Slaughter In Paris: Who Killed The Kurds? -- Christopher Dickey And Tracy McNicoll, Daily Beast
Three female Kurdish activists were killed in the heart of Paris, it was discovered today. Christopher Dickey and Tracy McNicoll on possible motives—and the threat to peace.
The execution-style killing of three Kurdish activists in the heart of Paris on Wednesday may threaten peace talks between the Turkish government and Kurdish rebels that have been decades in the making. It immediately evoked memories of past assassinations targeting Kurdish exiles in Europe in the 1980s, and provoked conspiracy theories as complex as any in the Middle East. But for the moment French authorities do not have any specific suspects in what Interior Minister Manuel Valls flatly described as “assassinations.”
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Kurdish leader's murder in Paris threatens tentative Turkish-PKK peace deal -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor
How Paris killings could renew Kurdish flashpoint -- CNN
For Obama, the Key to Damascus May Lie in Ankara -- Soner Cagaptay, The Atlantic
Analysis: Russia struggles to remain relevant in Mideast -- Ariel Ben Solomon, Jerusalem Post
US 'fully committed' in Afghanistan, Panetta says. But no troops after 2014? -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor
Can India and Pakistan ease tensions after recent flareup? -- Shivam Vij, Christian Science monitor
China's new leader - harbinger of reform or another conservative? -- Terril Yue Jones and Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters
Chinese press for more civil liberties -- Washington Post editorial
The Greek Depression: Think Greece's failing economy has been saved from the abyss? Think again. -- John Sfakianakis, Foreign Policy
The U.K. and the EU: Irreconcilable Differences? -- Clive Crook, Bloomberg
Barack Obama treats Britain with sneering contempt. No wonder he worships the
How Paris killings could renew Kurdish flashpoint -- CNN
For Obama, the Key to Damascus May Lie in Ankara -- Soner Cagaptay, The Atlantic
Analysis: Russia struggles to remain relevant in Mideast -- Ariel Ben Solomon, Jerusalem Post
US 'fully committed' in Afghanistan, Panetta says. But no troops after 2014? -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor
Can India and Pakistan ease tensions after recent flareup? -- Shivam Vij, Christian Science monitor
China's new leader - harbinger of reform or another conservative? -- Terril Yue Jones and Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters
Chinese press for more civil liberties -- Washington Post editorial
The Greek Depression: Think Greece's failing economy has been saved from the abyss? Think again. -- John Sfakianakis, Foreign Policy
The U.K. and the EU: Irreconcilable Differences? -- Clive Crook, Bloomberg
Barack Obama treats Britain with sneering contempt. No wonder he worships the
Can India and Pakistan ease tensions after recent flareup? -- Shivam Vij, Christian Science monitor
China's new leader - harbinger of reform or another conservative? -- Terril Yue Jones and Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters
Chinese press for more civil liberties -- Washington Post editorial
The Greek Depression: Think Greece's failing economy has been saved from the abyss? Think again. -- John Sfakianakis, Foreign Policy
The U.K. and the EU: Irreconcilable Differences? -- Clive Crook, Bloomberg
Barack Obama treats Britain with sneering contempt. No wonder he worships the EU -- Niles Gardiner, The Telegraph
Op-Ed: Venezuela's Coup Made in Cuba -- Dr. Carlos Ponce, FOX News
Will Joe Biden's Gun Policy Task Force Be Effective? -- Teresa Welsh, US News and World Report
Scowcroft weighs in on the Hagel nomination -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy
Obama's 'No Drama' Foreign Policy -- Robert Kaplan, Real Clear World
China's new leader - harbinger of reform or another conservative? -- Terril Yue Jones and Benjamin Kang Lim, Reuters
Chinese press for more civil liberties -- Washington Post editorial
The Greek Depression: Think Greece's failing economy has been saved from the abyss? Think again. -- John Sfakianakis, Foreign Policy
The U.K. and the EU: Irreconcilable Differences? -- Clive Crook, Bloomberg
Barack Obama treats Britain with sneering contempt. No wonder he worships the EU -- Niles Gardiner, The Telegraph
Op-Ed: Venezuela's Coup Made in Cuba -- Dr. Carlos Ponce, FOX News
Will Joe Biden's Gun Policy Task Force Be Effective? -- Teresa Welsh, US News and World Report
Scowcroft weighs in on the Hagel nomination -- Josh Rogin, The Cable/Foreign Policy
Obama's 'No Drama' Foreign Policy -- Robert Kaplan, Real Clear World