"A Tortured Report," Stephen F. Hayes and Thomas Joscelyn - The Weekly Standard, December 22, 2014

"Coming Clean, With Blood Stained Hands," David Rothkopf - Foreign Policy, December 9, 2014

"Europe, the CIA, and Torture," Judy Dempsey - Carnegie Europe, December 15, 2014

Climate Change - Making Progress in Peru?

"The Lima Climate Deal is Largely Voluntary. That May be Its Biggest Strength," Brad Plumer - Vox, December 15, 2014

"U.N. Climate Deal: Why Lima's Major Breakthrough is Still So Disappointing," Lindsay Abrams - Salon, December 15, 2014 

"How to Not Botch the United States' Next Move in the Fight Against Ebola," Michael Miller - Foreign Policy, December 15, 2014
 

"Sierra Leone's Ebola Epidemic is Spiraling Out of Control," Laurie Garrett - Foreign Policy, December 10, 2014 

"No Cause for Optimism Against ISIS," Tom Rogan - National Review, December 15, 2014 

"Venezuela's Maduro Must Adapt to Survive. He Won't.," Juan Crist�bal Nagel - Foreign Policy, December 12, 2014
 

"Mexico Suffers Slings and Arrows as Second Act of Its Shakespearean Drama Unfolds," John Paul Rathbone - Financial Times, December 15, 2014 
 

"Argentina Faces Pressure to Strike Deal With 'Hold-Out' Creditors," Benedict Mander - Financial Times, December 15, 2014
 

"In Haiti, Government is Where You Go to Get Rich," Mary Anastasia O'Grady - The Wall Street Journal, December 14, 2014 

"The Reactionary Visionary," Tobias Harris - Foreign Policy, December 12, 2014
 

"Abe Reveals True Intentions After Voting Ends," Satoshi Kamata - The Asahi Shimbun, December 15, 2014
 

"Shinzo Abe's New Lease of Life," Volker Stanzel - European Council on Foreign Relations, December 14, 2014 

"Hong Kong: Taiwan's Broken Mirror," Barclay Bram Shoemaker - The Diplomat, December 11, 2014
 

"Hong Kong Protests: Has Beijing Won?" Carrie Gracie - BBC News, December 12, 2014 

"Greece is Still the Eurozone's Achilles Heel," Stephen Pope - Forbes, December 14, 2014
 

"The EU's Day of Reckoning: Italy is too Big to Bail Out," Scott MacDonald - The National Interest, December 15, 2014 

"TTIP: A Fresh Start For 2015," Miriam Sapiro - Brookings, December 12, 2014

South Sudan - Little Progress to End Civil War One Year On

"South Sudan Braces for More Conflict as Leaders Fail to Agree Peace," Katrina Manson - Financial Times, December 14, 2014
 

"Can the U.S. Forge a Relationship with South Sudan?" Teresa Welsh - U.S. News & World Report, December 15, 2014 

"Radicalism Four Years into the 'Arab Spring'," Jon B. Alterman - Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 15, 2014
 

"Can Tunisia Still Deliver Justice to Victims of the Old Regime?" Asma Ghribi - Foreign Policy, December 14, 2014 

"Why Russia's Relationship with India Matters for Europe," Hans Kundnani - European Council on Foreign Relations, December 12, 2014

Views on U.S. Foreign Policy

"Most American's Best Days Are Behind Them," Darla Cameron and Ted Mellnik - The Washington Post, December 12, 2014
 

"The Ultimate Foreign Policy Dilemma: The Closure Challenge," Arie Kruglanski - The National Interest, December 15, 2014
 

"In the Land of the Possible - Samantha Power has the President's Ear. To What End?" Evan Osnos - The New Yorker, December 22, 2014 Issue
 

"Red, White and Peaceful: Advancing U.S. Security through Peaceful Means," Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Kiron K. Skinner - The National Interest, December 15, 2014

Happy holidays and have a wonderful start to 2015!

The Weekly World News Update will take a holiday break. We'll be back with analysis and opinion in the new year.