Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 26, 2015

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says he gave the order to fire himself. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters

Mark Galeotti, The Guardian: Why did it take Turkey just 17 seconds to shoot down Russian jet?

Ankara has delivered an incendiary message to Moscow, and while there may be too much at stake for the conflict to spill out of control it also won’t go away

Even if Turkey is right that a Russian fighter jet strayed into its airspace, the plane was within Ankara’s borders for just 17 seconds before being attacked – and was making no hostile moves against the Turks.

Airspace incursions, granted usually in less politically tense contexts, happen all the time, and generally you’d expect warning shots to be fired and then attempts to force the intruder to leave or to land.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 26, 2015

Russia-Turkey Ties Are Headed Into a Deep Freeze -- Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ

Will Putin begin carving a little Turkey after the 'stab in the back'? -- Greg R. Lawson, The Hill

Putin Pushes Back: How Russia Is Responding to Turkey’s Downing of Fighter Jet -- Rob Garver, Fiscal Times

Erdogan gobbles up power in new Turkish government -- Cengiz Çandar, Al-Monitor

The Arab World is at war with itself -- Lamis Andoni, Al Jazeera

Suddenly, Dialogue with North Korea Is in Vogue -- Gordon G. Chang, World Affairs

What Now for the Peacebuilding Process in Myanmar? -- David Hael, The Diplomat

Why the U.S. sticks with an ineffective strategy against Islamic militants -- Jason Fields, Reuters

Putin Seeks Entente Cordiale With the West -- Vladimir Frolov, Moscow Times

Why the Ukraine Rebellion Is Unlikely to Spread -- Yuri Zhukov, Newsweek

Putin Doesn't Mind Oil's Fall -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

Colombia: Peace Deal Falling To Pieces -- Strategy Page

Argentina’s Fresh Start -- Andrés Velasco, Project Syndicate

Oil market rests on Saudi-Iranian output deal -- Andy Critchlow, Reuters

What It Takes To Get Deployed U.S. Troops Thanksgiving Dinner -- DoD Live