Week of October 24, 2016 Archives
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Monday, October 24
Iraqi Christians Narrowly Escape ISIS
Danny Gold
,
The Daily Beast
The Islamic State After Mosul
Hassan Hassan
,
New York Times
With President Aoun, Iran Replaces Syria in Lebanon
Alex Rowell
,
NOW Lebanon
Russia's Vanishing Middle Class
Boris Grozovsky
,
Moscow Times
Wallonia's Veto in Trade Deal About Everything But Canada
Don Pittis
,
CBC News
Duterte Deploys Dubious Data in Philippines' Drug War
Baldwin
&
Marshall
,
Reuters
Waiting for Emmanuel Macron, France’s Maybe Candidate
Pierre Briancon
,
Politico
What Myanmar Stands to Gain, and Thailand Lose, From Clinton Win
Lintner
,
MP
The Puerto Rico Drama Has a Long Way to Run
Alex Pollock
,
RealClearMarkets
The Breweries vs. Alberta
Marni Soupcoff
,
National Post
Tuesday, October 25
Why Putin Is Unleashing His Only Aircraft Carrier
Peter Apps
,
Reuters
Is Russia Killing Off Eastern Ukraine’s Warlords?
Jack Losh
,
Foreign Policy
What Is Rodrigo Duterte Trying to Achieve?
J. Weston Phippen
,
The Atlantic
Iran’s New Challenge: The Islamic State in Persia?
Ali Hashem
,
Al-Monitor
What Washington Post Wants You to Believe About Iran
Lee Smith
,
Weekly Standard
Fear, Frustration Add to Tumult of French Election
Konrad Yakabuski
,
Globe & Mail
International Criminal Court Is Too Focused on Africa
Noah Feldman
,
Bloomberg
Is U.S. Company Helping Turkey Spy On Its Citizens?
Thomas Fox-Brewster
,
Forbes
Why Is It So Hard to Reduce the Pentagon Budget?
William Hartung
,
TomDispatch
Wednesday, October 26
The Return of Containment
Dominique Moisi
,
Project Syndicate
India and Pakistan Could Be Big Headaches for Next President
Barkha Dutt
,
WP
Trade a Middling Foreign Policy for a Meddling Foreign Policy
Fabio R. Fiallo
,
RCW
The U.S. Must Rescue Egypt's Sissi
Walter Russell Mead
,
The American Interest
Is U.S. Reconsidering Its Support for Saudis in Yemen?
Maysaa Shuja al-Deen
,
ALM
Iraqi Kurds Slowed By Old Soviet Arms, Ethnic Rivalries
Anshel Pfeffer
,
Haaretz
Is the International Criminal Court Crumbling Before Our Eyes?
David Bosco
,
FP
A Test Run of Xi Jinping's Grip on Power
Gordon Chang
,
World Affairs Journal
The Last Russian Leader to Mess With a U.S. Election? Stalin
Will Moreland
,
Vox
Thursday, October 27
The Coming Shift: Hillary Clinton's Plans for Israel and Iran
Michael Wilner
,
Jer. Post
If Russia Looks Strong, Remember It’s Weak
David Aaronovitch
,
Times of London
Putin’s Chaos Strategy Turns on Him
Mark Galeotti
,
Foreign Policy
The Best Places to Travel in 2017
Lonely Planet
How Italy's Job Market Beats the U.S.
Narayana Kocherlakota
,
Bloomberg View
What Would an Interim Brexit Deal Look Like?
Simon Tilford
,
Prospect Magazine
Stop Comparing Canada-EU Deal to Brexit
James Moore
,
Independent
Venezuela Is No Longer a Democracy. It's Time to Act
A. Oppenheimer
,
Miami Herald
Friday, October 28
Syria’s Civil War Is Over -- Russia Won
John Schindler
,
Observer
Syria's "Voice of Conscience" Has Message for West
Hussain
&
Hisham
,
Intercept
Who Will Liberate Raqqa?
Laura Rozen
,
Al-Monitor
Flashpoints in Asian Waters
Sentaku Magazine
Battle for Mosul: So Far So Good
Hayder al-Khoei
,
Euro Council on Foreign Relations
In Russia’s "Frozen Zone," a Creeping Border With Georgia
Andrew Higgins
,
NY Times
Trump's Smart Money Approach to Foreign Policy
Bert Mizusawa
,
USA Today
Why Real Peace in Colombia Matters to the U.S.
James Stavridis
,
Time
Facebook's Free Basics Is an African Dictator's Dream
Nanjala Nyabola
,
For. Policy