Washington Post: Terrorists were a lot more active last year. Here is how much and why.
Terrorism around the world increased 35 percent in 2014, according to a State Department report released Friday, blaming the rise on Islamic State extremists in the Middle East and Boko Haram in Africa.
The annual Country Report on Terrorism said much of the dramatic rise was related to the civil war in Syria. It said Islamic State, also known by the acronym ISIL, had effectively replaced al-Qaeda as the major source of extremist attacks.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 19, 2015
EU Commission President Juncker: 'I Don't Understand Tsipras' -- Interview conducted by Peter Müller, Michael Sauga and Christoph Schult, Spiegel Online
Let Greece Go -- Barry Ritholtz, Bloomberg
The New Kingdom: Saudi Arabia's Contradictory Transformation -- Bernhard Zand, Spiegel Online
No, U.S. Doesn't Have 'Absolute Knowledge' on Iran's Nukes -- Eli Lake & Josh Rogin, Bloomberg
Back to Iraq: No really, these troops are just here to advise -- Peter Van Buren, Reuters
Why Obama’s Plan to Send Advisers to Iraq Will Fail -- Owen West, NYT
For Israel, Hamas represents the least of all evils in Gaza -- Elhanan Miller, CSM
A Partnership with China to Avoid World War -- George Soros, New York Review Of Books
South Africa's Disgrace -- Bloomberg editorial
Governance, gender and no guarantees in Africa’s oil-rich states -- Celeste Hicks and Laura Seay, Washington Post
Down Goes the Danish Left -- Kaj Leers, The Compass
Why Greece might now have the upper hand in crunch talks -- Larry Elliot, The Guardian
Cold war 2.0? Russia, NATO edge toward high-risk military standoff -- Fred Weir, CSM
After Ukraine, NATO’s Chance for a New Normal -- Derek Chollet, Defense One
Missile Defense Strategy ‘Not Sustainable,’ Salvation Lies In R&D -- Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Breaking Defense
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