Sabrina Siddiqui, The Guardian: Congress passes NSA surveillance reform in vindication for Snowden
Bulk collection of Americans’ phone records to end as US Senate passes USA Freedom Act
The US Senate on Tuesday passed a bill to end the bulk collection of millions of Americans’ phone records, ushering in the country’s most significant surveillance reform since 1978 two years after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations to the Guardian.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 3, 2015
In war on IS, solutions may be everywhere -- CSM Editorial
Why We Aren't Bombing ISIS -- Richard Miniter, Forbes
US sees drawn-out fight vs Islamic State amid claim of Assad-IS collaboration -- Whitney Eulich, CSM
Who created the Islamic State? George W. Bush or Barack Obama? -- Husna Haq, CSM
A Whack-a-Mole Game We Can't Win: Why the impending Iraqi offensive to retake Ramadi from the Islamic State group is doomed. -- Kate Gould and Wardah Khalid, US News and World Report
Israel Fears Breakup of Syria -- Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor
Gun-Running Report Shakes Turkey -- Marc Champion, Bloomberg
Why China has the upper hand in the South China Sea -- Barry C. Lynn, Reuters
Pyongyang Bling: The rise of North Korea's consumer comrades -- James Pearson and Ju-min Park, Reuters
The risk of arming local militias in Afghanistan's Kunduz -- Deutsche Welle
Rohingya Crisis: A Ticking Time Bomb for Myanmar -- Qingzhen Chen, Real Clear World
Can Anyone Stop Putin’s New Blitz? -- Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
The West Needs More Russophiles -- Mark Galeotti, Moscow Times
The Role of Inertia in Geopolitics -- Rodger Baker, Stratfor
Blatter's Gone, Qatar Should Be Next -- Kavitha A. Davidson, Bloomberg
What Happens When the Queen Dies—Inside ‘The Bridge’ -- Tom Sykes, Daily Beast
America Moves Beyond 9/11 -- Bloomberg editorial
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