From the 'Coalition of the Willing' to 'Alliances of the Allies' What to Expect Next

摘要

In the future, two risks need to be mitigated with utmost urgency. Firstly, to prevent the campaign against extremism from becoming a Shia-Sunni conflagration and secondly, to prevent the campaign against extremism to transform in to a campaign against Islam. The war against extremism cannot be won without consideration of the interests of the main allies. How to manage that is obviously tricky. Not respecting this or blaming the allies for lack of ownership will only exasperate the challenges.