Mosul | Watching America

U.A.E.: Iraq after ISIS

Robin Koerner - December 20, 2017. Published in Al-Khaleej

A strong, unified and independent Iraq still struggles to find a role in the Arab region given the problems with Israeli security on the one hand, and regional expansion projects on the other.

17 December 2017

Spain: Islamic State – Cornered Inside Its Territory but Just As Dangerous Outside

Robin Koerner - August 29, 2016. Published in El Mundo

It would be foolish to underestimate the group’s lethal capacities.

Pan Arab: Obama’s Crisis with the Middle East Tango

Robin Koerner - February 29, 2016. Published in Asharq Al Awsat

Germany: America Should Stop Bombing So Half-Heartedly

Robin Koerner - November 22, 2015. Published in Der Tagesspiegel

The West can defeat the Islamic State group if it drives up the cost of terrorism — and if Germany helps the French.

Italy: Obama the Clown: Offensive against the Islamic State Pushed Back to the Fall

Robin Koerner - March 6, 2015. Published in Il Giornale

Iraqi soldiers are unready for combat in densely populated urban areas such as Mosul. The Pentagon is riled.

Italy: The Pentagon: We Are Winning against Islamic State in Iraq

Laurence Bouvard - February 24, 2015. Published in Panorama

Mexico: Islamic State Group: How to End It?

Robin Koerner - February 13, 2015. Published in La Crónica de Hoy

What started as just another fundamentalist group, consisting of members of terrorist cells in extinction, has become the most dangerous and powerful militant group in the world.

Italy: Intelligence Officials Warned Obama and the White House of the Threat of the Islamic State

Robin Koerner - October 14, 2014. Published in Il Fatto Quotidiano

The danger posed by the Islamic State was “underestimated” in the United States, although the Secret Service did raise the alarm.

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