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egypt's growing insurgency:  al-sisi's crisis

12/28/2015

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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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iraqi army re-takes ramadi:  finally!!

12/28/2015

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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
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I.M.f. warns saudi regime:  running low on reserves, the end is near for house of saud

12/28/2015

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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
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how isis dies:  daniel pipes 

12/27/2015

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MEF "How The Islamic State Dies":  By Daniel Pipes http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2015/12/isis-imminent-demise
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insights on asymmetrical engagement for 'the long war': mali 

12/26/2015

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Foreign Policy Institute:  What we learned about French engagement in Mali http://www.foreignpolicyi.org/content/fpi-bulletin-counterterrorism-lessons-mali
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obama's middle east delusions:  efraim karsh

12/26/2015

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MEF:  Dr. Efraim Karsh on "Obama's Middle East Delusions" http://www.meforum.org/5685/obama-middle-east-delusions
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how to understand U.S. policy in near east

12/26/2015

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Dr. Norman Bailey from the Institute of World Politics D.C.:  http://acdemocracy.org/middle-east-poker/
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isis in Afghanistan: cells digging in

12/26/2015

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NYT:  ISIS Cells Emerging in Afghanistan http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/19/world/asia/afghanistan-ash-carter.html?_r=2&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term
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turkey's appeal as bulwark against iran

12/26/2015

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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
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the crisis @ The heart of islamic civilization & the limits, appeal of intervention 

12/26/2015

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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
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lazy polity:  subsidies, unchanging nature of many arabic nation states

12/26/2015

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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/
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satanic, genocidal implosion of islamic civilization

12/25/2015

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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
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kurd's civil-military relations:  A barrier to winning 'the long war' 

12/23/2015

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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
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saudi refomer jailed:  proposes a constitutional monarchy

12/23/2015

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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
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the fall of anbar province:  Is this obama's Jimmy carter moment?

12/23/2015

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The Middle East Forum (MEF) Sterling Jensen on the fall of Iraq's Anbar Province http://www.meforum.org/5687/fall-of-anbar-province
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international order in arab civilization 

12/23/2015

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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
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afghan leadership seeks pakistani taliban help:  stability seeking turmoil

12/18/2015

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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
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iranians sending jets to syria

12/18/2015

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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
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u.s. policy for syria:  identical to russia, assad stays

12/18/2015

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The Weekly Standard:  U.S. War Aims in Syria Identical to Russia, Assad Stays http://www.weeklystandard.com/kerry-assad-stays/article/2000266
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Sunni Gulf States divergent war aims by proxy 

12/18/2015

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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
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russian air defenses ground U.s. initiatives 

12/18/2015

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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
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political, economic dynamics of desertion, recruitment in syrian civil war

12/18/2015

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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
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kerry, syria & worthless vienna

12/14/2015

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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
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Iraq'i army must re-take ramadi 

12/14/2015

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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
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Afghan (pashtun - pakistani) taliban hold tough in afghanistan, obama's ct policy wrong 

12/14/2015

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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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