by News Decoder | 10 Dec 2015 | Europe
By Alistair Lyon Marine Le Pen has transformed the French political landscape, challenging the dominance of the left-leaning and center-right parties that have alternated in government for decades. Her National Front triumphed in the first round of regional elections...
by Pauline Bock | 8 Dec 2015 | Europe, Islam, Middle East, Personal Reflections, Terrorism
By Pauline Bock I’m what they call a “millennial.” I am also a journalist. So of course I read it on Twitter first. “Shootings in Paris.” I didn’t have any plans on Friday night. I had to get up early the next morning and was getting ready for bed when my news...
by Charles Aldinger | 7 Dec 2015 | Middle East, Syria
Can increased air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition and a few hundred special forces bring the Islamic State into submission in Syria and Iraq? Air strike by the U.S.-led coalition in Kobani, Syria, 20 October 2014.(AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File) Can a growing...
by Feizal Samath | 3 Dec 2015 | Asia, Europe, Syria, Terrorism
To see the future of national life after terror attacks, France or other countries blown by its ruthless wind could learn from Sri Lanka’s hard lessons. Sri Lankan soldiers after an explosion by a Tamil suicide bomber, Colombo, 2 January 2009.(AP Photo/Eranga...
by Pauline Bock | 27 Nov 2015 | Europe, Middle East, Syria
By Pauline Bock Fresh flowers, candles and messages of love mark the sites of the Paris attacks where shaken survivors and mourners pay their respects at makeshift shrines and wonder what the future will bring. “I think about it constantly,” said...