Week of May 18, 2015 Archives

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Monday, May 18
The Day ISIS Took a Major Provincial Capital
Economist
The Ghosts of Iraq Future
Edward Luce, Financial Times
Will Jabhat al-Nusra Eclipse IS in Syria?
C. Solomon, Global Risk Insights
North Korea Raises the Nuclear Stakes
James Dwyer, The Conversation
ISIS Takes Ramadi, Kills Hundreds
Salaheddin & Sami, Associated Press
The Dawn of the Un-American Century
Benny Avni, New York Post
Greece Tries to Resist a Euro Referendum
M. El-Erian, Bloomberg View
Distorting the Pope's Words on Abbas and Israel
Gross, Weekly Standard
France Plays the Hero Role Against Russia
J. Gelernter, National Review
Contemplating 'Ancient Indian Aviation Tech'
S. Deb, New Republic
Asian Companies Snap Up Italian Assets
A. Goldstein, East Asia Forum
Africa's First Narcostate, Illustrated
BBC
Let Illegal Immigrants Join the U.S. Military
Ben Domenech, Federalist
Colonialists Reap Bitter Fruit
Ebrahim Harvey, Business Day
Washington Flirts With Disaster in East Asia
Ted Galen Carpenter, TNI
Europe Could Turn Greece into Detroit
Anatole Kaletsky, Project Syndicate
Tuesday, May 19
A Symbolic Rout in Ramadi
Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
My Son Died for Ramadi. Now ISIS Has It
Michael Daly, Daily Beast
Building a Child Army in South Sudan
Nick Turse, TomDispatch
Can Putin Rebrand Russia?
Richard Gowan, World Politics Review
Scraps for the British Losers
Economist
Will Egypt Actually Kill Its Deposed Pres?
Joshua Keating, Slate
The GOP Could End Up Like Ed Miliband
Jim Messina, Politico
Bridging Burundi's Dangerous Divisions
Mashuli & Carson, NY Times
Kerry Helped Free U.S. 'Spies' in Ukraine
Rogin & Lake, Bloomberg View
Israel's Turn to Come to Washington
Tamara Coffman Wittes, Brookings
Demonizing Iran Changes Nothing
Robert Olson, Today's Zaman
Tensions Are Simmering in Turkey
Murat Yetkin, Hurriyet Daily News
The Dicey Future of Syria's Exiled Government
Laura Secorun Palet, Ozy
India, China, and a Tibet Caught in the Middle
Ellen Bork, WA Journal
Russians Know the Truth About Putin, and Love It
J. Schuster, Die Welt
Wednesday, May 20
Assessing the New World Disorder
George Friedman, Stratfor
Iraq Is Not Iran, and This Is Not 2003
Bobby Jindal, National Review
A US of Europe? Don't Laugh It Off
Miguel Otero-Iglesias, Politico EU
Don't Let US Election Be a UK Sequel
J. Huntsman & J. Lieberman, RCW
Other People's Armies and How Obama Uses Them
David Rothkopf, FP
Europe Remains Far From Recovery
David McHugh, Associated Press
2 Events Showcase Obama's Failed Strategy
W.R. Mead, Am. Interest
The Economics of Terrorist Bounties
Kathy Gilsinan, The Atlantic
Ramadi Shows U.S. Officials Live in a Dream World
Jamie Dettmer, DB
Change Sweeps the Prairies of Canada's Cowboy State
R. Cobb, NYT
Is Macedonia the Next Ukraine?
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Will China Buy the Ships France Built for Russia?
A. Panda, Diplomat
The Ivory Coast's Pearl-Topped Giant Basilica
Monica Mark, Guardian
Indonesia's Hopeful Economic Moment
Day & Damuri, East Asia Forum
Are Investors Tiring of India's 'Reagan?'
Seema Mody, CNBC
Thursday, May 21
The Art of Avoiding War
Robert D. Kaplan, The Atlantic
Haunting Memories on the Roads of Central Europe
M. Stevenson, RCW
Stop ISIS from Becoming a State
Ronald Tiersky, RealClearWorld
ISIS Now Controls Half of Syria
Kareem Shaheen, Guardian
Russia Strikes Back at Europe's Energy Games
Kristine Berzina, GMF
Is Russia Enabling the North Korean Regime?
L.T. Wood, Wash Times
Osama's Letter to the American People
David Francis, Foreign Policy
America's China Consensus Implodes
Robert Manning, National Interest
Will Israel Take Obama's Bribe?
Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Europe Stays the Course in the East
Carl Bildt, Project Syndicate
Obama Turns the Middle East into the Wild West
Naomi Friedman, The Hill
Germany's Struggle for the Souls of Young Muslims
O. Gezer, Spiegel
The Wrong Man to Lead Britain's Out Campaign
S. Wheeler, Spectator
China Learns to Love the Bomb
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
Indonesia Sinks a Chinese Fishing Vessel
P. Parameswaran, The Diplomat
Friday, May 22
Will Palmyra Be the Turning Point in Syria?
Champion, Bloomberg View
U.S.-China: Make Room, Make Way, or Make Hay?
E.C. Economy, CFR
Europe's 'Plan' Lies Dead in the Water
Kaj Leers, RealClearWorld
Will the Venezuelan State Fail?
Carl Meacham, CSIS
ISIS Aims for Abu Ghraib
Birgit Svensson, Die Welt
Gay Vote Shows a Stunning Shift in Irish Attitudes
D. Dalby, NY Times
How Indonesia Could Help Solve Yemen
Rakhmat & Askar, The Diplomat
Let's Not Hyperventilate Over Palmyra
Juan Cole, Informed Comment
Before We Dive Back into Middle Eastern Wars...
P. Buchanan, Am. Cons
China Could Change the World Economy Forever
Robert Berke, Oil Price
Cameron's Referendum Quandary
Roland Flamini, World Affairs Journal
Stirring Painful Memories of the Iraq-Iran War
Arash Karami, Monitor
America's Frenemy, and Other Parties to Iran Talks
A. Tabatabai, BAS
Ireland Today Votes on Gay Marriage
S Collins, Irish Times
Can China Take a Joke?
Christopher Beam, New York Times Magazine
U.S. Military Against ISIS? It Won't Be Quick and Easy
B. Fishman, CNN
Saturday, May 23
Passion Will Save Europe
Jim Murphy, Financial Times
Britain Resigns as a World Power
Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
Why Are China's Emissions Plummeting?
Brad Plumer, Vox
Hey, Washington, What About Tunisia?
Josh Rogin, Bloomberg View
Russia Is Still Angry About Serbia
L. Todd Wood, Washington Times
Iraq's Least Worst Options
Fred Kaplan, Slate
The Last Strongman of Siam
Sebastian Strangio, Foreign Policy
Obama Is the Vehicle to bin Laden's Success
Ed Driscoll, PJ Media
The Islamic State in Palmyra
Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
Who Is Losing in Iraq? Regular Folks
Frida Ghitis, Miami Herald
Special Ops to Obama: Let Us Fight ISIS
Kimberly Dozier, Daily Beast
Bangladesh's Very Public Toilet Problem
Tahmima Anam, NY Times
Sunday, May 24
Can the Islamic State Survive?
Ross Douthat, New York Times
Could Gay Marriage Reunite Ireland?
Francis Barry, Bloomberg View
3 Ways the U.S. and China Could Go to War
M. Auslin, The Commentator
China's 'Silk Road' to Nowhere
Angela Stanzel, ECFR
Hungary's Might-Be Literary Giant
Ryun Spaeth, The Week
Curtains for Australia's Economic Miracle?
Anthony Fensom, TNI
ISIS' Staggering Atrocities Against Women
David Mack, BuzzFeed
The Islamic State Just Hit Saudi Arabia
Economist
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