Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg: Best State of the Union Analysis: Don't Watch

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 21, 2015

Coup in Yemen: Saudi Arabia's Nightmare -- Simon Henderson, Washington Institute

Can Iraq hold together? How the new Shiite premier is doing. -- Scott Peterson, CSM

The Iraqi TV show where 'bombers' meet their victims -- Rami Ruhayem, BBC New

Japan’s Abe Faces Great Risk, Little Reward in ISIS Hostage Crisis -- Kirk Spitzer, Time

The dire consequences of meddling in Libya -- Con Coughlin, Telegraph

There Are No Winners in the Ukraine Conflict -- Vasily Kashin, Moscow Times

Ukraine's divide: Two sides of a river -- Thom Patterson, CNN

The Oil Price Crash Could Be Good for Russia in the Long Run -- Alex Planes, Motley Fool

Perhaps you missed it: We’re at war with Russia -- Chris Martenson, Market Watch

The Greek Time Bomb -- Yannos Papantoniou, Project Syndicate

The Crisis of Europe -- George Friedman, Stratfor

Argentina's Murder Mystery -- Mac Margolis, Bloomberg

Islamic Terrorism: Say It Like It Is -- Thomas Friedman, NYT

Analysis: Boko Haram, ISIS and al-Qaeda: how the jihadists compare -- Daniel Schwartz, CBC News

Eighty rich people now have as much wealth as 50% of the rest of humanity combined -- Cassie Werber, Quartz