Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 19, 2017

Jamie Tarabay, CNN: Aung San Suu Kyi: The rise and fall of Asia's Mandela

(CNN)For years, she was the epitome of the peaceful protester, steadfast in her devotion to democracy in her homeland of Myanmar through nonviolent means.

Aung San Suu Kyi was lauded on the global stage, awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, and praised for her refusal to incite violence while under house arrest for 15 years after winning a presidential election the ruling military refused to accept.

Now, protesters around the region are torching effigies of the democracy icon. They are furious at her failure to act while Myanmar's military lays waste to land held by the minority Rohingya Muslims, shooting civilians and sparking a mass exodus of hundreds of thousands of people who have been denied citizenship in the Buddhist-dominated country.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 19, 2017

Suu Kyi's Rohingya speech: Too little, too late? -- Shamil Shams, DW

The War North Korea Wants -- T.S. Allen, Modern War Institute

Can Donald Trump build a united front at the UN against North Korea’s nuclear threat? -- Robert Delaney, SCMP

The US Faces Unsavory Choices in the Korean Peninsula -- George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures

It's All to Play for in Syria, and Russia Is Winning -- John McLaughlin, OZY

Syria Is a 'Laboratory' for the Air War of The future -- Patrick Tucker, Defense One

As East Mosul Comes Back To Life, West Mosul Remains In Ruins -- Jane Araff, NPR

The Hubris of Hezbollah -- Andrew Exum, Defense One, The Atlantic

Why were 39 Burundian refugees shot dead in the DRC? -- Azad Essa & Steve Wembi, Al Jazeera

Will Pakistan Part Ways With Its Proxies? -- Daud Khattak, The Diplomat

The Afghanistan strategy we’ve been waiting for -- Sen. David Perdue, Defense News

Why Australia shouldn't count on China for growth and profits -- Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald

What Britain needs to understand about the profound and ancient divisions in Germany -- James Hawes, New Statesman

Pay Up, Europe: What Trump Gets Right About NATO -- Michael Mandelbaum, Foreign Affairs

Is the UN facing budget cuts under Trump? -- Nicolas Martin, DW