Friday, November 24, 2017

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 24, 2017

Iraqi rapid response forces flash victory signs during a fight with Islamic State militants in the district of Cokjaly in southern Mosul. Alaa Al-Marjani | Reuters

Holly Ellyatt, CNBC: The end of ISIS? Experts warn the terror group is still a 'serious global threat'

Islamic State's days of territorial gains and military wins in Iraq and Syria might be over as the last vestiges of territory are won back from the self- proclaimed caliphate, but international experts are warning that any hopes that the group is gone and forgotten are premature and misguided.

The U.K.'s minister of state for the Middle East and North Africa said Thursday that even as ISIS crumbles, its influence remains strong.

"There's no doubt that the threat to us all continues to grow," Alastair Burt said Thursday, speaking at a counterterrorism conference hosted by U.K.-based defense and security think tank, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI).

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 23, 2017

What should Canada do about returning jihadists? -- John Geddes, Macleans

America Shouldn’t Take Sides in the 1,400-Year-Old Sunni-Shia Conflict -- Willis L. Krumholz, Defense One

Muslims Are Often the First Victims of Muslim Terrorists -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg

Is MBS’s supreme anti-corruption committee torturing Ritz detainees? -- Uwe Parpart, Bloomberg

Russia Is Roaring Back to the Middle East While America Is Asleep -- Ariel Cohen, National Interest

Zimbabwe after Mugabe: What happens next? -- Shingai Nyoka BBC

Analysis After Syria, Saudi and Iranian Eyes Turn to the Next Arena: Iraq -- Zvi Barel, Haaretz

Hariri is back and so is Lebanon's status quo -- AFP

China's North Korea Debate: Redrawing the Red Line -- Anny Boc, The Diplomat

Is Indo-Pacific the 'New' Pivot? -- Zhiqun Zhu, National Interest

How the EU Broke Ukraine -- David Herszenhorn, Politico EU

What Merkel’s political woes mean for the EU -- John Lloyd, Reuters

Five Questions About the Missing Argentine Submarine -- John Kester, Foreign Policy

In Colombia, peace remains elusive one year on -- Cristina Esguerra, DW

When the President stopped the presses -- Sonja West, CNN