Week of May 25, 2015 Archives

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Monday, May 25
Russia Can't Afford Its Military
Franz-Stefan Gady, The Diplomat
ISIS and Iraq's Shiite Revival
Nicolas Pelham, New York Review of Books
The New Dictators Rule by Velvet Fist
S. Guriev & D. Treisman, NY Times
The EU's Cynical Dismissals of Eastern Hopes
L. Bershidsky, Bloom-View
Obama's Deep Concerns over Iran, Israel
Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic
The West's Failure of Nerve
Stephen Blank, Atlantic Council
The End of Spain's Two-Party System?
Helena Spongenberg, EU Observer
Erdogan's Turkish Tightrope Act
Michael Tanchum, Foreign Affairs
Poland Gets a New President
BBC
Obama's Foreign Policy Has Been, Well, Fine
M. O'Hanlon, Brookings
Why Canada Honors Queen Victoria
Conrad Black, National Post
In Germany, Refugees Are a Solution, not a Problem
D. Saunders, G&M
EU Reform and the Making of New UK Leaders
Iain Martin, Telegraph
Ireland Is a Kinder, Fairer Place
Joseph O'Connor, Guardian
Who Is Killing Karachi's Elite?
Lawrence Pintak, Global Post
A New President Inherits a Crippled Nigeria
Joachim MacEbong, Quartz
Tuesday, May 26
How Badly Can U.S.-Israel Ties Fray?
Aaron David Miller, RealClearWorld
Reflections on Ramadi
Paul Floyd, Stratfor
In Germany, Anti-Americanism Goes on Display
Alex Berezow, RCW
Will Obama Be Churchill or Chamberlain?
Bob Feferman, Jerusalem Post
Fear of a New Balkan Conflict
Economist
Obama, Anti-Semitism, and Iran
Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
No More Band-Aids for Greece
Mohammed El-Erian, Bloomberg View
Francois Hollande, Europe's Lonely Socialist
Pierre Briancon, Politico EU
Maldives, a Paradise in Peril
Charles Tannock, Project Syndicate
Brunei's Baffling Introduction of Sharia
Bill Ozanick, The Diplomat
Don't Let Climate Talks Fail Again
Kevin Rudd, New York Times
North Korea's Real Hunger Games
Joseph Kim, Foreign Policy
We Need to Understand Unconventional Warfare
Octavian Manea, SMJ
ISIS Could Drive a Rare Bird to Extinction
BBC
France, Germany Seek Closer Euro Ties
Traynor & Perraudin, Guardian
A Museum to Honor Palestinian Heritage
Ahmad Melhem, Al Monitor
Wednesday, May 27
Europe's Ills: Cause and Consequence
George Friedman, Stratfor
Absent Empire, Chaos Reigns in the Middle East
Robert D. Kaplan, FP
Why Obama Shrugs at the Middle East
Rodger Shanahan, Lowy Interpreter
Countering Putin's Anti-Democratic Strategy
Nicolas Bouchet, GMF
Watching the Twilight of the United Kingdom
Ben Judah, Politico EU
How an ISIS Killer Describes His Brutal Daily Routine
Max Fisher, Vox
Why the Saudis Can't Win in Yemen
Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor
The Indian Century
Claire Berlinski, City Journal
How to Know When Iran Breaks Its Word
A. Arnold & N. Passas, BAS
Ramadi Is no Setback, It's Failure
Dan Caldwell, National Review
Turkmenistan's Horse-Breeder-in-Chief
Michael Petrou, Maclean's
Vatican: Irish Gay Marriage a Loss for Mankind
Kirchgaessner, Guardian
Germany's Destiny: The Well-Meaning Hegemon
AJ Motyl, WA Journal
A New Silk Road to Quell International Tensions?
Robert Berke, Oil Price
Did Scots, Irish Beat Vikings to Iceland?
K. Ahronson, The Conversation
Thursday, May 28
Contain and Amplify
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
U.S. to China: We Are Here to Stay
Ankit Panda, The Diplomat
To Slow China, America Must Think Fast
J. Hemmings, National Interest
NATO Needs A New Nuclear Strategy
Elbridge Colby, Wall Street Journal
FIFA Awakened a U.S. Giant
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Sepp Blatter and FIFA: Switzerland Shamed Again
L. Favre, Le Temp
The Middle East Needs Empire? Really?
Faisal Al Yafai, The National
In Putin's Russia, Might Is Right
Ivan Sukhov, Moscow Times
Only Israel Will Miss the Blundering Tony Blair
Robert Fisk, Independent
America Is the Best Ref for FIFA
John Gapper, Financial Times
How to End Lebanon's Presidential Deadlock
Ana Maria Luca, NOW
ISIS Wins Even When It Loses
Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
Russia: U.S. FIFA Investigation Is Illegal
Reid Standish, Foreign Policy
Amnesty: Did Hamas Commit War Crimes?
Charlie Hoyle, Maan
Presidents Can Torch Bad Deals
Edelman, Joseph & Takeyh, Politico
Friday, May 29
Future of the Middle East Looks Ominously Like Iraq
Tom Wilson, RCW
Do the Palestinians Want Any Part of Peace?
J. Tobin, Commentary
Helping Cameron Make the Case for Europe
Daniela Schwarzer, GMF
The Keys to Venezuela's Future
Aponte-Moreno & Lattig, The Conversation
The American Crowdfunding a War on ISIS
J. McLaughlin, Mother Jones
Narendra Modi, the Leader Who Just Gets It
S Visvanathan, DeccanChron
11 Words to Build Britain's Future
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Does ISIS Really Threaten America?
Alex Ward, National Interest
Can a Jordanian Prince Rescue Soccer?
Joshua Keating, Slate
Russia Has Putinism, Turkey Gets Tayyipism
Champion, Bloomberg View
Sepp Blatter's Reign of Shame
Roger Cohen, New York Times
Obama's Policy Will Keep the Sirens Blaring in Israel
Ben Avni, NY Post
What's Up With Boko Haram?
John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations
Containment In Reverse: Halting Democracy
C. Walker, WA Journal
Are Women's Rights Universal?
Samantha Eyler, Foreign Affairs
Rushing to Train Afghans Before NATO Leaves
F. Semprini, La Stampa
Pope Francis Shows How Stagnant Israel Is
Yossi Sarid, Haaretz
Saturday, May 30
Chill Out, Americans, You Have Never Been Safer
Stephen Walt, FP
The Great American Rethink on China
David Feith, Wall Street Journal
NATO Can Deter Putin's Baltic Threats
Alan Dowd, The American Interest
Are America's Free-Riding Allies Worth It?
Sokolsky & Shapiro, Brookings
A Chance to Unify Iraqis
Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Al Monitor
The Difference Between Europeans and Americans
Irwin Stelzer, WS
Are These Really Mrs. Hitler's Underwear?
Nina Strochlic, Daily Beast
ISIS Grows by Leaps and Bounds in SE Asia
Josh Rogin, Bloomberg View
How the Islamic State Could Win
John McLaughlin, Washington Post
What Nukes Have Done to the Marshall Islands
Robert Alvarez, BAS
6 Reasons It Won't Be Bad if FIFA Boots Israel
Anshel Pfeffer, Haaretz
Streets in India Are Actually Melting
Adam Chandler, The Atlantic
Sunday, May 31
America's Dying Delusions of Empire
Michael Klare, TomDispatch
Iraqi Shiite Fighters on the Rise in Syria
P. Smyth, Washington Institute
Erdogan Rewrites Turkish History
Cengiz Candar, Al Monitor
All Aboard the Direct Train to Marseille!
Vincent Dowd, BBC
A Day of Judgment for Italy's Prime Minister
J. Barigazzi, Politico EU
Spain's Syriza Moment
Philippe Legrain, Foreign Policy
Life and Death on the Avocado Trail
Chris Crowley, Narratively
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