Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 27, 2015

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens as President Barack Obama (R) speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, October 1, 2014. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Bill Schneider, Reuters: Israel’s dangerous new game playing out in Washington’s corridors of power

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 27, 2015

ISIS Still Strong Despite Major Defeat in Kobani -- Harvey Morris, Time

Three Lessons From Islamic State's Retreat -- Noah Feldman, Bloomberg

The Belgium Question: Why Is a Small Country Producing So Many Jihadists? -- Katrin Kuntz and Gregor Peter Schmitz, Spiegel Online

Aleppo residents tested by snowstorm, war -- Edward Dark, Al-Monitor

Kurdish Protectors Vow to Keep Their 'Jerusalem' -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg

In Yemen, the Gulf faces a new threat: the Americans -- Faisal Al Yafai, The National

Are falling oil prices pushing Iran to make risky economic choices? -- Scott Peterson, CSM

Libya Now Divided Over Tribe, Militias and Oil -- David Arnold, VOA

Why 2016 Could Be a Nightmare for China -- Kerry Brown, The Diplomat

China’s Reform Stalemate -- Keyu Jin, Project Syndicate

Guns, Lies, and Videotape: The War in Eastern Ukraine Is Back On in Full -- Reid Standish, Foreign Policy

The blame game in Ukraine -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera

Did Saudi Arabia Just Flinch? -- Evan Kelly, OilPrice.com

Why Saudis Are Holding Strong on Oil -- Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Bloomberg

Why the U.S. Is Stuck With Saudi Arabia -- Matt Schiavenza, The Atlantic

A History of U.S. Foreign Policy Tussles -- Joseph Bosco, Real Clear World

2 comments:

Jay Farquharson said...

WNU Editor,

Another one for you,
http://www.kyivpost.com/multimedia/photo/ukraine-hides-devastating-losses-as-russia-backed-rebels-surge-forwards-378321.html


War News Updates Editor said...

Thank you Jay for the link. I am prepping my Ukraine post for late tonight. I will use it as my headliner.

Yes .... Kiev's casualty numbers make no sense .... in fact .... they have never made any sense. I have friends who live in Odessa .... the hospitals are full of the wounded ... and that was before Christmas. Today .... it is a nightmare situation. In my father's home town (30 km. south of Kiev) .... the hospital is small but it is filled with about 15 wounded soldiers .... many of them amputees. But there is no public acknowledgement that they even exist.