Foreign Affairs – Interesting Items

Chilcot Report on the Iraq War

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/06/iraq-inquiry-key-points-from-the-chilcot-report

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/06/chilcot-indictment-of-tony-blair-could-hardly-have-been-more-serious

Turkey’ Political and Strategic Blunders

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/opinion/erdogan-in-his-labyrinth.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/05/world/europe/turkey-erdogan-new-enemies-frustrating-friends.html

Jeffrey Sachs provides an interesting perspective on the Middle East mess

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/why-isis-persists-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2016-07

Related: Roger Cohen offers an assessment of Middle Eastern affairs –

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/28/opinion/roger-cohen-middle-eastern-zen.html