Week of February 13, 2017 Archives
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Monday, February 13
Emmanuel Macron Steps Into France’s Political Void
Adam Nossiter
,
NY Times
The Trump Factor in the French Election
Francois Godement
,
Yale Global
Why Europe Is Warning of Pax Americana's End
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
North Korea Tests a Missile, and Donald Trump
Bruce Klingner
,
Daily Signal
Kim's Missile Came at the Perfect Time for Japan
Mary Dejevsky
,
The Independent
Southeast Asia Pins Its Hopes on Japan-U.S. Alliance
Stephen Nagy
,
Japan Times
Martin Schulz, the Challenger for Merkel's Crown
Stefan Wagstyl
,
Financial Times
Britain's Odd New Power Couple
Tom McTague
,
Politico EU
Should Britain Ban Referendums?
John Curtice
,
The Guardian
With Trump, Sunny Ways Is Trudeau's Best Play
Konrad Yakabuski
,
Globe and Mail
America Is Not a "Safe Country" for Refugees
Simon Lewsen
,
The Walrus
Kazakhstan Going Into Soft Power Overdrive
Paul Bartlett
,
EurasiaNet
Adapting to the New Globalization
Laura Tyson
&
Susan Lund
,
Project Syndicate
The Perils of Elected Strongmen
Thanassis Cambanis
,
Boston Globe
Trump Is Right, and Wrong, About Muslim Brotherhood
Eric Trager
,
Cipher Brief
Greece's Frozen Children: What Will Happen to Young Refugees?
Y. Baboulias
,
NS
Assad’s Fundraiser at the World Bank
Tony Badran
,
Tablet Magazine
Series on
U.S. Role in the World
:
Cooley
|
McLaughlin
|
Friedman
Tuesday, February 14
America's Francification: The Trump Chapter
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
,
The Week
Trump's First Major Foreign-Policy Success?
Isaac Stone Fish
,
The Atlantic
Romanians Want to Take Down the Old Guard
Walter Mayr
,
Der Spiegel
NATO Needs to Repurpose to Survive
Rafael Bardaji
&
Richard Kemp
,
Telegraph
How to Rebuild U.S.-Israel Ties
James Phillips
,
Heritage Foundation
Trump and Netanyahu Will Clash. Bet On It.
Aaron David Miller
,
Politico
Israel Might Need Russia as an Energy Partner
Michael Tanchum
,
Jerusalem Post
Russia's Strategic Vision for Israel
Dmitry Maryasis
,
Al-Monitor
Russia Dissidents Are Our Moral Equals
John McCain
,
USA Today
One China, Two Koreas
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
Think Asia Will Dominate the 21st Century? Think Again.
Dov Zakheim
,
Nat'l Interest
The Ukraine Gas Industry's Great About-Face
Jozsef Balogh
,
Kyiv Post
Theresa May's Britain Is Starting to Look Like a Safe Haven
George Trefgarne
,
CapX
Kremlin and the White House: A Peculiar Bond
Ishaan Tharoor
,
Washington Post
South Korea's Missile Defense: Balancing U.S. & China
Tong Zhao
, The
Cipher Brief
Time for Trump to Call Out the Russian Invaders
Paul Roderick Gregory
,
Forbes
Wednesday, February 15
Which Will Collapse First: Russia or the EU?
George Soros
,
Guardian
Britain Should Lead a New European Defense Pact
Anne Applebaum
,
Financial Times
Belarus's Game of Truancy
Andrew Wilson
,
European Council on Foreign Relations
The Counter-Jihad
Zack Beauchamp
,
Vox
The Price of Hun Sen's Crackdown in Cambodia
Prashanth Parameswaran
, WP
Review
The Emerging Balkan Crisis
Carl Gershman
&
Ivana Cvetkovic Bajrovic
,
World Affairs Journal
The State of Dutch Politics: "Act Normal or Get Out"
Economist
What Europeans Fear
Julia Rampen
,
New Statesman
The Rise of Free-ish Trade
Samuel Rines
&
Katherine Morille
,
Risk Hedge
How Germany Buys Time From China
Jacob Shapiro
,
Mauldin Economics
Trump May Ditch the 2-State Doctrine
Michael Crowley
,
Politico
For Israel's Sake, Stop Settlements
Ami Ayalon
,
Gilead Sher
&
Orni Petruschka
,
USA Today
What Does Trump Want From Netanyahu?
Daniel Shapiro
,
The Atlantic
Should Netanyahu Spurn Trump?
Jonathan Tobin
,
Israel Hayom
Trump's Pragmatism Could Be Good for Israel
Amir Peretz
,
Jerusalem Post
Ecuador's Left-Wing Success Story
Mark Weisbrot
,
The Nation
The Slow, Strange Race to Be Bishop of London
Ysenda Maxtone Graham
,
Spectator
Love in the Time of ISIS
Adnan Khan
,
Maclean's
Thursday, February 16
What Truly Makes a Terrorist?
David Benson
,
RealClearWorld
Can John Locke Save Political Islam?
Joseph Loconte
,
National Interest
Russians Fear Stalin-Like Anti-Moscow Purge Has Hit Washington
Max Seddon
,
FT
9 Books That Can Help You Understand Russia Right Now
Sarah Begley
,
Time
Have U.S.-Europe Relations Changed Forever?
Eric Le Boucher
,
Les Echos
A Common Threat Assessment for NATO?
Andrew Michta
,
Carnegie Europe
Remembering the Nationalism of Cardinal Richelieu
James Pinkerton
, Am.
Cons.
Trump Shrugs Off the Two-State Solution
Adam Chandler
,
The Atlantic
Churchill's Views on Aliens Revealed in Lost Essay
Paul Rincon
,
BBC
Will Raqqa Be Site for Clash of Titan Generals?
Metin Gurcan
,
Al-Monitor
Timeline: U.S.-Russia Arms Control
Council on Foreign Relations
How Did Sergei Krivov Die?
Ali Watkins
,
BuzzFeed
Even Greece: All of the EU's Economies Are Growing
Eshe Nelson
&
Jason Karaian
, QZ
How the USSR Almost Invented the Internet
Justin Reynolds
,
Calvert Journal
Trump's Boris Yeltsin Moment
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
Three-Headed Hydra Destabilizes Middle East
Victor Davis Hanson
,
Washington Times
How Ecuador Makes the World's Best Chocolate
Paul Richardson
,
1843
Friday, February 17
Is America Turning Into Belgium, and Can the World Cope?
Judah Grunstein
, WP
Rev.
2 Maps That Show U.S. Strategy in the Asia-Pacific
G. Friedman
&
J. Shapiro
,
Mauldin
The Romania Playbook
Srdja Popovic
&
Cristian Sallai
,
RealClearWorld
Mexico's Populist Rises to Face Trump's America
Joshua Partlow
,
Washington Post
Trump's Border Plan for Canada? So Far, Not a Wall
J. Trisko Darden
,
Conversation
Greece Is as Sick as Ever and Its Agony Goes On and On
Tony Barber
,
Financial Times
The 5 Worst Treaties the United States Ever Signed
Benjamin Soloway
,
Foreign Policy
Fake News, Fake Ukrainians: How Russians Tilted a Dutch Vote
A. Higgins
,
NYT
Intimidation as a Propaganda Tool in the Nordic Countries
Disinfo Review
The Incredible Shrinking Putin
Alexei Bayer
,
Kyiv Post
How to Take On Iran Short of War
Aaron David Miller
&
Richard Sokolsky
,
National Interest
Joe Alsop and America's Forgotten Code
James Kirchick
,
The Atlantic
Trump's New Approach on Israel-Palestine Just Might Work
Roger Simon
,
PJ Media
Israel Welcomes Return of U.S. as a Superpower
Ron Prosor
,
Newsweek
Powering Africa's Future
Alpha Conde
,
Project Syndicate
China-Pakistan Corridor and the Baloch Insurgency
Shazar Shafqat
,
The Diplomat
Saturday, February 18
Donald Trump Will Defeat ISIS
Andrew Exum
,
The Atlantic
Trump Really Could Crush ISIS
Paul Wood
,
Spectator
Waking the Mexican Sleeping Giant
Stephen Kinzer
,
Boston Globe
Russians Are Turning on Donald Trump
Amie Ferris-Rotman
,
Foreign Policy
Trump Just Wants a Winning Deal in Israel
Uri Dromi
,
Miami Herald
An Unconventional Middle East Peace?
Noah Rothman
,
Commentary
Emperor Akihito's Struggle to Reform Japan's Imperial System
Eri Hotta
,
Nikkei
Deconstructing Pakistan's Strategic Culture
Hammal Kashani
,
Asia Times
Will Mosul Witness a Political Battle Post-ISIS?
Mustafa Saadoun
,
Al-Monitor
Avoiding All-Out War in Yemen
James Spencer
,
LobeLog
Europe Must Plan to Defend Itself
Christiane Hoffmann
,
Der Spiegel
The European Union First
Javier Solana
,
Project Syndicate
The Time Is Now to Prevent a New Famine in Somalia
Rob Bailey
,
Chatham House
Vietnam's Got a New South China Sea Strategy
Koh Swee Lean Collin
,
National Interest
Sunday, February 19
Is North Korea's Regime Doomed?
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
,
The Week
3 Dangerous Superpowers -- and UK Is Stuck in the Middle
Simon Tisdall
,
Guardian
President Trump's Iran Dilemma
Reuel Marc Gerecht
,
Weekly Standard
Canada's Trump Moment Might Not Be So White
Doug Saunders
,
Globe and Mail
If Trump Wants Syria Safe Zones, He'll Have to Send Troops
Fred Hof
,
Foreign Pol.
North Korea’s Young Marshal Flexes His Muscle
Bryan Harris
et al.,
Financial Times
China Cannot Be Expected to Punish North Korea
Joel Wuthnow
,
National Interest
The Trump-Netanyahu Alliance
Caroline Glick
,
Jerusalem Post
Netanyahu Rejected a U.S. Peace Plan in 2016
Barak Ravid
,
Haaretz
The Far-Right and Germany's Suppressed Nationalism
Amanda Taub
,
NY Times
Why the U.S. Should Rethink Its Anti-ISIS Strategy
Hassan Hassan
,
The National
Britain Under Corbyn? Just Look at Venezuela
Jason Mitchell
,
The Spectator
Is Erdogan Promising a Ghost Army in Syria?
Fehim Tastekin
,
Al-Monitor
Can Russia Derail a French Front-Runner?
Alexander Hurst
,
The Daily Beast
The India-Bangladesh Wall: Lessons for Trump
Sudha Ramachandran
,
The Diplomat
No, Clinton Did Not Give Russia 20 Percent of U.S. Uranium
Zeeshan Aleem
,
Vox