Week of May 22, 2017 Archives

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Monday, May 22
Why Do Intellectuals Fall in Love With Dictators?
Theodore Dalrymple, City Journal
Trump's Speech: Not About Islam
Mustafa Akyol & Wajahat Ali, New York Times
Trump Gets It Right in Saudi Arabia
Anthony Cordesman, The Hill
Saudis Tie Themselves to an Unpredictable U.S. President
Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor
Saudi-Iran War of Words Imperils Mideast
Richard Haass, Financial Times
Taming a Theocracy: Lessons From Iran's Election
Hamid Dabashi, Al Jazeera
Iranians Re-Elect a Fake Reformer in a Fake Election
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
An America That Speaks Mandarin
Jeff Wang, RealClearWorld
The Scramble for Post-ISIS Syria Has Officially Begun
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Trumpism Without Trump in the UK
Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review
Inside Russia’s Social Media War on America
Massimo Calabresi, Time
The Macedonian Crisis Is Far From Over
Alexander Clapp, The American Interest
Why Does Russia Still Favor China, Its More Powerful Partner?
Stephen Blank, Lowy
Is a New Turkey-U.S. Alignment Emerging?
Michael Tanchum, Hurriyet Daily News
Robots and Pensioners to the Rescue
Joji Sakurai, The World Today
Uzbekistan: A Journey to a Different Side of Islam
L. Todd Wood, Washington Times
A Glimmer of Hope in Brazil's Terrible Crisis
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, The Week
Tuesday, May 23
Guarding the Guards at the CIA
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Germany Quietly Builds a European Army Under Its Command
Elisabeth Braw, FP
Reclaiming American Realism
T. Bromund, M. Auslin & C. Dueck, American Affairs Journal
The Liberal International Order Must Have American Power
D. Twining, Out of Order
James Mattis, a Warrior in Washington
Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
Macron's Fiscal Union Points to a Eurobond Future
Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times
Trump Goes After 'the Ultimate Deal'
Rosie Gray, The Atlantic
We Want Peace, Not a Peace 'Process'
Boaz Bismuth, Israel Hayom
Trump Statements Leave Israel With Much to Ponder
Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel
Will Trump’s Middle East Deal Work?
Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor
Israelis Welcome the End of Obama's Hostility
P. David Hornik, PJ Media
5 Tips For Europe as Trump Visits
Craig Kennedy & Roland Freudenstein, Martens Centre
How Indonesia Can Solve Its Extremism Problem
Eva Kusuma Sundari, Al Jazeera
Iran’s President Isn’t a Reformer. He’s an Enabler.
Ray Takeyh, Politico
The Patient Resilience of Iran's Reformers
Laura Secor, New York Times
Trump Vilifies Iran as Moderate Scores Victory
David Andelman, USA Today
The Intellectual Poverty of British Politics
Alan Lockey, CapX
Jeremy Corbyn's Recipe For a Revival of Europe's Center-Left
Gary Younge, Guardian
The West, Sans America, Pushes Back on Kremlin Lies
John Schindler, Observer
Wednesday, May 24
Manchester, Political Upheaval & the Desertion of the Global Left
P. Zeihan, RCW
Don’t Let Psychopaths Suppress Our Humanity
George Monbiot, Guardian
A Napoleonic President and L'Affaire Comey
Robert Zaretsky, RealClearWorld
There Remains No Evidence Of Trump-Russia Collusion
P. Roderick Gregory, Forbes
Trump and Europe: The NASCAR Summit?
Jeremy Shapiro, RealClearWorld
Trump Meets Macron
Martin Quencez, German Marshall Fund
Terror Returns to Britain
Linda Kinstler, The Atlantic
The Politically Correct Enablers of Murder and Mayhem
Bruce Bawer, City Journal
End the Wars That Feed Terror
Patrick Cockburn, Independent
After Manchester: Why Does This Keep Happening?
Andy Price, Conversation
New Counter-Terror Strategy? Careful What You Wish For
Rosand & Millar, Brookings
Terrorism Must Be Fought, Not Accepted
Tammy Bruce, Washington Times
Terrorists Will Never Destroy Tough Mancunian Spirit
M. d'Ancona, Evening Standard
A World Caught Between Progress and Anarchy
Ali Wyne, CNAS
How a Delicate Alliance Defeated Nazi Germany
Lewis Lehrman, Daily Signal
Will 2018 Bring a Mandate for Change in Brazil?
Matthew Taylor, CFR
Thursday, May 25
We Can't Predict Whether Trump Will Succeed in the Middle East
Hussein Ibish, Atl.
Is the U.S. Navy Dying?
Dave Majumdar, National Interest
Trump’s Defense Budget Looks Much Like Obama's
Alex Ward, Vox
Europe's NATO Balancing Act
Sophia Besch, Centre for European Reform
On NATO Spending, Trump Does What Obama Never Could
F. Ordonez, McClatchy
Trump Bows Before the Saudis
Daniel Larison, The American Conservative
Time to Take a Step Back From Afghanistan
James Durso, The Hill
5 Reasons Trump Should Send More Troops to Afghanistan
James Stavridis, Time
Does Manchester Show a Strong ISIS, or Weak?
Robin Wright, New Yorker
France to Berlin, Brussels: This Time We're Serious
J. Delcker & N. Vinocur, Politico EU
The Return of the Pirate
Abhijit Singh, Observer Research Foundation
Why Montenegro Matters to U.S., NATO
John McCain, The Cipher Brief
Moldova, Russia, and the West: It's Complicated
Eugene Rumer, Carnegie
Russia Picks 'Bull Terrier' as New U.S. Envoy
Maxim Suchkov, Al-Monitor
New Far-Right Party on the Horizon in Hungary?
Lili Bayer, Budapest Beacon
Puerto Rico’s Political and Economic Crisis Deepens
Ed Morales, The Nation
VIDEO: Is a U.S. Attack on North Korea Imminent?
George Friedman
HIGHLIGHTS: Trump at Western Wall | Dem. Rep. Schiff | Europe 'Used to' Terror
ICYMI: Death of the Left | NATO's NASCAR Summit | Trump & Macron
Friday, May 26
Trump and Europe, Trading Places
Matthew Kaminski, Politico EU
Trump Hands Putin a Win at First NATO Meeting
Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy
Life After NATO
Peter Zeihan, Global View
Time for NATO to Call Turkey's Bluff
Eric Edelman & Merve Tahiroglu, Weekly Standard
Nicolas Maduro Doesn't Really Control Venezuela
Moises Naim, The Atlantic
U.S. Leaks Should Be a Wake-Up Call for Britain
Martin Kettle, The Guardian
American Leadership -- We Can’t Do It for Free
Colin Powell, New York Times
Trump’s Sends Strong Message That American Leadership Is Back
Helle Dale, DS
The Rapid Rise of Libya's General Hifter
Mustafa Fetouri, Al-Monitor
The British Stay Calm, for Now
John Cassidy, New Yorker
Sectarian Fires Fuel European Terrorism
Philip Stephens, Financial Times
NATO Without America?
Kori Schake, The American Interest
The Elitist Experts May Just Save France
Justin Fox, Bloomberg View
Malta Leaks: Playing the Shell Game in the Mediterranean
Der Spiegel
Trump and the Pope: Not a Match Made in Heaven
Michael Higgins, Globe and Mail
How an Oligarch Reignited Political Debate in Russia
Mikhail Fishman, Moscow Times
Will This Man Be Ireland's First Openly Gay Laeader?
Kevin Lees, Suffragio
Saturday, May 27
Who Are the New Jihadis?
Olivier Roy, The Guardian
Foreign Policy Giant Zbigniew Brzezinski Dies at 89
Daniel Lewis, New York Times
Lebanon's Aoun Moves to Save His Presidency
Michael Young, The National
How Islamic State Clings On in Libya
The Economist
France Is Ripe for Rebirth
Holman Jenkins Jr., Wall Street Journal
Asia Should Manage, Not Fight, China's Rise
Hugh White, Straits Times
A Religious Revolution Is Taking Place in Ireland
Nick Park, Irish Times
Iran’s Islamic Evolution
Marc Champion & Ladane Nasseri, Bloomberg
The Six-Day War at 50
Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
Does Putin Have Buyer's Remorse on Trump?
Alan Berger, Boston Globe
Dark Tourism in Kazakhstan’s Gulag Heartland
Peter Ford, The Diplomat
What Progressives Get Wrong About Arms Sales
Andrew Exum, The Atlantic
Aleppo After the Fall
Robert Worth, New York Times Magazine
Sunday, May 28
American Caesarism: Decadence and Decline
Robert Kaplan, Foreign Policy
This Is the Key to a Successful Trump Foreign Policy
Colin Dueck, National Interest
Why Russia Can't End the North Korea Crisis
Xander Snyder, Geopolitical Futures
U.S. Russophobia Is About Blocking Trump Agenda
L. Todd Wood, Washington Times
How to Restore American Self-Reliance
George Will, National Review
What Trump Should Have Said to the Muslim World
Aaron David Miller, CNN
NATO Has Become a Loveless Marriage
Edward Lucas, CapX
NATO Without America?
Kori Schake, The American Interest
Trump Is Getting Tough on China
Dean Cheng, Daily Signal
Trump Picks the Wrong Best Friends For America
Max Boot, USA Today
The Countries Where Smiling Makes You Look Dumb
Olga Khazan, The Atlantic
The War on Terror Is Simply Not Working
Jeremy Corbyn, Guardian
The Islamic World Has a Blasphemy Problem
Krithika Varagur, Foreign Policy
Rethinking the Next China
Stephen Roach, Project Syndicate
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