Eurasia Security Watch: No. 327
Lebanon battles Islamist militants;
Sisi plans to expand Suez Canal;
Turkey cracks down on police;
Militias battle over Benghazi
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China Reform Monitor: No. 1117
China faces growing demographic challenge;
Billions marked for improved infrastructure in China’
s west
South Asia Security Monitor: No. 350
Uighur militants launch another attack on Xinjiang;
Social media expands Isis' reach;
PAK using counterinsurgency funds for India;
Modi visits Nepal
China Reform Monitor: No. 1116
Strains in China-DRPK ties over nukes;
CMC widens corruption probe
Cutting the Caliphate Down to Size
Is America headed back to Iraq? On August 7, President Obama took the first step in that direction when he authorized the use of air strikes to prevent the further advance of the militant Islamic group once known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Shams (ISIS) and now known as the Islamic State. Since then, the U.S. military has commenced a limited bombing campaign against Islamic State detachments in northern Iraq and added 130 military advisers to the 300 already stationed in the country.