American diplomacy links--November 2015.

AuthorClack, George

"Five Things To Know About the Paris Attack"

What the Paris attack tells us about ISIS, France as a target, Syrian refugees in Europe, and whether the United States will be next.

By Daniel L. Byman, Brookings Blogs. Byman is the director of research and a senior fellow in the Brookings InstitutIon's Center for Middle East Policy. His most recent book is Al Qaeda, the Islamic State, and the Global Jihadist Movement: What Everyone Needs To Know.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/order-from-chaos/posts/2015/11/15-paris-attacks-isis- byman?utm_campaign=Brookings+Brief&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium= email&utm_content=23759033&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8SBjaqnci4j1A6SR_YDjn- c4LpEblIs3OZYKveFS_KnaCCnCR86NaGxwz85b_5EkIdKu7JyvE94invkCh7_FOdN784JQ&_ hsmi=23759033

"How ISIS Spread in the Middle East"

In some fundamental respects ISIS is an anti-colonial movement that takes as its reference point Islam's pre-colonial conception of power--an Islamic state, a Sunni caliphate. Even if ISIS is crushed, this idea of "our caliphate" is likely to persist, and return.

By David Ignatius, the Atlantic. Ignatius is a columnist for the Washington Post

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/10/how-isis-started-syria-iraq/412042/

"A Syria-First Strategy for Defeating ISIS"

Protecting civilians from Assad is the first step toward the settlement David Ignatius deems essential.

By Frederic Hof, the Atlantic. Hof is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East and a former special advisor for transition in Syria at the U.S. Department of State.

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/11/syria-strategy-defeat-isis/414295/

"Hollande Declared 'War'--Now What?"

The French president faces tough political and security choices, from surveillance to Syria.

By Pierre Briancon, Politico. Briancon is the senior writer at Politico Europe.

http://www.politico.eu/article/hollande-declared-war-now-what-france-paris-attacks-isilterrorism/

"ISIS and the Logic of Anarchy"

ISIS's success, and the key to defeating it, lies in "out-adminstering" whoever came before.

By Robert D. Kaplan, the National Interest. Kaplan is a foreign correspondent for the Atlantic, a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security in Washington and a member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board. His most recent book is Monsoon: The Indian Ocean and the Future of American Power.

http://nationalinterest.org/feature/isis-the-logic-anarchy-14367

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