Week of October 3, 2016 Archives
RealClearWorld
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Edition
Monday, October 3
1929, 1945, 1991...and 2008?
George Friedman
,
RealClearWorld
Why Colombians Voted Against Peace With FARC
Isabel Hilton
,
The Guardian
Colombian Guerrillas, Santos Vow to Rescue Peace Deal
Jim Wyss
,
Miami Herald
The Man Who Is Really Running Britain
Alex Spence
&
Tom McTague
,
Politico EU
Saudi Arabia: Can It Really Change?
Nicolas Pelham
,
New York Review of Books
Rough Justice for Obama and the Saudis
Wesley Pruden
,
Washington Times
China Is Pushing for Control of UN Peacekeeping
Colum Lynch
,
Foreign Policy
Why the EU 27 Are Taking a Hard Line on Brexit
Charles Grant
,
CER
Mexico Is a Graveyard for Priests
Andrea Noel
,
The Daily Beast
Asia's Rise Keeps Pulling Americans West
Noah Smith
,
Bloomberg View
"I Had To": Inside the Mind of a Pakistani Honor Killer
Kathy Gannon
,
AP
The Great Syrian Trauma
Peter Harling
,
Synaps
A Journey to Eastern NATO
Jay Nordlinger
,
National Review
Dutch Slowly Recognizing That Zwarte Piet Is Racist & Weird
Ishaan Tharoor
,
WP
We Irish Need to Be More Ashamed of Ourselves
Michael O'Loughlin
,
Irish Times
Tuesday, October 4
The U.S. Should Think Hard Before Starting a New War in Syria
Dave Majumdar
,
TNI
Has Russia Found the West's Red Line in Syria?
Thanassis Cambanis
,
The Atlantic
Putin Feeds Rabid Forces in Europe
Anna Nemtsova
,
Daily Beast
Europe's Hot Corner
Jim Stavridis
,
Huffington Post
The Use and Abuse of Referendums
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
We Are Threatening Millions of US Jobs Without Debating Facts
E.A. Wayne
,
Forbes
Peres’ Secret Marshall Plan for the Middle East
Ben Caspit
,
Al-Monitor
Philippines' Era of the Death Squad Has Begun
Kate Lamb
,
Guardian
The Day Theresa Put the Great Back in a FREE Britain
Katie Hopkins
,
Daily Mail
Theresa May Walks Into a Brexit Bear Trap
Gideon Rachman
,
Financial Times
Kyrgyzstan: Fragile and Radicalizing?
International Crisis Group
Saudi Arabia and Terrorism Today
Daniel Byman
,
Brookings Institution
Pakistan Will Win Any War Against India
Shehzad Ghias
,
Express Tribune
India and Pakistan: The Lines That Have Been Crossed
Vipin Narang
,
The Hindu
How Arrogant Deutsche Bank Fell From Grace
David Marsh
,
MarketWatch
Angela Merkel Shorts Deutsche Bank
Matthew Karnitschnig
,
Politico EU
How "Clash of Civilizations" Explains Turkey-U.S. Relations
C. Nicosia
,
Geo. Mon.
Wednesday, October 5
Let's Get Putin's Attention
Thomas Friedman
,
New York Times
Russia Didn't Imagine Things Would Go This Bad
Nikolas Gvosdev
,
National Interest
Is Vladimir Putin Poisoning U.S. Diplomats?
Anna Nemtsova
,
Daily Beast
Russia to Aleppo: "Surrender and You Can Eat Again"
David Ignatius
,
Wash Post
Who Will Exit the EU Next?
Adriano Bosoni
,
Stratfor
"Global Britain" Is a Tactic, Not Just a Slogan
Mark Gilbert
,
Bloomberg View
Colombia Didn't Vote 'No' in Peace Referendum
M. Spagat
&
N. Johnson
,
Conversation
Why We Voted No on FARC Peace Deal
Dario Acevedo Carmona
,
Worldcrunch
A Legacy of East Germany: Where Does the Hate Come From?
Stefan Berg,
Spiegel
Threat or Desperation? Lessons From Putin's Rat Anecdote
Karina Orlova
,
Amer. Int.
Fear Casts a Shadow on U.S.-Canada Ties
Earl Fry
,
Globe and Mail
Netherlands, Land of Compromise, Braces for a Sharp Right Turn
T.
Meeus
,
Pol. EU
The Dangers of Giving the Common Man a Say
Matt Qvortrup
,
Foreign Policy
The Survival Story of a Political Prisoner in Iran
Mostafa Naderi
,
National Post
Tony Blair’s Eternal Shame
Geoffrey Wheatcroft
,
New York Review of Books
Thursday, October 6
Don't Intervene in Syria
Steven Simon
&
Jonathan Stevenson
,
New York Times
Here's How America Will Accidentally Join the Syrian War
Micah Zenko
,
For. Policy
Aleppo as a Path to Invincibility
Maxim Trudolyubov
,
The Russia File
Why Russia Is Threatening the U.S. in Syria
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
Putin's Ultimatum to the Next U.S. President
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
Ukraine and Israel, From Past to Future
Ariel Bolstein
,
Israel Hayom
Obama’s Zionist Legacy
Ari Shavit
,
Haaretz
Theresa May Unfurls the Flag of a New British Nationalism
Alex Massie
,
Spectator
Theresa May's Tory Intervention Should Terrify Labour
George Eaton
,
New Statesman
Morocco's Liberal Challengers
Ilan Berman
,
Foreign Affairs
The Murder That Killed Free Media in Russia
Shaun Walker
,
The Guardian
What the Next President Must Understand About the Mideast
Eric Mandel
,
Jer. Post
I was There When ISIS Attacked in Kurdistan
Wyatt Roy
,
Times of Israel
Daughterland: Erotic Patriotism and Russia's Future
Maria Engstrom
,
Intersection Proj.
The Next Round in the Putin-Clinton Digital Slugfest
Paul Roderick Gregory
,
Forbes
Dueling Narratives: EU Overreach vs Hungary's Resistance
H. Thoburn
,
WA Journal
ICYMI: The New NATO Outpost in the Adriatic
Joel Weickgenant
Friday, October 7
The American Brexit Is Coming
James Stavridis
,
Foreign Policy
The Obama Doctrine Crumbles Before Our Eyes
Charles Krauthammer
,
NY Daily News
The Nervous Breakdown of British Politics
Anne Applebaum
,
Washington Post
Who Will Take ISIS's Last East Syrian Stronghold?
Fabrice Balanche
,
Wash. Institute
Global Trade War, Trump Edition
Thomas Edsall
,
New York Times
The U.S. Would Survive Trump. What About the Rest of Us?
B. Simms
,
New States.
Obama Becomes Target of Russian Ridicule
Michael Crowley
,
Politico
Obama's Thinly Veiled Assault on Israel
Caroline Glick
,
Jerusalem Post
The Tories Lurch Left AND Right, and Have No Clue
Gaby Hinsliff
,
Guardian
Turkey Is No Model for Britain's Post-Brexit Trade Policy
Stephen Booth
,
Telegraph
Why Are UK Politicians Punching Each Other Out in Public?
Zack
Beauchamp
,
Vox
Lessons From the Refugee Crisis That Doomed the Romans
Eric Scigliano
,
Observer
Putting the Populist Revolt in Its Place
Joseph Nye
,
Project Syndicate
American Strategy and the Six Phases of Grief
Paul Scharre
,
War on the Rocks
Hillary's Record on Libya Is Even Worse Than You Think
Michael Flynn
,
Fox News
U.S. Dithers While Syria Becomes Rwanda, the Sequel
Clarke
&
Courtney
,
USA Today
Lebanese Entrepreneurs Are Coming Home, and Bringing Billions
F. Halime
,
Ozy
How Did English Come to Dominate Science?
Sam Haselby
,
Aeon
ICYMI: 1929, 1945, 1991...and 2008?
George Friedman
,
RealClearWorld
Saturday, October 8
The U.S. and Russia Are Prepping for Doomsday
Jeffrey Lewis
,
Foreign Policy
Russian Hawk, American Dove? A Crazy Week in Nuclear Rhetoric
The Interpreter
Could the Syria Conflict Beget World War III?
Paul Wood
,
Spectator
America and Russia Reach Uncharted Waters
Joshua Keating
,
Slate
What Does Iran Want in Iraq?
Kevin Sullivan
,
RealClearWorld
The Saudi-Iran Rivalry Plays Out in South Asia
Abha Shankar
,
The Diplomat
ISIS's Assault on History
Robert Fulford
,
National Post
The Oil War Is Over. America Won
Arthur Herman
,
National Review
Theresa May’s Revolutionary Conservatism
Economist
Who Will Speak for UK's 48% in This March to Mad Brexit?
J. Freedland
,
Guardian
Theresa May's Bold Vision and the Enemy Within
Daily Mail
How the British Got Suckered By Assad
Michael Weiss
,
Daily Beast
Afghanistan Is an Infinite Quagmire
May Jeong
,
New Republic
How Much Damage Can Duterte Do to U.S.-Philippine Ties?
J. Kurlantzick
,
WPR
Central Europe Reins in Right-Wing Revolutionaries
Jan Cienski
,
Politico EU
Can Thailand Finally Heal Its Old Wounds?
Thitinan Pongsudhirak
,
Bangkok Post
Russian Determination, U.S. Waffling as Syria Burns
L. Todd Wood
,
Washington Times
How Sweden Became an Exporter of Jihad
Yalda Hakim
,
BBC
Sunday, October 9
Vladimir Putin Is Bringing Back the 1930s
George Will
,
Washington Post
Iran’s Syria Game Plan? A Path to the Mediterranean
Martin Chulov
,
The Guardian
Is Russia Pulling Turkey Away from the West?
Mustafa Akyol
,
Al-Monitor
China’s Experiment in Djibouti
Francois Dube
,
The Diplomat
Colombia Is Proof That Democracy Doesn't Work
Martin Caparros
,
New York Times
In Storm-Battered Haiti, the Tension Is Rising
Charles
&
Garvin
,
Miami Herald
UKIP Is Making Britain Look Like a Basket Case
Juliet Samuel
,
Daily Telegraph
Israel Braces for Obama's Parting Gift to Palestinians
Eli Lake
,
Bloomberg View
Killings Rise Anew in Haunted Tijuana
Sandra Dibble
,
Los Angeles Times
The Trudeau Government Is Competent, But Not Daring
Conrad Black
,
National Post
Marine Le Pen’s Youth Brigade
Claire Sergent
&
Katy Lee
,
Foreign Policy
The Guns of October
Matthew Continetti
,
National Review
Typhoon Trump Could Pummel Asian Region
Jeff Kingston
,
Japan Times
Laboring in Vain: The Gulf's Unpaid Workers
Brian Whitaker
,
Al-Bab