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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 26, 2016

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CBS News: Why is President Obama sending more troops to Syria?

President Obama will send up to 250 additional military personnel inside war-raved Syria to work with opposition forces trying to defeat ISIS.

The president delivered the news in Hannover, Germany while visiting a major industrial trade fair. One group of militias fighting ISIS in Syria said they're happy to get more troops, but also need more weapons.

The president's decision expands the American military footprint in Syria,m from 50 commandos to 300 -- something the president has been very reluctant to do. But this is an attempt to squeeze ISIS as much as he can before leaving office, reports CBS News correspondent Margaret Brennan.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 26, 2016

US forces to Syria: Mission creep, or a sign of success? -- Reshmi Kaur Oberoi, Christian Science Monitor

Obama's troop increase in Syria is part of a troubling trend -- Trevor Timm, The Guardian

What’s In Saudi Arabia’s Blueprint for Life After Oil? -- Bloomberg

The 'out-of-the-box' proposal on the Golan Heights -- Uri Savir, Al-Monitor

Why Nepal Is Still in Rubble a Year After a Devastating Quake -- Nikhil Kumar, Time

China's Xi Jinping: Reformer in disguise? -- Steven Jiang, CNN

Seven reasons you should care about Libya -- Nic Robertson, CNN

Will Oil And Refugees Force European Intervention In Libya -- Irina Slav, OilPrice.com

International odd couple: How Obama and Merkel forged a special bond -- Greg Jaffe, Washington Post

Europe and Russia no longer know how to talk to each other. That is dangerous -- The Economist

How the next US president should handle Putin -- Michael E. O'Hanlon, Business Insider/The Brookings Institution

The Heat Is Rising as Russia's Economy Falters -- Samuel Bendett, The Compass

Austrian far-right stuns Europe in presidential first round -- Matthew Karnitschnig and Vince Chadwick, Politico

The Euro's Next Existential Crisis -- Mark Gilbert, Bloomberg

Google and Europe Should Not Be Enemies -- Bloomberg editorial

Monaco, where the 1 per cent learned to dodge taxes -- mark Braude, The Globe and Mail

Who is Gen. James Mattis, and why do some Republicans want to run him for president? -- Zack Beauchamp, VOX

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