Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 24, 2016

Carol Matlack, Bloomberg: Brussels: Europe’s Jihadi Capital

The haphazardly governed city failed to stem a radical presence in its slums.

The accused ringleaders of last November’s Paris terror attacks came from Brussels; so did the weapons used in an assault on a kosher supermarket in Paris last year. A Brussels resident killed four people at the city’s Jewish Museum in 2014; last August, a heavily armed man boarded a Paris-bound train in Brussels and tried to attack passengers before being overpowered.

How did jihadism take root in a city that’s one of Europe’s safest and wealthiest—not to mention the headquarters of NATO and other security-focused international organizations?

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 24, 2016

Bomb attacks show how Belgium became an incubator of terror -- Anthony Faiola, Souad Mekhennet and James McAuley, Washington Post

Hornet's nest at center of Brussels terror threat -- Delphine Schrank, CNN

Brussels Attacks: Is Belgium's Politics Broken? -- Josh Lowe, Newsweek

Brussels attack: Why can't Europe close the gap in its intelligence sharing? -- Sara Miller Llana & Elisabeth Braw, CSM

Questions grow about why authorities couldn't stop attacks -- John-Thor Dahlburg, AP

Europe declared peace while the world was still at war -- Lucian Kim, Bloomberg

Brussels bombings are a sign of Islamic State’s panic -- Karen J. Greenberg, Reuters

U.S. Tells Iran’s Cyberspies: You Can’t Hide Anymore -- Shane Harris, Daily Beast

China’s 2016 Military Budget Up Only 7.6% -- Gordon G. Chnag, World Affairs

Karadzic Verdict a Victory for History -- Bloomberg editorial

What the guilty verdict of Radovan Karadzic tells us about war crimes adter 9/11 -- Peter Maass, The Intercept

A Picture of Russian Patriotism -- Lauren Goodrich, Stratfor

DOOMED: Five reasons why the EU-Turkish refugee deal will not work -- Camino Mortera-Martinez, Center For European Reform

What’s Good, Bad, And Ugly About Obama’s Cuba Trip -- Mike Gonzalez, The Federalist

Is Argentina Healing? -- Priscilla Alvarez, The Atlantic

Brazil's Theater of the Absurd -- Mac Margolis, Bloomberg