Ineke Mules, DW: Kenya terror attack highlights security challenges
Kenya's security agencies are under scrutiny following the latest attack on a hotel compound. Analysts say it's a sign that al-Shabab is still very much a force to be reckoned with.
The latest terror attack on a hotel complex in Nairobi has once again drawn attention to the security situation in Kenya. In particular, the extent to which Somalia-based extremist group al-Shabab has infiltrated the country and evaded security agencies.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 17, 2018
Kenyans will be asking tough questions after the Nairobi attack -- Patrick Gathara, Al Jazeera
Al Shabab could stymie Kenya’s significant economic progress -- Con Coughlin, The National
Change in people's hearts': anti-Bashir protests put Sudan at a crossroads -- Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum and Peter Beaumont, The Guardian
What next for the DR Congo after the disputed election? -- Patrick Litanga, Al Jazeera
Syrian camps a flooded purgatory in Lebanon, eight years on -- Alison Tahmizian Meuse, Asia Times
Four years into Salman's reign, Saudi Arabia more unpredictable than ever -- Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor
Is Russia warming up to the Houthis? -- Samuel Ramani, Al-Monitor
Is Turkmenistan Being Pulled Into Russia's Orbit? -- Bruce Pannier, RFE
Why Russia's Economy Is Headed for Trouble -- Michael Rubin, National Interest
Talk of Western intervention in the Black Sea is pure fantasy -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times
Is this how Britain ends? -- Noah Millman, The Week
Michael Kovrig’s detention has ushered in a disturbing new reality for diplomats working in China -- David Mulroney, Globe and Mail
From Caliphate to Insurgency: ISIS Is Not Going Away -- Aaron Kliegman, Washington Free Beacon
Bush’s ‘Axis of Evil’ is now Pence’s ‘Wolf Pack of Rogue States’ -- Bloomberg
