Kobani | Watching America

Pan Arab: America Is Feeding Syrians the Idea of Assad Remaining in Power

Robin Koerner - January 14, 2016. Published in Al-Quds Al-Arabi

Algeria: American Ambivalence toward the Kurds

Robin Koerner - February 10, 2015. Published in

Thanks to American assistance, Iraqi Kurdistan has been a state within a state with its own president, Parliament and institutions. Nevertheless, it is merely a vassal of the United States, of which it is an armed wing in the region.

Russia: US Draws Turkey into Syrian War

Robin Koerner - December 14, 2014. Published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta

Spain: An Insufficient Effort

Robin Koerner - October 25, 2014. Published in El País

Germany: The Fight Against IS: What Next, Mr. President?

Robin Koerner - October 23, 2014. Published in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

It is understandable that Barack Obama shies away from sending combat troops into the field against the “Islamic State.” But he cannot ignore the fact that the deployment of ground troops is necessary, whoever sends them.

Germany: The Terrorist IS Militia Stays on the Offensive

Robin Koerner - October 18, 2014. Published in Neues Deutschland

Germany: Obama’s Strategy against the Islamic State: America Gives Up on Kobani

Robin Koerner - October 18, 2014. Published in Der Spiegel

Spain: Erdogan and Jihad

Robin Koerner - October 15, 2014. Published in El País

The precariousness of the coalition headed by the U.S. that fights the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and the lack of a clear strategy, are dramatically displayed in the jihadi siege of Kobani.

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