Kristin Fabbe

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Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Kobani, seen from the Turkish-Syrian border in Suruc, Turkey. Kurdish forces urged a U.S.-led coalition to escalate air strikes on Islamic State fighters who tightened their grip on the Syrian town. (Getty Images)

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Turkish-American relations reached their nadir last week. Turkey's failure to take a definitive stance on Islamic State has unleashed a torrent of criticism in Western media of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his government. Vice President Joe Biden set the tone for Washington's frustration with his off-the-cuff remarks at Harvard insinuating that Turkey had earlier lent support to Islamic State. Erdogan declared that Biden would be “history to me” unless he apologized. Despite Biden's apology, pundits have piled on to accuse Turkey of choosing Islamic State militants over the Kurds of Syria, and some even suggest ousting it from NATO.

The inaction of Ankara, Turkey's capital, on Islamic State holds a mirror to Washington's own inability to act definitively in the Middle East.…  Seguir leyendo »

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President Obama has lamented not doing more to follow up on the 2011 intervention in Libya.

As the U.S. builds its military campaign against Islamic State, extending airstrikes into Syria, it is not too late for Washington and its allies to heed the lessons from Libya. Even in a post-Islamic State and post-Bashar Assad world, Syria would still have to manage the many other militias battling for control. Not all militias are extremist; nonetheless, their very existence will severely complicate the effort to build any new institutional order.

Just ask the Libyans, whose country is now teetering on the brink of disintegration.…  Seguir leyendo »