Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- July 11, 2017

Jack Watling, The Atlantic: How Can Iraq Rebuild?

The dilemma is that it needs money—and will inevitably lose some to corruption.

On Sunday, Haider al-Abadi, the prime minister of Iraq, visited Mosul to herald the success of his army’s nine-month struggle to recapture the city from the Islamic State. In a speech on state television the next day, he declared “the end and the failure and the collapse of the terrorist state of falsehood and terrorism which [ISIS] announced from Mosul.” Even as pockets of militants continue to hold out in the Old City, the government is now effectively in control of both East and West Mosul. The capture of the Great Mosque of al Nuri, which sits at the heart of the Old City, on the west bank of the Tigris river, was a symbolic victory, since it was from this mosque that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of Islamic State, declared the foundation of the caliphate.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- July 11, 2017

With global jihadi network, IS is likely here to stay -- Lori Hinnant, AP

The Case for War with North Korea -- Crispin Rovere, National Interest

Analyst: North Korea ICBM could carry multiple warheads by 2030 -- Elizabeth Shim, UPI

Israel's dangerous game in Gaza -- Ben Caspit, Al Monitor

One year on from the failed coup, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is more autocratic than ever -- Soner Çağaptay, The Gaurdian

The road to Afghanistan peace does not lie in Kabul -- Rahmatullah Nabil and Melissa Skorka, Reuters

The Afghan War Is Not Lost -- Michèle Flournoy & Richard Fontaine, National Interest

China’s Leadership Is Regional, Not Global -- Enea Gjoza, RCW

Why China May Never Democratize -- Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg

Crisis after crisis, Duterte still on top -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times

Indian parties start blame game after Amarnath terror attack -- E Jaya Kumar, Asia Times

Will France's State of Emergency Become Permanent? -- Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic

Why does nobody want to host the Olympics anymore? -- Matt Pearson, DW

Canada: Separatism meets its match in weary voters -- Konrad Yakabuski, The Globe and Mail

Canada Sure Seems to Be Betting on a Global Recovery -- Daniel Moss, Bloomberg