Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan says he gave the order to fire himself. Photograph: Umit Bektas/Reuters
Mark Galeotti, The Guardian: Why did it take Turkey just 17 seconds to shoot down Russian jet?
Ankara has delivered an incendiary message to Moscow, and while there may be too much at stake for the conflict to spill out of control it also won’t go away
Even if Turkey is right that a Russian fighter jet strayed into its airspace, the plane was within Ankara’s borders for just 17 seconds before being attacked – and was making no hostile moves against the Turks.
Airspace incursions, granted usually in less politically tense contexts, happen all the time, and generally you’d expect warning shots to be fired and then attempts to force the intruder to leave or to land.
Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 26, 2015
Russia-Turkey Ties Are Headed Into a Deep Freeze -- Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ
Will Putin begin carving a little Turkey after the 'stab in the back'? -- Greg R. Lawson, The Hill
Putin Pushes Back: How Russia Is Responding to Turkey’s Downing of Fighter Jet -- Rob Garver, Fiscal Times
Erdogan gobbles up power in new Turkish government -- Cengiz Çandar, Al-Monitor
The Arab World is at war with itself -- Lamis Andoni, Al Jazeera
Suddenly, Dialogue with North Korea Is in Vogue -- Gordon G. Chang, World Affairs
What Now for the Peacebuilding Process in Myanmar? -- David Hael, The Diplomat
Why the U.S. sticks with an ineffective strategy against Islamic militants -- Jason Fields, Reuters
Putin Seeks Entente Cordiale With the West -- Vladimir Frolov, Moscow Times
Why the Ukraine Rebellion Is Unlikely to Spread -- Yuri Zhukov, Newsweek
Putin Doesn't Mind Oil's Fall -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Colombia: Peace Deal Falling To Pieces -- Strategy Page
Argentina’s Fresh Start -- Andrés Velasco, Project Syndicate
Oil market rests on Saudi-Iranian output deal -- Andy Critchlow, Reuters
What It Takes To Get Deployed U.S. Troops Thanksgiving Dinner -- DoD Live