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

Saphora Smith, NBC: Fall of ISIS Stronghold Raqqa Will Change War on Extremists, Not End It

While U.S.-backed forces are inching toward the final showdown in Raqqa, Syria, the Islamic State's de facto capital, the war against the terror group is set to grind on even after the extremists are driven from their stronghold.

"It’s too early to plan ISIS’s obituary," said Fawaz Gerges, professor of Middle Eastern politics at the London School of Economics. "You still have a year of serious battles in Iraq and Syria to pick apart and dismantle the territorial caliphate, and even if you do this it will mutate into ... a terrorist organization."

At the height of its power ISIS ruled over millions of people and attracted thousands of fighters from overseas. Now it clings to a fraction of its former territory.

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

Hit Hezbollah in the Wallet -- Yaya J. Fanusie & Alex Entz, National Interest

Under Trump, the Islamic State is as good as dead -- Buck Sexton, The Hill

Why America Can't Win Its Revenge War in Afghanistan -- Daniel R. DePetris, National Interest

How North Korea Could Win a War With the U.S. -- Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat

Why the world should worry about North Korea's cyber weapons -- Joshua Berlinger, CNN

North Korea: Where China Can Beat the US -- Jacob L. Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures

A new front opens in Asia’s water wars -- Brahma Chellaney, Asia Times

More than meets the eye in the Rohingya crisis -- Derwin Pereira, The Straits Times

Is the India-China Border Heating Up Again? -- Sean Keeley, American Interest

I hope Catalonia stays with Spain, but I support its right to leave -- Owen Jones, The Guardian

Russia’s House of Shadows -- Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker

Can Trump Terminate NAFTA? -- Gary Clyde Hufbauer. PIIE

Lean times for Asia’s billionaires -- Alan Boyd, Asia Times

Elite Hackers: Stealing NSA Secrets Is ‘Child’s Play’ -- Joseph Cox, Daily Beast

Meet the Man Who Has Lived Alone on This Island for 28 Years -- Gulnaz Khan, National Geographic