Satoshi Ikeuchi 池内恵

@chutoislam

Professor of Religion and Global Security, RCAST Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo. Islam & the Middle East studies.

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    Aug 17

    Description of my 2015 book on ISIS, which made an accidental and unfortunate blockbuster in Japan, caught in the middle of the political controversy surrounding the hostage crisis in Syria.

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    4 hours ago

    That was quick...This isn’t a game. Trump’s impulsive decisions have serious consequences. And abandoning our allies like this makes it harder to retain and recruit alliances going forward.

    Israeli media reporting that Turkey launched offensive against Kurdish forces in eastern state
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    5 hours ago

    Regarding Syria and Turkey, there is some disinformation out there (including from the POTUS himself), so here is some background on what is admittedly a complex matter with no easy or magic formulas:

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    4 hours ago

    former State Dept spox

    Sitting next to a couple in their 80’s as they talk about He adjusts his hearing aid as she says, “We’re abandoning the who fought w us, now ISIS May make a comeback.” 😬😬
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    4 hours ago

    Some of China’s overseas military bases are rumored, others are real. Learn which is which, and what it means for the US:

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    4 hours ago

    How serious is social unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, nine years after the so-called Arab Spring began? Let’s do a very rough calculation

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    4 hours ago

    Chief of Staff: We'll respond powerfully to any attack on Israel

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    5 hours ago

    : Initial reports of a Turkish airstrike on the Kurdish-controlled Semelka border crossing between Syria and Iraq

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    4 hours ago

    Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from northern Syria in anticipation of a Turkish invasion is only the latest in a long line of betrayals

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    14 hours ago

    We owed the Syrian Defense Forces much much better than a no-notice stand-by-and-watch as it gets pummeled by and — less than a few days after we (again) reassured them that dismantling there defenses would not hurt them b/c we are here.

    Good morning to the United States’ Middle East allies. Overnight, President Trump signed off on a US withdrawal and Turkish invasion in northern Syria, abandoning our Kurdish partners to their fate and trusting Erdogan to deal with ISIS prisoners. Have a good day.
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    6 hours ago

    Minutes apart, Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader McConnell call on Trump to reverse on Syria Pelosi: "Decision... sends a dangerous message to Iran and Russia" McConnell: “A precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Syria would only benefit Russia, Iran, and the Assad regime"

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    6 hours ago

    Just in: DOD spokesperson confirms the CAOC has pulled Turkey off the air tasking order and stopped the ISR feed, meaning Turkey is effectively cut out of the airspace along the border with Syria.

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    5 hours ago

    : video showing Turkish Air Force targeting area of Semalka border crossing with (used to transfer supplies).

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    4 hours ago

    It has begun. Turkey has started air and artillery strikes on near the border gate connecting Syria with Iraq. The air space was supposed to remain closed to Turkish jets.

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    : video showing Turkish Air Force targeting area of Semalka border crossing with (used to transfer supplies).
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    12 hours ago

    I don’t know all the details regarding President Trump’s decision in northern Syria. In process of setting up phone call with Secretary Pompeo. If press reports are accurate this is a disaster in the making.

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    10 hours ago

    The U.S. convinced the Kurds to destroy ISIS for us, causing massive Kurd casualties. Then we conned the Kurds into dismantling their defenses, promising to protect them. Now Trump invites the Turks into Syria, green lighting them to wipe out the Kurds. Positively sinister.

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    8 hours ago

    1/ Kurdish partners in Syria fought alongside the U.S. courageously and provided indispensable ground combat power to take on the ISIS “caliphate.” President Trump's decision breaks faith with them in a way that is morally wrong and strategically short-sighted.

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    13 hours ago

    Pentagon ‘completely blindsided’ by White House order to pull U.S. forces back from northern Syria green-lighting Turkish invasion: U.S. officials

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    A year ago

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    Trump: “Kurds are great people, great fighters, I like them a lot. We are trying to help them a lot. Don’t forget that’s their territory.They fought with us, they died with us, we lost tens of thousands of Kurds fighting ISIS. They’re…
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    21 hours ago

    Turkey spends the past half decade giving the U.S. the middle finger, effectively ditching NATO for Russia and screwing up the F-35 program, and Trump’s response is to withdraw from Syria in order to enable Turkey to have a wide open lane to overrun our Kurdish allies. Lovely.

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    20 hours ago

    Both former defense secretary James Mattis and former national security adviser John Bolton had been against abandoning the Kurds to the Turks.

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