How The French Got To Airstrikes In Mali: A Briefing From Bamako -- Peter Tinti, Christian Science Monitor
Five key questions about how Islamic militants took over northern Mali -- and why the French are trying to stop them.
French airstrikes in Mali last week have jolted the West's attention. The strikes and more planned deployments by France and other African states, are designed to halt the progress of Islamist rebels in Mali, and deny radicals an Afghan-style haven for jihad against Europe. Journalist Peter Tinti has lived in West Africa for the last three years and arrived in Bamako today. Here's his first briefer from the capital.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
President Hollande should beware: Mali is a quagmire in the making akin to Afghanistan -- Nabila Ramdani, London Evening Standard
France in Mali: the End of the Fairytale -- Gregory Mann, Africa Is A Country
The War in Mali is a Reminder of France's Grand Malaise -- David A. Bell, The New Republic
Is Mali another loss for counterinsurgency? -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
Will threats of war compel Iran to make a nuclear deal? -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times
As IAEA arrives in Tehran, Iran braces for full force of US sanctions -- Roshanak Taghavi, Christian Science Monitor
Why Turkey Is Talking to Its PKK Nemesis -- Pelin Turgut, Time
Green Books, red herring and the LoC war -- Praveen Swami, The Hindu
Islamabad in Chaos -- Wall Street Journal editorial
Time to stop ignoring the campaign of slaughter against Pakistan’s Shiites
France in Mali: the End of the Fairytale -- Gregory Mann, Africa Is A Country
The War in Mali is a Reminder of France's Grand Malaise -- David A. Bell, The New Republic
Is Mali another loss for counterinsurgency? -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
Will threats of war compel Iran to make a nuclear deal? -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times
As IAEA arrives in Tehran, Iran braces for full force of US sanctions -- Roshanak Taghavi, Christian Science Monitor
Why Turkey Is Talking to Its PKK Nemesis -- Pelin Turgut, Time
Green Books, red herring and the LoC war -- Praveen Swami, The Hindu
Islamabad in Chaos -- Wall Street Journal editorial
Time to stop ignoring the campaign of slaughter against Pakistan’s Shiites
Will threats of war compel Iran to make a nuclear deal? -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times
As IAEA arrives in Tehran, Iran braces for full force of US sanctions -- Roshanak Taghavi, Christian Science Monitor
Why Turkey Is Talking to Its PKK Nemesis -- Pelin Turgut, Time
Green Books, red herring and the LoC war -- Praveen Swami, The Hindu
Islamabad in Chaos -- Wall Street Journal editorial
Time to stop ignoring the campaign of slaughter against Pakistan’s Shiites -- Jonathan Kay, National Post
Analysis: New China leaders must steady economy in 2013 before driving reform -- Nick Edwards, Reuters
Venezuela's Next Political Battle -- Fabio Rafael Fiallo, Real Clear World
Foreign complicity in the drone war -- Murtaza Hussain, Al Jazeera
Al-Qa'ida is back in business -- The Australian editorial
As IAEA arrives in Tehran, Iran braces for full force of US sanctions -- Roshanak Taghavi, Christian Science Monitor
Why Turkey Is Talking to Its PKK Nemesis -- Pelin Turgut, Time
Green Books, red herring and the LoC war -- Praveen Swami, The Hindu
Islamabad in Chaos -- Wall Street Journal editorial
Time to stop ignoring the campaign of slaughter against Pakistan’s Shiites -- Jonathan Kay, National Post
Analysis: New China leaders must steady economy in 2013 before driving reform -- Nick Edwards, Reuters
Venezuela's Next Political Battle -- Fabio Rafael Fiallo, Real Clear World
Foreign complicity in the drone war -- Murtaza Hussain, Al Jazeera
Al-Qa'ida is back in business -- The Australian editorial