Debris from the plane is seen on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran January 8. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA
Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic: The Overwhelming Visibility of the Iran Plane Crash
A cellphone video. An international dispute. The world is more confusing—and more exposed—than ever.
To be alive in 2020 and connected to the immense information network is to experience a rich confusion of images, videos, social-media posts, and reportage about everything, all the time. The latest example: a Ukrainian-airliner crash outside Tehran. The plane, a Boeing 737-800, crashed shortly after takeoff yesterday, killing everyone aboard. There were unconfirmed rumors and general confusion and Twitter threads with videos, pictures, and analysis of what might have happened. (A missile? A malfunction?)
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 10, 2020
Explainer: Reading 'black boxes' of Ukrainian jet that crashed in Iran -- Reuters
We need transparency from Tehran on Ukrainian plane crash in Iran -- Matthias von Hein, DW
How the Trump administration saved the Islamic Republic -- Ahmad Sadri, Al Jazeera
Israel casts anxious view toward Iran -- Kersten Knipp, DW
Israel and US will handle the Iranian challenge in their own ways -- Jacob Nagel and Jonathan Schanzer, Jerusalem Post
How US-Iran tensions may yet torpedo oil markets -- Tim Daiss and Da Nang, Asia Times
Eight Reasons the U.S. and Iraq Need Each Other -- David Pollock, Washington Institute
Implications of Soleimani killing on Afghan security -- Ihsanullah Omarkhail, Asia Times
Moon Jae-in Wants Peace with North Korea. There's Just One Problem. -- Daniel R. DePetris, National Interest
Tsai’s Likely Reelection in Taiwan Will Lead to More Tensions With China -- Elliot Waldman, WPR
A Growing Challenge for America's Somalia Policy -- Joshua Meservey, Daily Signal
The Obama Administration Wrecked Libya for a Generation -- Doug Bandow, TAC
How stock markets react to conflicts, wars -- Igor Kuchma, Asia Times
China's Sars-like illness worries health experts -- Sarah Boseley, The Guardian
The world is 'running out of sand', and it's fuelling murders, mafias and ecological devastation -- Anna Kelsey-Sugg and Taryn Priadko, ABC News Online
