Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 17, 2015

Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera: Can anyone stop the killing in Syria?

As the last five years have shown us, the bloodier the change, the worse the outcome.

Perhaps I should have seen it coming. I didn't. I was dumbstruck. To explain the effects of psychological violence on Syrians, a Syrian scholar gave us an example during the "Conference on Violence and Politics in Contemporary Arab Societies".

It's a "personal anecdote" he said, as he moved closer to the microphone. "When I told my sister that she must find a way to escape, she said she wouldn't/couldn't move an inch after the beheading of my nephew as he tried to escape the violence."

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 17, 2015

Could Syria’s revolution have been different? -- Charles Glass, Mondoweiss

Why Isis fights -- Martin Chulov, The Guardian

War has forced half of Syrians from their homes. Here's where they've gone -- Mark Bixler and Michael Martinez, CNN

Migration Divides Europe -- Stratfor

Afghanistan: The other refugee crisis -- Helena Malikyar, Al Jazeera

Where Refugees Want to Go -- Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker

Want To Intervene in Syria? Answer These Questions First -- Timothy Kaldas, Defense One/Council on Foreign Relations

'We Want a Massacre': Turkish-Kurdish Tensions Escalate as Election Looms -- Hasnain Kazim, Spiegel Online

As China Marches Forward, Japan and Russia Watch With Worry -- Julian Snelder, Real Clear Defense/Lowy Institute

98 Degrees and Rising? Azerbaijan’s Military Expansion and the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict -- Suzanne Rothman, Registan

Vladimir Putin wants his seat back at the world’s table. How far will he go to get it? -- Masha Gessen, Reuters

Europe's Union Unravels -- Rosa Balfour, Real Clear World

Congress to Pentagon: We Want an Anonymous Spy Survey to See If ISIS Intel Is Cooked -- Tim Mak, Daily Beast

Goldman Sees 15 Years of Weak Crude as $20 U.S Oil Looms -- Robert Tuttle, Bloomberg