Week of January 9, 2017 Archives
RealClearWorld
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Edition
Monday, January 9
Democrats Are About to Do a 180 on Foreign Policy
Michael B. Dougherty
,
The Week
Kim Isn't 1st Tyrant to Play Trump, and He Won't Be the Last
Jackson Diehl
,
WP
Why It Pays to Be the World's Policeman -- Literally
Thanassis Cambanis
,
Politico
To Crush ISIS, Will Trump Send U.S. Troops Into Syria?
De Luce
&
McLeary
,
FP
China Prefers Predictable. Trump Is Not That
Kerry Brown
,
South China Morning Post
Trump Is Going to Shake Up the International Order
Peter Morici
,
Washington Times
Rafsanjani, Iranian Leader Whose Life Mirrored Nation's, Dies
Nasser Karimi
,
AP
Rafsanjani Was Iran’s Mythical "Moderate"
Sohrab Ahmari
,
Wall Street Journal
Turkey in Grip of Fear as Erdogan Cracks Down
Andrew Finkel
,
The Guardian
Why Putin's Russia Will Keep Quiet About 1917
Owen Matthews
,
The Spectator
My Letter to Carlos the Jackal Revived Israeli's Assassination
Adam Goldman
,
NYT
What Iraq Reveals About Rex Tillerson
Ben Lando
&
Ben Van Heuvelen
,
Iraq Oil Report
Can the EU Go Around America on Settlements, Iran?
Uri Savir
,
Al-Monitor
Debunking the Rohingya-Taliban Link
Austin Bodetti
,
The Diplomat
East Asia in the Trump Era
Masahiro Kohara
,
Japan Times
The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi
Rozina Ali
,
The New Yorker
Tuesday, January 10
The Age of Great Expectations and the Great Void
Andrew Bacevich
,
TomDispatch
In Iran, Part of the Revolution Passes On
Stratfor
The CIA, Russia and the American Election
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
We'll Know Soon Whether U.S. Spies Bluffed on Russia
Eli Lake
,
Bloomberg View
Britain's New Divides
New Statesman
Jeremy Corbyn: UK Can Be Better Off Out of the EU
Anushka Asthana
,
Guardian
Corbynism Phase Two: A Trump of the Left
Conor Pope
,
Progress
Wary of Trump, France's Far Right Embraces Putin
Christopher Dickey
,
Daily Beast
Society and the Conservative Party
BBC
Walk, Don't Run: Chinese Military Reforms in 2017
Dennis Blasko
,
War on the Rocks
1967: The Era of Big Battles in Vietnam
Ron Milam
,
New York Times
Trump's Plan to Bolster the World Order
The American Interest
Australia-India Relations Poised for Takeoff
Dhruva Jaishankar
,
Lowy Interpreter
Sequestration Takes Toll on Marine Aviators' Safety
Amy Schafer
,
S.D. Union-Tribune
5 Ways 2017 Could Be As Historic as 2016
Daniel DePetris
,
National Interest
All of Human Knowledge Buried in a Salt Mine
Richard Kemeny
,
The Atlantic
Wednesday, January 11
The CIA's Trump Challenge
John McLaughlin
,
RealClearWorld
About That Explosive Trump Story: Take a Deep Breath
Wittes
et al,
Lawfare
U.S. Spies See a World of Trumps Ahead
Kimberly Dozier
,
Daily Beast
The Released Report on Russian Meddling Isn't Enough
David Ignatius
,
Wash. Post
No Beacon on the Hill
Maxim Trudolyubov
,
The Russia File
Better Ask Rex This
Joshua Keating
,
Slate
Move the Embassy to Jerusalem to Save 2-State Solution
Roger Simon
,
PJ Media
What Explains the Idiocy of the Liberal Elite?
James Bartholomew
,
Spectator
Time for a U.S.-Japanese Free Trade Agreement?
Michael Auslin
,
Foreign Affairs
What Are Embassies Up To on Twitter?
Emily Tamkin
&
Robbie Gramer
,
Foreign Policy
How Brexit Could Save the British Countryside
George Monbiot
,
Guardian
Ghana's Democracy Delivered. Can Its New President?
Alex Thurston
,
WP Review
Why Amsterdam's Coffeeshops Are Closing
Economist
The Bird-Like Soviet Flying Machine That Never Took Off
M. Antonova
,
Atlas Obscura
Gas Spats: Turkmenistan Tangles With Iran
Catherine Putz
,
The Diplomat
Ukrainian Efforts to Sabotage Trump Backfire
Kenneth Vogel
&
David Stern
,
Politico
Thursday, January 12
Reordering Europe?
Jeremy Shapiro
,
RealClearWorld
France Chooses a New President. A Prayer for the Left?
Goldhammer
,
Am. Prospect
How Russia's Military Plans to Counter Pentagon's Drone Swarms
Sam Bendett
,
TNI
The Drone Threat to Israeli National Security
Michael Shkolnik
,
War on the Rocks
North Korea: A Problem Without a Solution
Rodger Baker
,
Stratfor
Dredging Disadvantage? Pyongyang's Never-Ending Sand Issue
Chad O'Carroll
,
NKN
Israel-Turkey Pipeline Hangs on Cyprus Peace Talks
Michael Tanchum
,
Jer. Post
These Four Growing Risks Threaten Global Stability
Maha Hosain Aziz
,
Observer
Donald Trump: A Modern Manchurian Candidate?
Max Boot
,
New York Times
A Brutal Bromance to Reshape the World
Sasha Abramsky
,
New Statesman
Where Are the World's Most Peaceful Countries?
RealClearLife
A New Russia-Philippines Military Pact?
Prashanth Parameswaran
,
The Diplomat
Taiwan Takes Checkbook Diplomacy to Central America
Robbie Gramer
,
For. Policy
Canada, Almost Alone as the World Unravels
Terry Glavin
,
National Post
Are Conditions Ripening for Iraqi Kurdish State?
Steven Cook
,
CFR
Friday, January 13
Is the Search for a Palestinian State Over?
Matt Duss
,
RealClearWorld
The Real Situation of Arab Citizens of Israel
Robert Cherry
,
RealClearWorld
US Intel Reportedly Warns Israeli Intel: Don't Share Info With New Admin
Haaretz
New Partitions for the Balkans? A Catastrophic Idea
Jasmin Mujanovic
,
Balkan Insight
A Dallas Cowboys Foreign Policy
Jordan Chandler Hirsch
,
National Review
U.S.-Russia Relations: How Did We Get Here?
Curt Weldon
,
National Interest
Obama Hoped to Change the World. It Changed Him
Adam Shatz
,
New York Times
Will AI Solve the Global Demographic Problem?
Antonia Colibasanu
,
Geo. Futures
A Turning Point for Gambia?
Sophie Gallop
,
The Conversation
Don't Tear Up Iran Deal, Make It Better
Amos Yadlin
&
Avner Golov
,
USA Today
Recommitting the U.S. to Europe
Ted Bromund
&
Luke Coffey
&
Daniel Kochis
,
Heritage
Brace Yourself, Europe: Politics Is Back
Matthew Karnitschnig
,
Politico EU
Russia Dossier a Huge Favor to Trump
Rich Lowry
,
New York Post
The Trump Dossier Is Fake -- And Here Are the Reasons Why
Paul Gregory
,
Forbes
Why We Need Intelligence Officers More Than Ever
John McLaughlin
,
Ozy
Be Skeptical of the Trump-Russia Dossier
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
,
The Week
Putin Has Met His Match in Trump
L. Todd Wood
,
Washington Times
Saturday, January 14
Time for a European Nuclear Deterrent?
Doug Bandow
,
National Interest
Trump's Pivotal Russian Test
Roger Cohen
,
New York Times
One Belt, One Road, No Dice
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
The Limits of China's 'Silk Road' to Europe
Shang-su Wu
,
The Diplomat
Wet Foot, Dry Foot, Wrong Foot
Carlos Eire
,
Washington Post
Will Allies Keep Trump in the Dark?
Noah Rothman
,
Commentary
Ireland Will Have to Stand Up for Itself
David McWilliams
,
Irish Independent
Putin and Erdogan's Marriage of Convenience
Henri Barkey
,
Wilson Center
The UN, Israel, and the Path to Peace
George Mitchell
&
Alon Sachar
,
Boston Globe
Headlines at Israel's Expense
Boaz Bismuth
,
Israel Hayom
Italy's Last-Ditch Effort to Stabilize Libya
Kavitha Surana
,
Foreign Policy
No Appeasement
Kyiv Post
Uncertainty Fills the Taiwan Strait
Noah Feldman
,
Bloomberg View
Sunday, January 15
Barack Obama, the Drone President
Colby Cosh
,
National Post
The Military Loves the Obama Doctrine. Can It Survive Trump?
Kevin Baron
,
Def 1
War and Peace: Disunity and Impotence at the United Nations
Der Spiegel
Is Germany Next on Russia's Hack List?
Natalie Nougayrede
, The
Guardian
No Exceptionalism Please, We're Canadian
Mark Kingwell
,
Globe and Mail
Is America Becoming a Third World Country?
Anatol Lieven
,
National Interest
For Israel, Energy Boom Could Make Friends Out of Enemies
Peter Baker
,
NY Times
Return of Prodigal Spain
Diego Torres
,
Politico EU
Is Tillerson Willing to Go to War Over South China Sea?
Bill Hayton
,
Foreign Policy
Trump's Foreign Policy Nominees Flat-Out Disagree With Him
Doyle McManus
,
LAT
Turkey Faces Financial Disaster
Cengiz Candar
,
Al-Monitor
Rafsanjani Proved Pragmatism Couldn't Moderate Iran
Suzanne Maloney
,
Brookings
Don’t Bet on Enduring Republican Reset With Russia
Daniel Twining
,
Yale Global
Vladimir Putin: False Friend
Cathy Young
,
Weekly Standard
As Brexit Tremors Ripple, the Rock of Gibraltar Shudders
Griff Witte
,
Wash Post
How the Church of England Changed My Life
Anne Jolis
,
The Spectator