Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 2, 2015

Ashley Fantz, CNN: Which nations are attacking ISIS?

(CNN)In the wake of the Paris terror attacks, allies in the fight against ISIS are signaling readiness to intensify attacks on the terrorist group's strongholds in Syria and northern Iraq.

Germany is expected this week to give final approval to a military mission that includes up to 1,200 soldiers to be deployed in a "support role" against ISIS in Syria. British lawmakers will vote Wednesday on whether to conduct more airstrikes against the terror group's Syrian strongholds.

A United States-led coalition has been attacking ISIS in Syria with airstrikes since August 2014. But other countries, including Russia -- which isn't part of the coalition -- also are pummeling the terror group from the air. Arab nations, including Turkey, Jordan and Saudi Arabia have played smaller roles in the air onslaught. Kurdish fighters have joined the fighting on the ground. Here's a look -- in graphics and videos -- at who's been doing what in the growing battle.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 2, 2015

Islamic State's New Strategy Is Suicidal -- Eli Berman & Jacob N. Shapiro, Bloomberg

The fight against the Islamic State is no ordinary war -- Thomas Donnelly, Washington Post

Lethality or Leaflets: The Strange Killing Rules in the ISIS Campaign -- Mark Thompson, Time

Obama: Frozen in ISIS’s Headlights -- Richard Epstein, Newsweek

How ISIS Suckered the West -- Maajid Nawaz, Daily Beast

What does bombing Syria mean for Britain? -- Rupert Myers, GQ

Syria debate: the linguistic battle over what to call Islamic State -- Matthew Weaver, The Guardian

Is ISIS In America? Hundreds Of US Islamic State Sympathizers Have Tried To Travel To Syria Or Iraq: Report -- Adam Lidgett, IBTimes

The President Versus the Generals: Algeria's Latest Power Play -- Emily Boulter, National Interest

South Asian sectarianism is lost among the babble -- Rashmee Roshan Lall, The National

Russia Challenging Japan? Kremlin To Build Military Compounds On Disputed Kuril Islands -- Lydia Tomkiw, IBTimes

NATO Expands. Russia Yawns -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

Opposition win in Venezuela on Sunday may not change much -- Franco Ordonez, McClatchy News

The Man Who Brought Down Pablo Escobar -- Kim MacQuarrie, Daily Beast

America the Indispensable: Like so many naturalized citizens, I felt that I was an American before I formally became one. -- Rupert Murdock, WSJ

How Solar and Wind Got So Cheap, So Fast: The technological shift that made an agreement in Paris possible -- Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic