Week of September 19, 2016 Archives
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Monday, September 19
Cheerleading for Europe Has Become Almost Impossible
The Economist
Obama’s Farewell to a World Awash With Troubles
Colum Lynch
&
John Hudson
,
FP
The Real Power of Putin
Benjamin Nathans
,
New York Review of Books
How the U.S. Learned to Love Latin American Intervention Again
Nick Miroff
,
WP
Belgium Offers a Way Out of the Brexit Impasse
Paul Gillespie
,
Irish Times
ISIS's Deadliest Weapon Is the Idea of Heaven
Ronald Tiersky
,
RealClearWorld
How Mosul Liberation Could Lead to Another Iraqi War
Daniel Davis
,
Politico Mag
After Corbyn Win, Labour Must Make Up or Break Up
Zoe Williams
,
The Guardian
Tensions Rising in Germany
Christopher Caldwell
,
Weekly Standard
Merkel Slumps, But Don't Count Her Out for 2017
Daniel Hough
,
The Conversation
How Post-Coup Purges Depleted Turkey's Military
Metin Gurcan
,
Al-Monitor
No, You Can’t Simply “Take the Oil”
Matthew Reed
,
The Fuse
Why Is Beijing Backing Assad?
Michael Clarke
&
Raffaello Pantucci
,
National Interest
Africa's Future? There's a Case for Optimism
Georges Desvaux
&
Acha Leke
,
IOL
Barcelona Is Cool, But a Bad Look for Sydney
Pablo Guillen Alvarez
,
Sydney MH
Tuesday, September 20
Why Arab States Have Failed
Mohammed Ayoob
,
National Interest
In Poland, a Preview of Trump's America
Anne Applebaum
,
Washington Post
Jill Stein on U.S. Policy in the Mideast
Kevin Sullivan
,
RealClearWorld
Life During Wartime
Bret Stephens
,
Wall Street Journal
Hell Was Fighting the Nazis
Caroline Moorehead
,
Spectator
What Matters at the U.N. General Assembly
Stratfor
Retaliation or Restraint? India's Options After Kashmir Attack
Michael Safi
,
Guardian
How Pakistan Should Respond to a Dangerous Time
Ul Haque
et al,
Dawn
The U.S. Nuclear Gambit
Peter Huessy
,
RealClearDefense
The Islamic State's Dream Candidate
Max Boot
,
Foreign Policy
Who Do the Terrorists Pray For?
Jonathan Tobin
,
Commentary
Julie Bishop's Next Task: Educating Donald Trump
Peter Hartcher
,
Sydney Mor. Herald
Autumn For Angela, the End of German Exceptionalism
Dominique Moisi
,
W.crunch
Can Nepal Keep From Falling Apart Again?
Prashant Jha
,
World Politics Review
The Age of Distrust
Roger Cohen
,
New York Times
Putin May Not Really Want a Syria Deal
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
Study: 100,000 Deaths From Indonesia Haze Last Year
Stephen Wright
,
AP
Wednesday, September 21
Russia Called U.S. Twice to Stop Syria Airstrike
Paul McLeary
,
Foreign Policy
What Will Year Two of Russia's Syria Intervention Bring?
F. Balanche
,
Wash. Institute
Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson on Foreign Policy
Kevin Sullivan
, RC
World
New Rules for U.S. Military Intervention
Christopher Preble
,
War on the Rocks
'I Will Kill All the Drug Lords'
Sheila Coronel
,
The Atlantic
Why Would Putin Create a KGB 2.0?
Mark Galeotti
,
European Council on Foreign Relations
Violence in DR Congo as Kabila Tightens Grip
Deutsche Welle
A Paradox at the Heart of Global Politics
Zack Beauchamp
,
Vox
U.N. Leader's Final Speech: The World Is Just Awful
Joshua Keating
,
Slate
What Hugo Chavez Tells Us About Donald Trump
Alberto Barrera Tyszka
,
NY Times
The Enduring Beijing-Pyongyang Axis
David Feith
,
Wall Street Journal
The Other North Korean Threat
Scott MacDonald
,
National Interest
It's Deadly To Pretend ISIS Doesn't Mean What It Says
M.G. Oprea
,
The Federalist
Trump's Israel Ground Game
Katie Glueck
,
Politico
May's First Foreign Policy Move: British Troops to Somalia
Tom McTague
,
Politico EU
Thursday, September 22
Iran Must Stop Meddling in Arab Affairs
Saad Hariri
,
New York Times
Could India and Pakistan Go to War?
Ravi Agrawal
,
CNN
Europe, Unhappily Ever After
Reva Goujon
,
Stratfor
Welcome to EUgoslavia
Matthew Karnitschnig
,
Politico EU
Obama’s Syria Strategy Is Insane
Charles Lister
,
Foreign Policy
Japan's Brexit Challenge
Kevin Rafferty
,
Japan Times
The Coming Anti-National Revolution
Robert Shiller
,
Project Syndicate
Rejoice! Britain's Liberal Left Is Routed
Allister Heath
,
Telegraph
Save Yourself, Labour, By Fighting the Brexit Cataclysm
Polly Toynbee
,
Guardian
Here's Why Warnings Over Brexit Were Wrong
Lili Bayer
&
Jacob Shapiro
,
Mauldin Econ.
Trump's Foreign Policy: Right Ideas, Tragic Presentation
Nilay Saiya
,
USA Today
Would a Clinton Admin Own Up to the Failure of Iran Deal?
Jennifer Rubin
,
Wash. Post
No Country Is Immune to Dictatorship - Not Even America
R. Longworth
,
Chi. Tribune
Lessons From the 'First Age of Terror'
Stephen Mihm
,
Bloomberg View
Can European Culture Prevent ISIS Recruitment?
Rashmee Roshan Lall
,
The National
Friday, September 23
Making a U.S.-Sino War ‘Thinkable’?
Amitai Etzioni
,
The Diplomat
Dutch PM Faces Heat for ‘F——k Off’ Back to Turkey Line
Cynthia Kroet
,
Politico EU
The Left Must Move Forward, Not Back
David Miliband
,
New Statesman
Labour's Real Civil War Is About to Begin
James Forsyth
,
Spectator
Poland Is Not Hungary
Ireneusz Pawel Karolewski
&
Roland Benedikter
,
Foreign Affairs
Why Is Moscow Bombing Its Way Out of Cooperation in Syria?
Vladimir Frolov
,
MT
EU Defense and the Fog of Politics
Economist
Move Over Putin: Trump Digs Another Dictator
Cristiano Lima
,
Politico
The Next U.S. President Will Have to Deal With Kashmir
Sreeram Chaulia
,
For. Policy
Obama at the UN: An Enlightened Man in an Unreasonable World
S. Patrick
,
CFR
Obama Kept Military Out of the Loop on Iran Payments
Eli Lake
,
Bloomberg View
Why the ‘Basque Agenda’ Matters in Spanish Politics
Konrad Yakabuski
,
Globe & Mail
North Korea Only Has 28 Websites
Lorenzo Fraceschi-Bicchierai
,
CapX
Hillary Clinton is a Failure at Fighting Terrorism
Charles Hurt,
Washington Times
The Trump-Shaped Threat to the World
Philip Stephens
,
Financial Times
Why NATO Isn't a Threat to Russia
Adam Twardowski
,
National Interest
Saturday, September 24
Burning Summers After the Arab Spring
Ursula Lindsey
,
Le Monde Diplomatique
Europe’s Latest Crisis Is Its Leaders
Guy Verhofstadt
,
Project Syndicate
Trump and Reagan: Vastly Different on Foreign Policy
Michael McFaul
,
Wash. Post
Putin Shapes the Rubble of Obama's Legacy
Tom Rogan
,
National Review
The Gathering Nuclear Storm
Mark Helprin
,
Wall Street Journal
Seeing Through the Iranian President's Charm Offensive
T Dershowitz
&
A Fixler
,
FDD
Troubling Times for Russia's Regions
Antonia Colibasanu
,
Geopolitical Futures
Is Obama Giving Up on Syria to Destroy ISIS?
Joshua Keating
,
Slate
What We Built in Afghanistan Is an Empire of Corruption
Bonnie Kristian
,
Federalist
Ancient Syrian Sites: A Different Story of Destruction
Hugh Eakin
,
NY Review of Books
As Expected, Kabila's Maneuvers Spark Turmoil in Congo
Karina Piser
,
WP Review
Strong Putin = Weak Russia. Trump Would Import That Model
S. Gilmore
,
Bos Globe
The Woman Who Took On the Mafia With a Camera
Barbie Latza Nadeau
,
Daily Beast
America's Duty to Take In Refugees
Scott Arbeiter
,
New York Times
A U.K. Labour Party Split? That's Electoral Suicide
Matt Singh
,
Bloomberg View
Sunday, September 25
How to Spark a War in Asia
Ted Galen Carpenter
,
National Interest
Corbyn Re-Elected: The Hard-Left Kills Off the Labour Party
Alex Massie
,
Daily Beast
Corbyn, Sanders and the Populist Surge
Gary Gerstle
,
New Statesman
Corbyn Must Make Sure Good People Stay in Labour
Yvette Cooper
,
Telegraph
Why Is It So Hard to Stop West Africa’s Vicious Pirates?
Dan De Luce
,
Foreign Policy
The Syrian-Americans Who Stood Up to Iran (When Obama Wouldn't)
Eli Lake
,
BV
Now, Time to Bridge Labour's Divide
Gary Younge
,
Guardian
Are US-Turkey Military Ties Under Threat?
Metin Gurcan
,
Al-Monitor