Week of August 1, 2016 Archives
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Monday, August 1
Why a Borderless World Is a Fantasy
Victor Davis Hanson
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Los Angeles Times
France Is Still Standing, No Matter What Trump Thinks
Konrad Yakabuski
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G&M
Who Profits as the EU Militarizes Its Borders?
Antony Loewenstein
,
The National
Syrian Rebels in Aleppo Brace for Putin's Onslaught
Roy Gutman
,
Daily Beast
World Leaders Must Rein In Assad in Aleppo
Bert Koenders
,
The Independent
Why Russia Keeps Getting Away With Hacking America
Eli Lake
,
Bloomberg
A U.S. Retreat That Feeds On Itself
Fred Hiatt
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Washington Post
Europe's New Best Friend Is an Indicted War Criminal
Nesrine Malik
,
Foreign Policy
Turkey's Post-Putsch Purge
Lisel Hintz
,
Boston Globe
Turkey’s Hamas Hypocrisy
Michael Rubin
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Commentary
Europe's Leaders Must Not Waste a Good Crisis
Enrico Letta
,
Politico EU
Is NAFTA Doomed?
Thomas Walkom
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Toronto Star
Will Theresa May Destroy UKIP?
Matthew Goodwin
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Daily Telegraph
Caspar Weinberger’s Revenge
Moshe Arens
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Haaretz
Afghanistan Still Hasn’t Recovered from Soviet Invasion
Shawn Snow
,
Nat'l Interest
Tuesday, August 2
Why ISIS Is Targeting French Catholics
Robert Zaretsky
,
RealClearWorld
A Darkness Over Europe
Margaret Wente
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Globe and Mail
How to Start a Clash of Civilizations
James Poulos
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Foreign Policy
Orderism: The New Ideology of the New Cold War
Jochen Bittner
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New York Times
The Wrong Answer to the South China Sea
Ben Lerner
,
National Review
Erdogan's Shadow Over Cyprus Peace Bid
Sara Stefanini
,
Politico EU
So What About Trump's Bromance With Putin?
Timothy L. O'Brien
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Bloomberg
This Election, It's the Foreign Policy, Stupid
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
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Boston Globe
Long Lines and Empty Shelves in Venezuela
Dario Paya
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Weekly Standard
Brazil's Billionaire Problem
Patrick Iber
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New Republic
Sorry, New York Times: Israel’s Press Is Doing Just Fine
Liel Leibovitz
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Tablet
Mafia Holds Rome Hostage -- With Garbage
Barbie Latza Nadeau
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The Daily Beast
What Made an Isolated Tribe in Peru Kill Outsiders?
Jon Lee Anderson
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New Yorker
Inside China's Grueling 'Sports Schools'
Chris Weller
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Business Insider
What Dublin Can Learn from New York
Mark Shiel
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Irish Times
Wednesday, August 3
Venezuela’s Low Profile Coup
Raul Stolk
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The Daily Beast
Tensions in Turkey Are Spilling Over to Germany
The Economist
Cause or Cult? What It Means to Be a Gulenist
Mustafa Akyol
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Al-Monitor
The Case for (Finally) Bombing Assad
Dennis Ross
&
Andrew Tabler
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New York Times
More Than 700 Killed in Philippines Drug Crackdown
Damien Gayle
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The Guardian
U.S. Sent Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed
Jay Solomon
&
Carol Lee
,
WSJ
How Not to Write About Rio
Cerianne Robertson
,
Politico EU
The Big Difference Between China and Australia
Ross Gittins
,
Sydney Morning H'ld
How the Oil Crash Devastated Angola and Venezuela
Sieff
&
Partlow
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Wash Post
The Radical Post-Modernism of Islamic State
John Lloyd
,
Reuters
Who Will Rule Oman After Sultan Qaboos?
Kevin Lees
,
National Interest
Barack Obama: America's Last Lonely Free Trader
David Francis
,
Foreign Policy
Trump and Clinton: Two Takes on Latin America
Andres Oppenheimer
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Miami Herald
The Dark Secrets of Thailand’s Military
Pavin Chachavalpongpun
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The Diplomat
Can the Night Tube Save London's Nightlife?
George Hull
,
The Spectator
Thursday, August 4
Venezuela Reaches the End of the Road to Serfdom
Kevin Williamson
,
National Review
Why America Gets Blamed in Syria
Frederic Hof
,
RealClearWorld
No, Aleppo Is Not the New Srebrenica
Robert Fisk
,
The Independent
U.S. Has Taught Iran a Lesson: Hostage-Taking Pays
Eli Lake
,
Bloomberg View
Trump Off Base On Clinton and Iran Payment
Matthew Lee
&
Bradley Klapper
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AP
What Does Koike Election Mean for Japanese Politics?
Yuki Tatsumi
,
Japan Times
How to Play Nice With an Angry Erdogan
Stephen Kinzer
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New York Times
Erdogan’s Purge Is a Sectarian War
Edward Luttwak
,
Foreign Policy
Sliding ANC Feels Coalition Heat in South Africa
Susan Booysen
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Business Day
Is Nouri al-Maliki Plotting a Return to Power in Iraq?
Mohammed Salih
,
Al-Monitor
Passports Offer No Protection for Chinese Hong Kongers
Frank Ching
,
G&M
Jeremy Corbyn Wishes That Britain Weren't a Superpower
Tom Harris
,
Telegraph
Brazil’s Already Regretting the Olympics
Chayenne Polimedio
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The Daily Beast
Palestinian Olympians Deserve Better Than Jibril Rajoub
Jeff Jacoby
,
Globe
The Israel That Washington Journalists Fantasize About
Gideon Levy
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Haaretz
Friday, August 5
No, the U.S. Did Not Pay a $400 Million "Ransom" to Iran
Zack Beauchamp
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Vox
If It Wasn’t Ransom, Why Did Obama Keep It Secret?
Jonah Goldberg
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NY Post
Can China Save the Olympics?
Adam Minter
,
Bloomberg View
Rio 2016: A Carnival of Greed, Doping, and Tear Gas
Mark Steel
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The Independent
The Ruining of Egypt
The Economist
Which Europe Now?
Mervyn King
,
New York Review of Books
Venezuela Is Running Out of Time
Andres Oppenheimer
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Miami Herald
Afghanistan Is Finally Standing Up to Pakistan
Adam Gallagher
,
National Interest
A Farewell to Aleppo
Julian Reichelt
,
Politico EU
Five Years After Riots, Tensions Linger in Tottenham
Mark Townsend
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Guardian
Where Does UKIP Go Next?
Matthew Goodwin
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Daily Telegraph
Russia Is Trying to Poach U.S.-Trained Rebels
Michael Weiss
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The Daily Beast
Moscow's Developing Love Affair With Drones
Samuel Bendett
,
RealClearWorld
News Flash from Israel: Trump's Policies Are Better
David Friedman
,
J'lem Post
Barack Obama: The Warren Buffett of Foreign Policy
Derek Chollet
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Wash Post
Saturday, August 6
The Isolationist Temptation
Richard Haass
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Wall Street Journal
Don't Look Now, But Canada's Economy Is Getting Ugly
Jason Kirby
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Maclean's
ANC Rule May Be Coming to an End in South Africa
Krista Mahr
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Washington Post
Japan's Reluctant Feminist
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian
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Foreign Policy
Only a Presidential Referendum Can Save Venezuela
Jose Cardenas
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NRO
Brexit Killed Britain's New Vibe
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
Globalization and Its New Discontents
Joseph Stiglitz
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Project Syndicate
The IMF Swoon
Irwin Stelzer
,
Weekly Standard
For Putin, Disinformation Is Power
Arkady Ostrovsky
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New York Times
Why China No Longer Fears Australia
Gregory Clark
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Japan Times
Abortion Laws Hurting Northern Ireland's Women
Martin Fletcher
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New Statesman
Trashing Sydney's Heritage
Elizabeth Farrelly
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Sydney Morning Herald
Brasilia at Midnight
Silas Marti
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Even Magazine
China's Unique Space Ambitions
Namrata Goswami
,
The Diplomat
The Myth of ‘Ghana’s First Car'
Raphael Orlove
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Jalopnik
Sunday, August 7
Mandela's Legacy Can't Save Incompetent ANC
Abdi Latif Dahir
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Quartz
The Protest That Shook South Africa's Election
Ra'eesa Pather
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Mail & Guardian
A Major Shift in South African Politics
Keith Gottschalk
,
Business Day
Europe’s Brexit Hangover
Nouriel Roubini
,
Project Syndicate
Putin Gains Upper Hand in U.S. Proxy War in Syria
Mazzetti
,
Barnard
&
Schmitt
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NYT
The IOC Blew Its Chance to Stand Up to Russia
Ian Herbert
,
The Independent
Misogyny Drives NBC's Rio Olympics Coverage
Samuel Chi
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RealClearSports
No Olympic Truce in Brazil
Mac Margolis
,
Bloomberg View
Hunger Haunts Venezuela, Especially Its Children
Antonio Maria Delgado
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Miami Hld
Trump, Rabin, and the Danger of Indecency
Sherman Teichman
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Boston Globe
Switzerland Becomes Brexit Casualty
Carmen Paun
&
Priti Patnaik
,
Politico EU
Poland Takes Aim at Putin's Pipe Dreams
Keith Johnson
,
Foreign Policy
My Grandfather: Scapegoat for a Century of Mideast Chaos
Christopher Sykes
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DB
Were Saudis Behind Abbas' Meet With Iran Dissident Group?
Arash Karami
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ALM
Mel Hurtig: A Canadian Nation-Builder, Despite Himself
Andrew Potter
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Nat'l Post