Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 22, 2016



George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures: The Cycle of Terrorism

Identifying terrorists requires a shift in intelligence methods.

Summary The attacks in Belgium will set in motion an old cycle: massive alerts, terrorists going to ground, relaxing the alert, the re-emergence of the terrorist. Identifying terrorists consistently is almost impossible by existing means. The only strategy that might work is human intelligence – spies penetrating terrorist groups – but it is stunningly difficult. The choice is living with terrorism or adopting new strategies, as the old ones stop some attacks but not all.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 22, 2016

Belgium, My Country, Is in Denial -- Jean-Michel Paul, Bloomberg

Why did the bombers target Belgium? -- Jason Burke, The Guardian

Europe’s Breeding Ground for Terror -- Mike Gonzalez, Daily Signal

Brussels: A Vulnerability Exploited -- FMR SR Member of British Intelligence, The Cipher

Belgium bombings: Europeans show resilience to terrorism's 'new normal' -- Sara Miller Llana, Elizabeth Bryant, and Elisabeth Braw, CSM

Analysis: The next terror attack is already on the way -- Ron Ben-Yishai, i24 News

The Long War Against Islamic Extremism -- Telegraph editorial

Is Turkey ready to become Europe’s border guard? -- Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor

Why Putin Made a Hasty Retreat from Syria -- M. Trudolyubov, Newsweek

US-Russia thaw? Kerry arrives in Moscow for Syria talks -- Fred Weir, CSM

China’s Gambia gambit and what it means for Taiwan -- Richard C. Bush, Brookings

Catastrophic Victory: Museveni’s Re-Election and Uganda’s Future -- Peter Dörrie and Simone Schlindwein, WPR

Crimea Celebrates Its Second Anniversary As Part Of Russia: Time To Drop Sanctions Against Moscow -- Doug Bandow, Forbes

The Victory of Ukraine -- Anne Applebaum, New York Review Of Books

Obama's Other (More Important) Trip -- Mac Margolis, Bloomberg

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