Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 3, 2015

Sabrina Siddiqui, The Guardian: Congress passes NSA surveillance reform in vindication for Snowden

Bulk collection of Americans’ phone records to end as US Senate passes USA Freedom Act

The US Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to end the bulk collection of millions of Americans’ phone records, ushering in the country’s most significant surveillance reform since 1978 two years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations to the Guardian.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 3, 2015

In war on IS, solutions may be everywhere -- CSM Editorial

Why We Aren't Bombing ISIS -- Richard Miniter, Forbes

US sees drawn-out fight vs Islamic State amid claim of Assad-IS collaboration -- Whitney Eulich, CSM

Who created the Islamic State? George W. Bush or Barack Obama? -- Husna Haq, CSM

A Whack-a-Mole Game We Can't Win: Why the impending Iraqi offensive to retake Ramadi from the Islamic State group is doomed. -- Kate Gould and Wardah Khalid, US News and World Report

Israel Fears Breakup of Syria -- Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor

Gun-Running Report Shakes Turkey -- Marc Champion, Bloomberg

Why China has the upper hand in the South China Sea -- Barry C. Lynn, Reuters

Pyongyang Bling: The rise of North Korea's consumer comrades -- James Pearson and Ju-min Park, Reuters

The risk of arming local militias in Afghanistan's Kunduz -- Deutsche Welle

Rohingya Crisis: A Ticking Time Bomb for Myanmar -- Qingzhen Chen, Real Clear World

Can Anyone Stop Putin’s New Blitz? -- Michael Weiss, Daily Beast

The West Needs More Russophiles -- Mark Galeotti, Moscow Times

The Role of Inertia in Geopolitics -- Rodger Baker, Stratfor

Blatter's Gone, Qatar Should Be Next -- Kavitha A. Davidson, Bloomberg

What Happens When the Queen Dies—Inside ‘The Bridge’ -- Tom Sykes, Daily Beast

America Moves Beyond 9/11 -- Bloomberg editorial