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 Carnegie Endowment International Peace, Mideast Center: Three major internationally funded insurgencies now overrun Egypt http://carnegie-mec.org/publications/?fa=61683&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2AMideast%20Brief
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 The Long War Journal: Iraqi Army Retakes Ramadi AGAIN http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2015/12/iraqi-military-retakes-center-of-ramadi-from-islamic-state.php
 I.M.F. warns Saudi regime about low foreign exchange reserves, total collapse in under 5 years.
Saudi' act like Russia, run deficits, cut expenditures & subsidies and kill all opponents while maintaining market share. The end is near http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/10/imf-saudi-arabia-151022110536518.html Trading Economics: Graphs Saudi Foreign Exchange Reserves Portfolio http://www.tradingeconomics.com/saudi-arabia/foreign-exchange-reserves M.E.F. David P. Goldman: The Saudi's Foreign Exchange Portfolio, the data, why cheap oil will NOT save Saudi Arabia http://www.meforum.org/5582/saudis-cheap-oil  MEF "How The Islamic State Dies": By Daniel Pipes http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2015/12/isis-imminent-demise
 Foreign Policy Institute: What we learned about French engagement in Mali http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/content/fpi-bulletin-counterterrorism-lessons-mali
 MEF: Dr. Efraim Karsh on "Obama's Middle East Delusions" http://www.meforum.org/5685/obama-middle-east-delusions
 Dr. Norman Bailey from the Institute of World Politics D.C.: http://acdemocracy.org/middle-east-poker/
  AEI's Dr. Michael Rubin: Turkey's Role in Halting Iranian Ambitions http://www.aei.org/publication/turkeys-dangerous-iraq-game/?utm_source=Paramount&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=rundown122115
 The American Enterprise Institute: Limits & Appeals of Intervention in Islamic Civilization
https://www.aei.org/publication/gop-❤%EF%B8%8F-dictators/?utm_source=Paramount&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=rundown122115  Geopolitical Monitor: The nature of the Arabic polity, subsidies, and minimum role of markets
http://www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/riyadh-feels-the-pinch-the-true-cost-of-saudi-subsidies/  Human Rights Watch: Publishes graphic study on Syrian torture centers https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/12/16/if-dead-could-speak/mass-deaths-and-torture-syrias-detention-facilities?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2AMideast%20Brief
 Carnegie Endowment International Peace on Kurdish Civil Military Relations & Political, Ethic barriers to winning 'The Long War' http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/12/16/kurdistan-s-political-armies-challenge-of-unifying-peshmerga-forces/ilqd?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2AMideast%20Brief
 BBC reports that a prominent Saudi intellectual reformer has proposed that the Kingdom become a Constitutional Monarchy. His sentence is 4 years in jail http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35154411?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2AMideast%20Brief
 The Middle East Forum (MEF) Sterling Jensen on the fall of Iraq's Anbar Province http://www.meforum.org/5687/fall-of-anbar-province
 The Arabist: Journal devoted exclusively to Egyptian political economy & culture. An elaborate essay on understanding Islamic Civilization during the retreat of the Pax Americana http://arabist2.squarespace.com/blog/2015/12/16/the-west-in-the-arab-world-between-ennui-and-ecstasy?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2AMideast%20Brief
 The Washington Post reporting on Afghan leadership seeking Pakistani (Taliban) Assistance https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/after-taliban-attacks-afghan-leader-takes-heat-for-seeking-pakistans-aid/2015/12/17/0e1286c4-a288-11e5-8318-bd8caed8c588_story.html
 The HILL Reports: Iranian Government Sending Jets to Syria http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/international/263548-iranian-jets-in-syrian-skies-what-could-go-wrong
 The Weekly Standard: U.S. War Aims in Syria Identical to Russia, Assad Stays http://www.weeklystandard.com/kerry-assad-stays/article/2000266
 UAE & Qatar Divergent War Aims in North Africa via Proxy http://www.huffingtonpost.com/giorgio-cafiero/the-uae-and-qatar-wage-a-_b_8801602.html?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2ASituation%20Report
 Russian SA-17 Air Defense Weapon System Paralyzes U.S. War Aims in Near East http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-17/new-russian-air-defenses-in-syria-keep-u-s-groundedutm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=%2ASituation%20Report
 Syrian Civil War: the Political Economy Dynamics of Desertion & Recruitment http://carnegieendowment.org/2015/10/24/for-money-or-liberty-political-economy-of-military-desertion-and-rebel-recruitment-in-syrian-civil-war/ilqf
 Washington Post Got IT Right: If Russia & Iran cannot get their client out of current mess, then Vienna is useless. If you cannot stop genocidal slaughter of Syrians, then how can you compel good faith negotiations? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-and-kerrys-wishful-thinking-on-syria/2015/12/11/94bbcc90-92f1-11e5-a2d6-f57908580b1f_story.html
 NYT's Reporting that Iraqi Army must retake Ramadi from Insurgents AGAIN https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/iraqi-armed-forces-see-chance-for-redemption-as-they-close-in-on-ramadi/2015/12/13/1f453690-9f6c-11e5-9ad2-568d814bbf3b_story.html
 NYT's Reports on tenacious Pashtun Taliban (Afghani-Pakistani Proxy) Insurgency, Obama's CT Policy very premature http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/14/world/asia/afghan-province-teetering-to-the-taliban-draws-in-extra-us-forces.html?_r=0  |
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