Several Takes on the Current Situation

The present mess in the region is drawing a lot of commentary from the think tanks and elsewhere. My blog pace should resume soon but for now, a few selections from several viewpoints:

•  Rami G. Khouri, "America Flunks Hard Lessons of War," Cairo Review of Global Affairs.

• Anthony H. Cordesman, "The Long War in Syria: The Trees, the Forest, and All the King’s Men," CSIS.

• "Inherently Unresolved: Regional Politics and the Counter ISIS Campaign," Royal United Services Institute. Multiple authors, Edited by Jonathan Eyal and  Elizabeth Quintana.

• Fabrice Balanche, Anna Borshchevskaya, Andrew J. Tabler, and Jeffrey White at the Washington Institute: "Russia's Military Escalation in Syria." (two part video with text summary).