Week of February 20, 2017 Archives
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Monday, February 20
The World Needs a Trump Doctrine
Zbigniew Brzezinski
&
Paul Wasserman
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NY Times
Donald Trump Has No Foreign Policy
Jon Finer
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Politico Magazine
Can the Dutch Turn Back the Populist Tide?
Kaj Leers
,
RealClearWorld
Military Aggression Has Backfired on Moscow
Nolan Peterson
,
Daily Signal
Asia's Strongmen Aren't Strong Enough
Michael Schuman
,
Bloomberg View
Rubble and Delusion: A Journey Through Assad's Syria
Schaap
&
Werner
,
Spiegel
Australia Must Remain Flexible in Trump Era
Greg Raymond
,
Sydney Morning Herald
Why Japan Is Relieved About Trump
Julian Ryall
,
South China Morning Post
Restoring Faith in Globalization
Carl Bildt
,
Project Syndicate
Can Trump and Putin, Despite Uproar, Still Make a Deal?
Richard Weitz
,
Yale Global
Why Right-Wing Populist Parties Have Failed in Spain
Aamna Mohdin
,
Quartz
Donald Trump: Mideast Peace Processor
Robert Danin
,
Council on Foreign Relations
Trump and Russia: Lessons From the Red Scare
Uri Friedman
,
The Atlantic
How Did Europe Become the Richest Part of the World?
Joel Mokyr
,
Aeon
Why China Is Building Islands in the South China Sea
Sam Ellis
,
Vox
What It's Like to Be an Iraqi Fixer
Boris Abrams
,
Roads & Kingdoms
RCW Video:
Mattis' Warning to Europe
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North Korea's Shaky Regime
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Tuesday, February 21
Venezuela Is a Ticking Time Bomb
Ed Feulner
&
Ana Quintana
,
RealClearWorld
The Queen Doesn't Need Saving From Donald Trump
John Lloyd
,
Foreign Policy
Do We Still Want the West?
Bret Stephens
,
Wall Street Journal
Theresa May’s Empire of the Mind
Tom Whyman
,
New York Times
Why Does Congress Accept Perpetual Wars?
Andrew Bacevich
,
American Cons.
Poll Finds DC Out Of Touch With Americans on Foreign Policy
Jeremy Lott
,
Fed
Can Iran Hold Together Long Term?
Walter Russell Mead
,
American Interest
Saudi Fundamentalism Crushing Tolerance in Pakistan
William Dalrymple
,
Guardian
Will Turkey Get Its Way in Raqqa?
Metin Gurcan
,
Al-Monitor
Erdogan's Power Grab Is Hurting Turkey's Economy
Garrett Krivicich
,
Nat'l Interest
Which Asian Country Will Replace China as "World's Factory"?
M. Lomas
,
Diplomat
Will Republicans Break With Trump Over Russia?
Susan Glasser
,
Politico Magazine
When Putin’s Killers Descended on London
Luke Harding
,
The Daily Beast
Quebec's Maple Spring Left a Dubious Legacy
Konrad Yakabuski
,
Globe and Mail
A Weird Time to Be in Charge of Sweden's Twitter Account
Amar Toor
,
The Verge
Why Does This "Calexit" Leader Live in Russia?
Adam Taylor
,
Washington Post
RCW Video:
Should Trump Move the Embassy?
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Who Will Rebuild Syria?
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Wednesday, February 22
The Authoritarian Wave Reaches the West
Gideon Rachman
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Financial Times
Europe Must Pull Its Weight if "The West" Is to Survive
Sholto Byrnes
,
The National
The Logic of Trump's Foreign Policy
Michael Auslin
,
Wall Street Journal
How America Can Avoid a War With China
Joe Renouard
,
National Interest
Europe's Child-Refugee Crisis
Lauren Collins
,
The New Yorker
What's Really Happening in Sweden
Rich Lowry
,
National Review
The Trump Bubble Bursts in Moscow’s Markets
David Ignatius
,
Washington Post
Are We Lucky to Have Vladimir Putin?
Matthew J.A. Shoemaker
,
RealClearDefense
The Mystery of the Ukraine Peace Plan
Julia Ioffe
,
The Atlantic
Amid War, Ukraine's Population Continues to Dwindle
Nolan Peterson
,
Daily Signal
California Really Has What It Takes to Secede
James Poulos
,
Foreign Policy
The Myth of the U.S. Immigration Crisis
Noah Smith
,
Bloomberg View
Team Trump Needs to Fix U.S.-Mexico Relations, and Fast
Benny Avni
,
NY Post
The Terrifying ISIS Sleeper Cells of Mosul
Florian Neuhof
,
The Daily Beast
Ireland's Brexit Meltdown
Charlie Cooper
,
Politico EU
President Trump Is Enabling War Crimes in Yemen
Ryan Cooper
,
The Week
Lessons From Latin America's Odebrecht Scandal
Andres Oppenheimer
,
Miami H'ld
RCW Video:
Can the Syrian State Survive?
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Can Trump Defeat ISIS?
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Thursday, February 23
Take It from a European: NATO Is Obsolete
Tom Sauer
,
National Interest
Is NATO Debasing Its Standards for Montenegro?
Tomas Liutkus
,
RealClearWorld
China Moves to Put North Korea in Its Place
Rodger Baker
,
Stratfor
South Korea's Dangerous Leadership Vacuum
Benjamin Lee
,
The Diplomat
Rex Tillerson Is Already Underwater
Aaron David Miller
&
Richard Sokolsky
,
Politico
Australia Can No Longer Trust America
Peter Hartcher
,
Sydney Morning Herald
Iran, Russia, Turkey and the Future of Assad's Syria
Michael Young
,
The National
Britain Steps Into a Deglobalizing World
Sebastian Dullien
,
ECFR
Theresa May: Britain's Globalist Gattopardo
James Forsyth
,
Spectator
Marine Le Pen's Chances in France Are Actually Quite Good
Sudhir Hazareesingh
,
FT
France's Spoiler, Bayrou, Joins Forces With Young Macron
Kevin Lees
,
Suffragio
Dutch Politics Shattered
Caroline De Gruyter
,
Carnegie Europe
Ukraine: Not Quiet on the Eastern Front
Benas Gerdziunas
,
Politico EU
Goodbye, Eastern Europe!
Jacob Mikanowski
,
Los Angeles Review of Books
Venezuela's Crisis, Measured By Drastic Weight Loss
Zeeshan Aleem
,
Vox
U.S. Marines Head to Norway and Australia
Kaitlin Lavinder
&
Will Edwards
,
Cipher Brief
Dumped By U.S., Europe and Asia Want to Do Trade Deals
Emily Tamkin
,
For. Policy
ARCHIVES:The View From NATO's Newest Incipient Member
Joel Weickgenant
Friday, February 24
Trump, Putin & the New Cold War
Evan Osnos
,
David Remnick
&
Joshua Yaffa
,
New Yorker
Trump and the Madman Theory
Charles Krauthammer
,
Washington Post
NATO Is Obsolete, But Still Valuable
Judah Grunstein
,
World Politics Review
Is Far Right Populism Winning in the Netherlands?
Simon Kuper
,
Financial Times
Russia's Measured, No-Lose Approach to Force
Michael Kofman
,
War on the Rocks
Saudi Arabia Wants to Be a Legitimate Nation
Clifford May
,
Washington Times
Will Puerto Rico Become a Headache for Trump?
Desmond Lachman
,
The Hill
The Philippines' Honeymoon With China Is Over
Jacob Shapiro
,
Geopolitical Futures
The Case for Moving Britain's Capital to Manchester
Economist
What I Saw in Kyiv
Rep.
Mike Quigley
,
Politico
What's Left of Communism
David Priestland
,
New York Times
Theresa May's Strange Visit With France's Macron
Dave Keating
, Berlin Policy Journal
How Strong Are Australia-Indonesia Ties?
Catriona Croft-Cusworth
,
Lowy Interpreter
Trump's McMasterpiece
Nicholas Grossman
,
Arc Mag
How Russian Immigrants Taught Us What It Is to Be American
B. Rubin
,
Forward
Saturday, February 25
New Energy in the Franco-German Motor
Jeremy Shapiro
,
ECFR
Britain's Magical Disappearing Opposition
Kenan Malik
,
New York Times
The Center Can Still Win in Europe
Fareed Zakaria
,
Washington Post
As Italy Splits Into Oblivion
John Lloyd
,
Reuters
A Historic Defeat For British Labour, a Big Win For May
Euractiv
Dutch Labor Exits Stage Left
Naomi O'Leary
,
Politico EU
A 'Rearmament Spiral' in Germany?
Konstantin von Hammerstein
,
Der Spiegel
VX Nerve Agent Killed Kim Jong Nam. How Does It Work?
Alex Berezow
,
ACHS
The Monk Who Saves Manuscripts From ISIS
Matteo Fagotto
,
The Atlantic
Want Peace? Stop Talking About Two-State Solution
David Harsanyi
,
The Federalist
How to Stop China in the South China Sea
Arthur Herman
,
National Review
We Need a South China Sea Strategy, Fast
Patrick Smith
,
Fiscal Times
How America Can Avoid a Second Korea War
Doug Bandow
,
National Interest
Israel Makes Peace With the White House
Sivan Rahav Meir
,
Times of Israel
Sunday, February 26
Trump Isn't Sounding Like a Russian Mole
Walter Russell Mead
,
American Interest
The Foreign-Policy Establishment Strikes Back
Uri Friedman
,
The Atlantic
Make the Liberal International Order Great Again
Michael Anton
,
American Affairs
McMaster Has the Islamophobes Worried. Good
Will McCants
,
Politico Magazine
L'anti-Trump: Can Emmanuel Macron Live Up to His Hype?
Freddy Gray
,
Spectator
America's Spectacular Immigration Mess
Margaret Wente
,
Globe and Mail
Countdown to Raul Castro's Retirement Begins
M. Whitefield
&
N. Gamez
,
Miami H'ld
The World Is Ignoring an 'Unprecedented' Starvation Crisis
Ishaan Tharoor
,
WaPo
The Politics of Historicide
Richard Haass
,
Project Syndicate
Working-Class Desertion of Labour Started Before Corbyn
James Morris
,
Guardian
U.S. Wary of New Neighbor in Djibouti: A Chinese Naval Base
Jacobs
&
Perlez
,
NYT
Geert Wilders Follows the Trump Twitter Trail
Claus Hecking
,
Der Spiegel
We Must Oppose the Kremlin-Baiting Against Trump
Stephen F. Cohen
,
The Nation
How the U.S. Can Protect Jordan From Chaos Next Door
David Schenker
,
Lawfare
Egypt Desperately Needs a Friend Right Now
James Stavridis
,
Foreign Policy
How Swinging Sixties London Changed the World
Clive Irving
,
The Daily Beast