Editor's Picks • Page 36 of 38

Feb- 2018 -

28 February

Russian soldiers parade on Red Square, Moscow

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Red Army in the grey zone: Russia’s greatest threat to the US is ‘less-than-war’

Crispin Burke argues that a credible US military deterrent may encourage Russia to use less-than-war measures, including military contractors and cyber power – designed to create plausible deniability and preclude the US from striking back

17 February

Commentary

Russian private military contractors Syria

Opinion Editor

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An experimental playground: The footprint of Russian private military companies in Syria

The footprint of Russian private military contractors in Syria is significant and has demonstrated the capacity of the Kremlin to apply military pressure abroad without officially deploying regular troops

13 February

Commentary

Opinion Editor

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The Manbij Conundrum

The collapse, or eviction by military force, of the SDF from Manbij would have dire consequences for the stability of the SDF, and by extension, the entire US mission to build stability in the wake of the Islamic State in Syria.

10 February

Commentary

Allison McManus

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Egypt’s new Sinai campaign unlikely to achieve long-term stability

It is nearly inconceivable to think that the Egyptian military could support a sustained presence to the level it will demonstrate over the next days in Sinai, Allison McManus writes

2 February

Commentary

Sinam Mohamed

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SDF defeated ISIS in northern Syria – the US and its allies should support them in Afrin

The world made the right choice when it stood with the SDF in Raqqa and Deir ez-Zor. It is not too late for the United States to stand with Afrin.

1 February

Asia Pacific

Shadi Khan Saif

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The ‘weak link’: Afghan Police bear the brunt of insecurity in Afghanistan

Undertrained and improperly equipped, the Afghan National Police act more as a security force than civilian police, and they bear the brunt of terrorist attacks

Jan- 2018 -

29 January

War of Words

Iraqi woman after voting in Nasiriyah in 2010

Opinion Editor

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Will militia leaders shape Iraq’s future?

What role will Shia militia leaders and the Hashd al-Shaabi popular mobilization units who fought ISIS play in the Iraqi political arena in the 2018 election?

25 January

Commentary

Fergus Kelly

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Will Turkey attack Manbij?

Experts discuss whether Turkey's Operation Olive Branch incursion into Syria's Afrin will also target Manbij

23 January

Middle East

Anna Varfolomeeva

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After Efrin, Turkey will target all of northern Syria, envoy says

Turkey's Operation Olive Branch could bring about a war that will engulf all of Syria, Democratic Federation of Northern Syria representative Sinam Mohamed said

23 January

Middle East