Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 11, 2018

Barbara Maranzani. History.com: How U.S. Intelligence Misjudged the Growing Threat Behind 9/11

Among the missteps: lack of intel-sharing between agencies, tepid responses to earlier attacks and a failure to grasp the magnitude of the terrorists' ambitions.

For most Americans (and those around the world), the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 came as a shock. But for American and international investigators, warning signs of the attack had been brewing for more than a decade. Below, several key seeds that bore fruit on 9/11:

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 11, 2018

9/11 in numbers: The chilling figures that reveal the horrifying extent of September 11 attacks -- Evening Standard

In conflicts from Syria to Afghanistan, there has been an extraordinarily high price but precious little meaningful change -- David Rothkopf, The National

So far, the U.S. has mustered no response to China’s and Russia’s widening assault on America’s global stature. -- Nathan Freier and Jonathan Dagle, Defense One

Turkey pleads for Idlib accord as displaced people mass -- Alison Tahmizian Meuse, Asia Times

Turkey's Erdogan gets no love from Russia on Idlib -- Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor

Rebuilding Assad's Syria: Who should foot the bill? -- Diana Hodali, DW

Iran, Not North Korea, Is This Administration’s Foreign Policy -- Curt Mills, National Interest

Putin’s big bang in the Russian Far East -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

Putin Pivots From Western Pressure, but Finds Scant Solace in the East -- Pavel K. Baev, RCD

North Korea Denuclearization Is Nice, but Peace Is Better -- Daniel L. Davis, National Interest

White House agrees to second summit with Kim -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

Trump’s dangerous Asian game -- David A. Andelman, Reuters

Political Blackmail in the Taiwan-China Contest -- Jason Lim, The Interpreter

Argentina's IMF bailout rekindles painful memories of past crises -- Jerome Roos, Al Jazeera

From Sweden to Brexit, immigration is the issue dividing Europe -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian