ties? -- Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post

Bloodied and broken: Rising toll of Philippines' war with ISIS -- Euan McKirdy and Ivan Watson, CNN

Q&A How militants linked to Islamic State took hold of a city in the Philippines -- Melissa Etehad, L.A. Times

Trump should go easy on North Korea over Warmbier death -- Dan DePetris, Reuters

Crowded Waters in Southeast Asia -- Phillip Orchard, RCW/Geopoltiical Futures

Tillerson’s Russia Strategy May Look Too Much Like Obama’s -- Vladimir Frolov, Moscow Times

A sinking feeling in Puerto Rico -- Cal Thomas, Washington Times

Ottawa in the spotlight: as Canada turns 150, has its capital finally come of age? -- Colin Horgan, The Guardian

Conflict Minerals: The Dark Side of the Digital Age Electronics Boom -- Levi Maxey, Cipher Brief