Sara Miller Llana and Colette Davidson, CSM: Could the lessons of Bataclan attack in Paris help with response to Orlando?
The US faces inevitable debate about the balance between freedom and safety. But it can also learn from the experiences of France as it enters a new age of vulnerability.
PARIS — By and large, they were hoping for a fun weekend out, unwinding from a tough week or catching a long-awaited gig. So relaxed were many that when they heard the first shots, they thought it was part of the performance.
Only later did they realize they were in the sights of a semi-automatic weapon, victims of some of the worst violence their respective nations had ever faced: the deadliest mass shooting in US history and the deadliest evening on French soil since World War II. Both were carried out in the name of the self-declared Islamic State.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 13, 2016
Why driving Islamic State from Fallujah is critical to Iraq and U.S. -- Jim Michaels, USA TODAY
Syria's civil war has destroyed its economy 'for years to come' -- Elena Holodny, Business Insider
Former fighters prepare at grassroots for a peaceful, post-war Syria -- Middle East Monitor
Russia in search of a new strategy in Syria -- Zeina Khodr, Al Jazeera
Russia Flexes Its Muscles In Turkmenistan -- Bruce Pannier, RFE
That frigate in the Senkakus was a bad move for China -- Steven Stashwick, Diplomat
Mongolia, Hit Hard by the Commodities Slump, Wearily Faces Elections -- Julian Dierkes, WPR
Brexit: Britain leaving the EU could be a messy divorce -- Lorne Cook, AP
Backlash in Cuba: Obama’s historic visit was a smash hit in Havana. Fidel Castro wasn’t going to take that lying down. -- Ann Louise Bardachi, Politico
Obama vs. the Cuban Dissidents -- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
This Woman Holds the Key to the Fate of Brazil -- Mac Margolis, Bloomberg
Who's responsible for child slavery? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera
Welcome, Olympic Tourists, to Brazil. Please Don’t Mind the Mess -- David Biller, Bloomberg
Sometimes, There Is a Military Solution -- Zalmay Khalilzad, National Interest
Food as a weapon of war proves potent military tactic -- DW
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