Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 18, 2015

Pascal Rossignol/Reuters

Dana Kennedy, Daily Beast: Paris Bombers Were Lost In Secret Files

All but one of the terrorists were in France’s high-security watchlist that contains more than 10,000 people.

Just hours before a woman blew herself up during a seven-hour standoff with police in Paris early Wednesday, officials at the country’s Muslim organizations were dealing with their new normal: answering calls from anguished or angry French Muslims targeted by cops and confined to home for the next three months.

They were among the approximately 104 people placed under house arrest after a raid conducted Sunday and Monday of more than 200 homes in northern and southern France, targeting those suspected of having ties to radical Islamists. An additional 23 people were formally arrested and take into custody.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 18, 2015

The Intolerable Costs of Terrorism in Lives and Dollars -- Mark Gilbert, Bloomberg

A new, uneasy alliance takes shape to fight Daesh in Syria -- Robert Hackwill, Euronews

Confessions of an ISIS Spy -- Michael Weiss, Daily Beast

Russia's priority is the survival of Assad's regime -- Luke Coffey, Al Jazeera

Why can't we stop extremists? -- Jason Burke, The Guardian

Here’s why the Islamic State group has so many names -- Colleen Shalby, PBS

NATO's Two-Front War -- David Barno and Nora Bensahel, War On The Rocks

The French way of war -- Michael Shurkin, Politico

France's Lonely Struggle -- Iskander Rehman, National Interest

Bataclan Generation: For Paris youths, ISIS attack hit hard -- Sara Miller Llana, CSM

No, it's not 'World War 3' -- Timothy Stanley, CNN

Has Putin Won? -- Noah Rothman, Commentary

In Afghanistan capital, tentacles of Taliban reach deep -- Scott Peterson, CSM

Truth-Telling on China's Economy -- A. Gary Shilling, Bloomberg

Venezuela's Threatened Elections -- New York Times editorial

Obama Takes the War to His Hawkish Critics -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg

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