Ramadi | Watching America

China: Can the Islamic State Be Defeated in 2016?

Robin Koerner - January 5, 2016. Published in Huanqiu

Instead of worrying about whether the Islamic State can be defeated in 2016, it is wiser to spend our energy deliberating over how to prevent and counteract religious extremism.

France: Obama, the Man of Half Measures

Robin Koerner - June 30, 2015. Published in Le Point

What difference could 450 more trainers make to boost the Iraqi forces facing an enemy that is motivated by a fanaticism that won't wear away?

France: The Triple Victory of the Islamic State in Iraq

Robin Koerner - June 2, 2015. Published in Le Point

Poland: The US Will Support Iraqi Army in Its Battle Against Islamic State. Will that Be Enough?

Robin Koerner - June 1, 2015. Published in Newsweek Polska

Iraq: Who Bears Responsibility for the Fall of al-Anbar Province?

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2015. Published in Kitabat

How is it that America is aiding the terrorists in Syria, while at the same time striking them in Iraq; two separate strategies for one enemy?

Pan Arab: Ramadi and the Danger of the American Collapse on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Jordan

Robin Koerner - May 31, 2015. Published in Al-Quds Al-Arabi

Canada: After Ramadi, Canada Should Question US Strategy to Defeat IS

Robin Koerner - May 27, 2015. Published in The Globe and Mail

The only hope of making this strategy work would be to bring U.S. ground forces once again into the region.

Canada: With Ramadi Setback, Obama’s Global Credibility Takes Another Hit

Robin Koerner - May 26, 2015. Published in The Globe and Mail

On many fronts, America seems like Gulliver beset by multiple Lilliputians.

France: The US Powerless against Islamic State’s Advance

Robin Koerner - May 24, 2015. Published in Le Monde

Australia: Stalemate Emerges as IS Wins Precious Ground

Robin Koerner - May 18, 2015. Published in The Sydney Morning Herald

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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