Thursday, January 10, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 10, 2013



Slaughter In Paris: Who Killed The Kurds? -- Christopher Dickey And Tracy McNicoll, Daily Beast

Three female Kurdish activists were killed in the heart of Paris, it was discovered today. Christopher Dickey and Tracy McNicoll on possible motives—and the threat to peace.

The execution-style killing of three Kurdish activists in the heart of Paris on Wednesday may threaten peace talks between the Turkish government and Kurdish rebels that have been decades in the making. It immediately evoked memories of past assassinations targeting Kurdish exiles in Europe in the 1980s, and provoked conspiracy theories as complex as any in the Middle East. But for the moment French authorities do not have any specific suspects in what Interior Minister Manuel Valls flatly described as “assassinations.”

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Kurdish leader's murder in Paris threatens tentative Turkish-PKK peace deal -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor

How Paris killings could renew Kurdish flashpoint -- CNN

For Obama, the Key to Damascus May Lie in Ankara -- Soner Cagaptay, The Atlantic

Analysis: Russia struggles to remain relevant in Mideast -- Ariel Ben Solomon, Jerusalem Post

US 'fully committed' in Afghanistan, Panetta says. But no troops after 2014? -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor

Can India and Pakistan ease tensions after recent flareup? -- Shivam Vij, Christian Science monitor

China's new leader - harbinger of reform or another conservative? -- Terril Yue Jones and Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters

Chinese press for more civil liberties -- Washington Post editorial

The Greek Depression: Think Greece's failing economy has been saved from the abyss? Think again. -- John Sfakianakis, Foreign Policy

The U.K. and the EU: Irreconcilable Differences? -- Clive Crook, Bloomberg

Barack Obama treats Britain with sneering contempt. No wonder he worships the EU -- Niles Gardiner, The Telegraph

Op-Ed: Venezuela's Coup Made in Cuba -- Dr. Carlos Ponce, FOX News

Will Joe Biden's Gun Policy Task Force Be Effective? -- Teresa Welsh, US News and World Report

Scowcroft weighs in on the Hagel nomination -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy

Obama's 'No Drama' Foreign Policy -- Robert Kaplan, Real Clear World

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