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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
This week's news digest focuses primarily on the events in Paris - their roots, reactions, and consequences. Scroll down for analysis and opinion concerning Greece and the euro zone, Russia and Ukraine, as well as Syria and ISIS.
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The Attacks in Paris - Roots of Radicalization
"The Forgotten War That Spawned Paris's Attacks," Adam Baron - The Daily Beast, January 11, 2015
"Quelle Surprise? The Attacks in Paris Were Terrible. But We Should have Seen it Coming," Aaron David Miller - Foreign Policy, January 11, 2015
The Attacks in Paris - Reflection and Outrage "France's 9/11," Dominique Moisi - San Francisco Chronicle, January 9, 2015
"This is No Time for Europe to Retreat," Judy Dempsey - Real Clear World, January 12, 2015
"To Call the Paris Attacks a 'War' Dignifies Pointless Slaughter," Janet Daley - The Telegraph, January 10, 2015
"A Win for the Jihadists," Jonah Goldberg - National Review Online, January 9, 2015
"Paris Killings Require More Than Mere Condemnation," H.A. Hellyer - Brookings, January 8, 2015
"Terrorist Acts, Not Cartoons Provoke Islamophobia," Hussein Ibish - The National, January 11, 2015
"Let's Talk About the Other Dead Journalists," Rafia Zakaria - Al Jazeera America, January 10, 2015
The Attacks in Paris - Consequences and Options
" If Europe is to Overcome Islamist Terror, It Needs to Fight for the Values It Holds Dear," Paul Mason - The Guardian, January 11, 2015
The Attacks in Paris - Playing Politics "Le Pen's Moment," Philip Gourevitch - The New Yorker, January 10, 2015 "What Else was Paraded in Paris?" Michael Marder - Al Jazeera, January 12, 2015
"Abbas in Paris: Hypocrisy Isn't Progress," Jonathan S. Tobin - Commentary, January 11, 2015
"For Cameron and Miliband, Paris is Act One of the UK General Election," Matthew d'Ancona - The Guardian, January 11, 2015
Turmoil in the Eurozone as Threat of a "Grexit" Looms
" Weighing the Options the Greeks Face," Jacob Funk Kirkegaard - Newsweek, January 9, 2015
Ukraine/Russia - Assigning Blame and Assessing Options
" Who is to Blame?" Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg and James Stavridis - Horizons, Winter 2015
" A New Policy to Rescue Ukraine," George Soros - The New York Review of Books, February 5, 2015
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