Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 9, 0215

Ukrainian servicemen launch a Grad rocket towards pro-Russian separatist forces outside Debaltseve, eastern Ukraine Feb. 8, 2015. REUTERS/Alexei Chernyshev

Lucian Kim, Reuters: Signs of desperation in West’s latest moves to halt Ukraine crisis

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany’s Gray Lady, ran a tabloid-style headline on its website Sunday morning: “The Day the World Fell Apart.” The catastrophe in question was the Munich Security Conference, an annual forum that packs dozens of world leaders into a five-star hotel for a weekend of speeches and back-room dealings. The Ukraine conflict, the Frankfurter Allgemeine informed its readers, was threatening to become a “world crisis” splitting East and West.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 9, 0215

Why it’s time to pay attention to Ukraine again, now. -- Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post

Putin Won’t Commit to Peace Talks on Ukraine -- Rob Garver, The Fiscal Times

Why Putin Is Lying About Ukraine -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

Don't Arm Ukraine -- John Mearsheimer, NYT

Ukraine conflict: Why is violence surging? -- Paul Kirby, BBC

Here's what 5 world leaders think about arming Ukraine -- NPR

With Ukraine, Europe is 'entering a more dangerous period,' analyst says -- Deutsche Welle

What Islamic State got out of burning a man alive -- Peter Van Buren, Reuters

Life is harsh under Islamic State. But what’s the alternative? -- Aki Peritz, Reuters

Why Jordan Is Islamic State's Next Target -- Noah Feldman, Bloomberg

Sec. Kerry: US-led coalition 'on the road' to defeating Islamic State -- Brad Knickerbocker, CSM

With full Houthi takeover of Yemen, civil war looms -- Dominique Soguel, CSM

Path to the Presidency: The Swift Rise of Egypt's Sisi -- Dieter Bednarz and Klaus Brinkbäumer in Cairo, Spiegel Online

China's Dangerous Debt Drag -- William Pesek, Bloomberg

France's reckoning in Africa -- Remi Piet, Al Jazeera

A Measured First Week for New Greek Leader -- Manfred Ertel, Julia Amalia Heyer, Walter Mayr and Juliane von Mittelstaedt, Spiegel Online

Brazil's Rousseff Pours Gas on Petrobras Fire -- Bloomberg editorial

Will Brian Williams keep his job? One key factor that will help decide. -- Neal Gabler