Week of January 23, 2017 Archives
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Monday, January 23
A New Policy for North Africa in the Trump Era?
Karim Mezran
&
Elissa Miller
,
RCWorld
Moscow's School of Hard Knocks: Key Pillars of Russian Strategy
M. Kofman
,
WotR
How World War III Could Begin in Latvia
Paul Miller
,
Foreign Policy
Something's Got to Give in Venezuela
Allison Fedirka
,
Geopolitical Futures
How China Is Weaponizing Outer Space
Harsh Vasani
,
The Diplomat
Are China-Singapore Relations About to Thaw?
Bhavan Jaipragas
,
South China MP
Can Europe Save the Iran Deal?
Reza Marashi
,
LobeLog
Egypt and Saudi Arabia: End of an Alliance?
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman
,
Jerusalem Post
The Arab Spring Is Far From Over
Koert Debeuf
,
Politico EU
Pakistan's Misguided Obsession With Infrastructure
Economist
America Uber Alles
Gideon Levy
,
Haaretz
An Age of Global Confrontation Under Trump
Timothy Garton Ash
, The
Guardian
Turkey's New Constitution Would End Its Democracy
Noah Feldman
,
Bloomberg View
Obama Ignored Africa. Trump Could Be Be Boon for the Continent
D. Gondola
,
CNN
Could Feud With Trump Make CIA Stronger?
Johsua Kurlantzick
,
Washington Post
Tuesday, January 24
Will Trump Stay the Course on Changing U.S. Trade Policy?
Philip Levy
, RC
World
What the Saudi Monarchy Wants From the U.S.
Gerald Feierstein
,
RealClearWorld
These 4 Maps Show the Geopolitical Hotspots of 2017
Friedman
&
Shapiro
,
Mauldin
Fighting With America: Facing Up to the Unpredictable
James Curran
,
Lowy Interpreter
Germany Digs Its Heels in Deep on Europe
Almut Moller
,
Guardian
Germany's New Love Affair With Video Surveillance
Tyson Barker
,
AICGS
Marine Le Pen's Surprise Muslim Supporters
David Patrikarakos
,
Politico EU
Geography Is What Made America Great
Jonathan Rauch
,
New York Times
The Art of a Deal With North Korea
Joel Wit
&
Richard Sokolsky
,
Politico
Trump Has Nothing to Offer Asia Except Threats
Hunter Marston
,
Foreign Policy
Beijing Is No Champion of Globalization
Elizabeth Economy
,
Foreign Affairs
Trump's Theory of Foreign Relations
Anthony Cowden
,
RealClearDefense
After Rafsanjani: What Lies Ahead for Iran's Reformers?
Ian Dudgeon
,
The Strategist
Xi Jinping Portrays China as a Rock of Stability
Economist
Trump's Forbidden City
David Rennie
,
1843
Wednesday, January 25
America Is a Maritime Nation
Robert Kaplan
,
RealClearWorld
The Eight Great Powers of 2017
Walter Russell Mead
,
The American Interest
A U.S.-China Role Switch: Who's the Globalist Now?
Andrew Browne
,
WSJ
A Globalism of the 1%
John Feffer
,
TomDispatch
5 Bad Reasons for Pulling Back From the World
Eliot Cohen
,
Politico
Why China Can Sell Itself as the Last Great Liberal Power
Dan Drezner
,
Wash. Post
Making the 'Special Relationship' Great Again?
Tim Oliver
&
Michael Williams
,
LSE
On Trade, Trump Needs to Think Bigger
Jared Bernstein
,
New York Times
Hello, Theresa May? Britain Already Is a Tax Haven
Alex Cobham
,
Politico EU
Building Canada's 'Breitbart North'
Jason Markusoff
,
Maclean's
What to Expect When You're Expecting a NAFTA Renegotiation
J. McGregor
,
CBC
If Italy Fails to Lead in Libya, Watch for Russia (Again)
G. Massolo
,
Worldcrunch
Fillon Conjures a New European Pragmatism
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
An Unlikely Solution to Russia and Japan's Island Stalemate
Michael Buckalew
,
TNI
Ukraine and Poland's History Wars Are a Gift for Putin
Ian Bateson
,
Foreign Policy
Thursday, January 26
The U.S. Role in the World: No More Heroes?
Aaron David Miller
,
RealClearWorld
The Twilight of a Peaceful World Order
Robert Kagan
,
Brookings Institution
Will France Sound the Death Knell for Social Democracy?
James Angelos
,
NYT Mag
Trump & May: The New Reagan & Thatcher?
K. Hjelmgaard
&
J. Onyanga-Omara
,
USAT
British Attempts to Woo Trump Will End in Disaster
Stephen Bush
,
New Statesman
Trump Is a Gift to Europe's Lost Unity
Daniela Vincenti
,
Euractiv
No, Europe WIll Not Unify in Response to Trump
Kathleen McNamara
,
Foreign Affairs
Why Geert Wilders Is Taking Over Dutch Politics
Ian Buruma
,
Spectator
Wilders Is Defending Dutch Liberalism
Douglas Murray
,
Spectator
Why I'm Not Sorry to See TPP Go
Andrew McCarthy
,
National Review
Israel, Globalism and Nationalism
Douglas Altabef
,
Jerusalem Post
The U.S. President Is Not a Rational Actor
Stephen Walt
,
Foreign Policy
"Alternative Facts"
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
Don't Expect Mexico's Elites to Stand Up to Trump
Greg Grandin
,
The Nation
Mexicans Think the Unthinkable: Leaving NAFTA
Elisabeth Malkin
,
New York Times
A Trump-Putin Summit? Bring It On
Mark Galeotti
,
European Council on Foreign Relations
Why Boko Haram Is Blowing Up Babies
Philip Obaji Jr.
,
Daily Beast
Brazil's Little State That Could
Mac Margolis
,
Bloomberg View
Friday, January 27
America Needs a Strong Partnership With Mexico
Ana Quintana
,
RealClearWorld
Trump Has Already Wrecked a Crucial Alliance
Jorge Guajardo
,
The Atlantic
Here's What the U.S. Imports From Mexico
Rob Garver
,
Fiscal Times
It Is Two and a Half Minutes to Midnight
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Trump Must Reverse Obama's Lifting of Sudan Sanctions
Ann Corkery
, RC
World
Hungary and the Crisis of Europe
Viktor Orban
,
National Review
America Needs a Corporate Foreign Policy
Parag Khanna
,
Politico
The Big Lie and Foreign Policy
Paul Pillar
,
National Interest
British Alignment With Trump Threatens European Order
Max Fisher
, NY
Times
Europe Relies on U.S. More Than It Wants to Admit
Rick Noack
,
Washington Post
Xi's the Boss: China's Leadership Transition
Roman Madaus
,
Foreign Brief
Is Trump Bibi's Dream President?
Mazal Mualem
,
Al-Monitor
How Trump Unnerves Netanyahu
J.J. Goldberg
,
Forward
For Armenia, Is the CSTO Worth the Trouble?
Anahit Shirinyan
,
Chatham House
Antagonizing China With no Plan Is a Bad Idea
Dan De Luce
,
Foreign Policy
Saturday, January 28
The Utility of Torture
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
How Much Longer Can Oman Be an Oasis of Peace?
Mirren Gidda
,
Newsweek
Tulsi Gabbard's Disaster in Damascus
Noah Rothman
,
Commentary
Five Things We Learned from the Trump–May Meeting
Tom Rogan
,
National Review
As Trump Era Begins, Lithuania Readies for the Worst
Vijai Maheshwari
,
Politico EU
Order on Refugees May Obstruct 500,000 Legal Residents
M. Rochabrun
,
ProPublica
In Iran, Shock and Bewilderment Over Visa Crackdown
T. Erdbrink
&
J. Gettleman
,
NYT
A Deal That Leaves Assad's Power Intact
Rachel Ansley
,
Atlantic Council
Why India and the UAE Are Moving Closer Together
Saurav Jha
,
World Politics Review
Murderous Manila: On the Night Shift
James Fenton
,
New York Review of Books
Wily Trump Treats NATO Like a Jealous Girlfriend
L. Todd Wood
,
Washington Times
How Americans See Putin
Joel Rosenberg
,
Townhall
Trump Just Blew His Chance to Renegotiate NAFTA
Patrick Smith
,
Fiscal Times
Trump Hysteria Moves the Hands of the Doomsday Clock
Tyler O'Neil
,
PJ Media
Did Theresa May Just Poison Brexit Negotiations?
Daniel Boffey
,
Guardian
Sunday, January 29
Donald Trump’s Un-American Refugee Policy
David Miliband
,
New York Times
Separating Fact from Hysteria on Trump's Refugee Ban
David French
,
NRO
Bad Foreign Policy at Root of Refugee Crisis
Mead
&
Gallagher
,
American Interest
Russia Dipping Its Toe in Syrian Nation-Building
Maxim Suchkov
,
Al-Monitor
Mexico Can Thrive Without Trump
Ernesto Zedillo
,
Washington Post
Trump's Attack on Germany and the Global Economy
Der Spiegel
Theresa May's Mortifying, Desperate U.S. Visit
Jonathan Freedland
,
The Guardian
Why Catalonia's Call for Independence Is Unfounded
Nacho Martin Blanco
,
Politico
The Final Obama Scandal
Stephen Hayes
&
Thomas Joscelyn
,
Weekly Standard
It's a Carnival Turf War in Haiti
Jacqueline Charles
,
Miami Herald
Trump's Odd Fixation on Trade Surpluses
Andrew Coyne
,
National Post
Texas Can't Afford a Trade War With Mexico
Mark Jones
,
Dallas Morning News
Can Trump Manage North Korea?
Christopher Hill
,
Project Syndicate
International Law Under Siege in the South China Sea
Douglas Gates
,
Japan Times
Why Latin America and Africa Struggle to Grow
Noah Smith
,
Bloomberg View
Before the Bling of Tutankhamun
Anthony Sattin
,
The Spectator