Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 12, 2014

What Can We Expect From The Anti-Islamic State Coalition? -- John Vandver/Jennifer Svan/Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes

U.S. officials are working hard to build a broad, international coalition to combat Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. What’s unclear is whether the international effort will produce a coalition of consequence or one in name only.



At the NATO summit last week, the U.S. announced formation of a 10-nation “core coalition” that includes nine NATO members plus Australia. It has since grown.



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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 12, 2014

Whack-a-Mole: Obama's Real ISIS Strategy -- James Joyner, National Interest



For Assad, U.S. plan will weaken one foe but bolster others -- Tom Perry and Alexander Dziadosz, Reuters



Obama's anti-Islamic State coalition: Who's in and what are they likely to do? -- Dan Murphy, CSM



How Serious a Threat Is ISIS? -- Peter Beinart, The Atlantic



Will the House GOP Stop the War on ISIS? -- Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast



We Don't Need Another Dumb War -- Rosa Brooks, Foreign Policy



The mysterious explosion that could change the Syrian war -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post



Ukraine Is Running Out of Time -- Andrew A. Michta, American Interst



Putin holds key to Ukraine peace but keeps world guessing -- Timothy Heritage, Reuters



Why the Ukraine ceasefire may not hold -- Derek Frasier, The Globe and Mail



Russia sanctions: Policy of provocation? -- Yan Vaslavskiy, Al Jazeera



The Strategic Fallout from Scottish Independence -- Information Dissemination



Say 'Non': Quebec referendum offers lessons for pro-union UK leaders -- Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren, Reuters



Air strikes, drones and advisers: the new template for America's counter-terror fight -- Spencer Ackerman, The Guardian



Can Obama wage war without consent of Congress? -- Stephen Braun, Associated Press