Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 5, 2015

Edward Snowden, New York Times: The World Says No to Surveillance

MOSCOW — TWO years ago today, three journalists and I worked nervously in a Hong Kong hotel room, waiting to see how the world would react to the revelation that the National Security Agency had been making records of nearly every phone call in the United States. In the days that followed, those journalists and others published documents revealing that democratic governments had been monitoring the private activities of ordinary citizens who had done nothing wrong.

Within days, the United States government responded by bringing charges against me under World War I-era espionage laws. The journalists were advised by lawyers that they risked arrest or subpoena if they returned to the United States. Politicians raced to condemn our efforts as un-American, even treasonous.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 5, 2015

Edward Snowden: World is rejecting mass surveillance -- AFP

The Kurd-Shia War Behind the War on ISIS -- Mat Wolf, Daily Beast

The US, Iran, and Russia have serious choices to make about Syria -- David Ignatius, The Washington Post

Analysis: Outside Powers Weigh Their Options in Syria -- Stratfor

Hope for the best, pre-empt the worst in Middle East -- Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera

The rebranding of the Nusra Front: What are we to believe about Syrian opposition groups? -- Mehdi Hasan, Al Jazeera

Did China Just Hack the Entire Federal Workforce? -- Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar & Ken Dilanian, Real Clear World

Beijing's Deaf Ear to Washington Has Consequences -- Yanmei Xie, Lowy Institute

China’s Territorial Strategy Is Gradualist, Asymmetric, and Effective. How Should the United States Respond? -- Robert A. Newson and Lauren Dickey, Council on Foreign Relations

Japan, Philippines Strengthen Strategic Partnership -- Prashanth Parameswaran, The Diplomat

Why South Korea is So Obsessed with Japan -- Robert Kelly, Lowy Institute

Why the World Ignores S. Sudan's Killing Fields -- Nathaniel Ross Kelly, Real Clear Defense

Reports that Russia Has Blinked in Ukraine Are Greatly Exaggerated -- Noah Rothman, Commentary

Greece's IMF repayment delay smacks of both desperation and defiance -- Heather Stewart, The Guardian

U.S. Ready to Snatch Qatar’s World Cup -- Nico Hines, Daily Beast