| EUROPE'S JIHADISTS What the Paris Attacks Tell Us about IS Strategy The biographies of those behind the Paris attacks offer deep insight into the structures and organization of Islamic State in Europe. And they confirm what experts have long warned about: The new jihadists have our cities in their sights.By SPIEGEL Staff |
| THE ANSWER TO TERROR We Need Determination, Not Saber Rattling The Paris terrorist attacks present a threat to Europe, but the martial rhetoric that has resulted is overwrought. Sobriety and determination should be our approach -- and forming a broad anti-IS alliance, even with uncomfortable partners. |
| RATIONAL MONSTER How Terror Fits into Islamic State's Plan Analysts falsely believed Islamic State was too weak to carry out terror attacks abroad. But IS views terror as a means to an end -- and will launch attacks as long as they continue to serve its broader strategy. |
| OBAMA SECURITY ADVISOR 'Ground Forces in Syria Are Not Sustainable' Ben Rhodes, US President Barack Obama's deputy national security advisor, discusses the similarities between the Paris attacks and 9/11, the security risk posed by the refugee crisis and why the US won't send ground troops to Syria. |
| QUIET CAPITULATION Merkel Slowly Changes Tune on Refugee Issue After announcing that Germany would not place limits on the number of asylum-seekers it accepts, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is now considering a quota system. The turnaround wasn't her choice. |
| BALKY BAVARIANS US Congress Demands Action on Nazi Looted Art Are artworks looted by the Nazis from Jewish collectors still hanging in Bavarian museums? Twenty-nine members of the US Congress think so, and have written a letter to the German state demanding that officials stop dragging their feet on restitution. |
