Defeating ISIS solves nothing without a political solution (John C. Hulsman, Al Arabiya)

Conventional wisdom would have you believe that things are looking up in the battle against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). As of the end of May, the caliphate has lost 46 percent of its territory in Iraq and 16 percent in Syria, according to the Pentagon - a faster collapse than American officials had thought possible

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