Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 2, 2015

Why oil prices keep falling — and throwing the world into turmoil -- Brad Plumer, VOX

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 2, 2015

Rebels: Obama administration ignored early plan to stop Islamic State -- Roy Gutman, McClatchy Foreign Staff

ISIS Fight Has a Spy Shortage, Intel Chair Says -- Kimberly Dozier, Daily Beast

Generation change in Saudi Arabia? -- Deutsche Welle

Analysis: Saudi Arabia's big oil bet? -- Al Jazeera

Is Afghanistan ready for the drawdown? -- Haroun Mir, Al Jazeera

Obama Has a Curious Definition for the End of War -- Kia Makarechi, Vanity Fair

US sanctions N. Korea over Sony cyberattack: What makes these sanctions different? -- Josh Lederman, CSM/Associated Press

Kim Jong-un's sister marries: Does North Korea have a new power couple? -- Anna Mulrine, CSM

A Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal: Crimea Must have a Cost -- Mark Galeotti, International Policy Digest

Is Russia overstretching itself? -- Luke Coffey, Al Jazeera

Greece: On the verge of collapse -- Alex Katsomitros, The European

A Hacker's Hit List of American Infrastructure -- Patrick Tucker, The Atlantic

The Rise and Fall of Gold -- Nicholas Larkin, Bloomberg

Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the C.I.A. -- Dexter Filkins, New Yorker

Bring on 2015—We’re Ready and Hopeful -- Peggy Noonan, WSJ