Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- Dcember 20, 2016



Alan Gomez, USA TODAY: Berlin attack latest in disturbing terror trend

If the truck attack on a crowded Berlin market that killed a dozen people sounded familiar, that's because it follows a disturbing trend of terrorism that requires little organization, manpower or technological know-how.

Whether the Berlin rampage represents the latest lone wolf attack or is the latest example of an Islamic State operative able to conceal his ties to the terrorist organization worries authorities.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 20, 2016

Attack on Berlin is bound to change Germany -- Alexander Kudascheff, DW

Unease in the Christmas air in Germany -- Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe

Berlin attack may make Merkel's re-election quest rougher -- AP

The implications of Andrey Karlov assassination -- Akin Unver, Al Jazeera

Why killing of Russian diplomat may well bring Turkey and Russia closer -- Julian Borger, The Guardian

Aleppo's fall will change U.S. and Russian roles in Syria -- Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters

Greece’s Perpetual Crisis -- Yanis Varoufakis, Project Syndicate

Japan’s existential crisis -- Konrad Yakabuski, The Globe and Mail

China just returned a US Navy drone. Why'd they take it in the first place? -- Bob Bateman, VOX

More Than Meets the Eye in the South China Sea -- Stratfor

Cracks in the Chinese Powerhouse -- Timothy Heath, Cipher Brief

Rex Tillerson’s tenure as US secretary of state is likely to follow an ExxonMobil mindset -- Robin Mills, National Interest

Tracking Trump’s National-Security Conflicts of Interest -- Caroline Houck, Atlantic Media fellow at Defense One

Trump is unifying the fractured GOP foreign policy establishment -- Hugh Hewitt, Washington Post

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