US air campaign against ISIS
Subtitle: a more balanced pivot to East Asia?
By: by Barry Desker
Series: RSIS commentary -- [2014], no. 186; RSIS commentary -- 2014, no. 186.
Publisher: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Subjects: Islam and politics; Military policy; IS (Organization)
Description: Obama's declaration of a systematic air campaign against ISIS militants in Iraq and military assistance to Iraqi and Kurdish forces are the beginning of a new long term involvement in the Middle East. It marks a more balanced approach to the US defence pivot to East Asia