ISIL’s recruitment of foreign fighters is a global phenomenon. Extremists from 86 countries have traveled to Syria and Iraq to fight for the terrorist group also known as the Islamic State or Daesh. These recruits are well-educated and relatively wealthy, according to a recent report by the World Bank – Defense One
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FPI Executive Director Christopher J. Griffin and Senior Policy Analyst Evan Moore write: The President can still act to reverse this trajectory and provide his successor with a more manageable conflict in Syria. The tools available are well known: to ground Assad’s air force, establish a no-fly zone that enables humanitarian assistance, and arm the mainstream opposition. The only reason that the legacy of Mr. Obama’s final months in office should be Aleppo’s complete destruction is if he allows it. – Foreign Policy Initiative
Saeed Ghasseminejad and Amir Toumaj write: This past week’s developments in Iran’s energy sector underscore an unsavory but unavoidable truth. In the oil sector, as in other key sectors from petrochemicals to telecommunications, it will be the regime’s most intransigent elements – not the Iranian people – that are set to gain the most from sanctions relief. – Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Report: This report demonstrates the Revolutionary Guard’s pervasive influence in the Iranian economy and provides an accounting of the IRGC’s nefarious activities. Without a sober understanding of how the IRGC will exploit economic dividends generated by the JCPOA, policymakers and the private sector cannot establish appropriate counter-measures to prevent the enrichment of the most dangerous elements of the Iranian regime. – Foundation for Defense of Democracies
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Nicholas Jubber writes: Even more than Syria, the fate of Libya is likely to color the next president’s foreign policy. While Syria has been a whirlpool, sucking in the most toxic elements in the region, Libya is a sandstorm, spreading its mayhem outward. According to the ISIS supporter’s essay, Libya is “the key to Egypt, the key to Tunisia, Sudan, Mali, Algeria and Niger too.” – The Daily Beast
Sadanand Dhume writes: Mr. Modi has rejigged the old calculus that made stability in South Asia largely India’s responsibility. If the gamble pays off by eroding Pakistani support for jihadists, it will make South Asia a safer region and India a more valuable partner for the West. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
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