A "lurker" recommended this report by Ash Carter, ex-Defence Secretary, published by the Belfer Center in October 2017.
Link to a two page summary:https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/d...ager%20web.pdf
The full report:https://www.belfercenter.org/LastingDefeat
He refers in July 2015 to:This seems an odd statement:Intelligence on ISIS was almost entirely lacking—we did not understand who our enemy was, where he was, or what he would do next.A lengthy passage on Turkey and then this, not very diplomatic:Iran has had virtually nothing to do with the liberation of Iraqi territory, and every Iraqi can see that.Regrettably, the Gulf countries have so fall fallen short of doing what they can. (In contrast) Singapore and Malaysia joined the counter-ISIS coalition: Singapore’s highly professional military contributed imagery analysts and an aerial refueling tanker to the fight in Iraq and Syria; and as a majority-Muslim nation, Malaysia’s public embrace of the fight against ISIS had major significance.
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