Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 25, 2016

Daniel R. DePetris, National Interest: All of Europe Is a Battleground Against Terrorism

There is no way to sugarcoat it: the European continent, long considered one of the most prosperous, safe and multicultural regions of the world, is effectively a battlefield in the war against international terrorism.

Less than four months after eleven attackers perpetrated the worst act of violence on French soil since World War II, France's Belgian neighbor experienced a nightmare of their own during the morning rush hour on March 22. Strapped with explosive belts and reportedly carrying Kalashnikov rifles, as many as four men who are supposedly members of the Islamic State conducted three orchestrated strikes on two locations that were packed with travelers from around the world. Two suicide bombings in one of the world’s busiest airports turned the check-in counters into a scene of immense destruction, while a separate suicide bombing at a metro line in the Maelbeek district shut down the transportation system. When the grisly scene was over, more than thirty people were killed and the entire city of Brussels was on lockdown.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 25, 2016

How Real is the Dirty Bomb Threat? -- Alan Neuhauser, US News and World Report

How Isis laid out its plans to export chaos to Europe -- Martin Chulov, The Guardian

The Islamic State’s Lone-Wolf Era Is Over -- Matthew Levitt, FP

Killing ISIS’s No. 2 Leader, Again -- Adam Chandler, The Atlantic

How Belgium's Bumbling Bureaucrats Aided ISIS in Europe -- Kurt Eichenwald, Newsweek

Postcard from a Failed State? Attacks Cast Light on Belgium's State Crisis -- Spiegel Online

What price the Brussels airport photograph? -- Sean O'Hagan, The Guardian

Will Obama Give More Cash to Iran? -- Jonathan Tobin, Commentary

Are North Koreans fighting in Syria? It’s not as far-fetched as it sounds. -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post

North Korea’s Next Missile Test Could Kill -- Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast

It’s Time for China to Turn Nuclear-Security Pledges into Reality -- Hui Zhang, Defense One

India's Real Tobacco Problem -- Bloomberg editorial

New Zealand is not changing its flag after all -- Michelle Hackman, VOX

Cuba's journey from rock labor brigades to the Rolling Stones -- Frank Jack Daniel, Reuters

Can Mauricio Macri Save Argentina’s Economy? -- Maria Candia, Foreign Policy