Week of March 14, 2016 Archives

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Monday, March 14
Merkel's Huge Rebuke and What It Means
M. Karnitschnig, Politico EU
America Wouldn't Accept the EU. Why Should We?
B. Johnson, T'graph
British Voters Want Facts. They're Getting Myths
Economist
Walesa, Gorbachev, and Freedom's End
Ivan Krastev, New York Times
Killing the Dream of the West
Dalibor Rohac, Foreign Policy
Ukraine Example: Ditching Your Nukes Doesn't Pay
A. Umland, WAJ
Obama Is Right: America Can't Fix This
Aaron David Miller, Politico
Anger Economics, From Berlin to Bernie
Nikolaus Piper, Worldcrunch
A Direct Attack on West African Secularism
Remi Piet, Al Jazeera
Death of a Honduran Activist
Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker
Obama's Realism Is a Good Blueprint
Paul Pillar, National Interest
Obama Didn't Follow His Own Blueprint
D. Larison, Amer. Conservative
Turkey's Botched Approach to Syria
Hassan Hassan, The National
Mr. Obama, We Are Not 'Free Riders'
Turki al-Faisal, Arab News
Hunting Down Activists in Gambia
Philip Obaji Jr., Daily Beast
Finland Is the Prison Break Capital of Europe
Jason Karaian, Quartz
Tuesday, March 15
The Strategy Behind Russia's Syrian Moves
N. Pakhomov, Nat'l Interest
Don't Trust Putin's Pullback
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Rationalizing Putin's Syria Victory
Noah Rothman, Commentary
The Unraveling of Merkel's Power
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
Why the German Far Right's Big Win Matters
Max Fisher, Vox
Setting the Stage for Assad's Exit?
P. McLeary & J. Hudson, Foreign Policy
What Obama Can Say to Britons
Hugo Dixon, Telegraph
Maybe Putin Really Did Win Syria
Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
Britain's European 'Year Zero'
Richard Whitman, Chatham House
Trudeau: The Best Canadian PM the US Has Had
Preston Manning, G&M
Trudeau Better Be Ready for What Follows Obama
John Ivison, NP
Merkel Is Bruised but Still Standing
Lucian Kim, Reuters
Mosul Dam: An Epic Catastrophe in the Making?
N. Ferguson, Bos. Globe
The Trump-Berlusconi Syndrome
Roger Cohen, New York Times
Brexit Is About Britain's Ethnic Makeup
Ben Judah, Independent
Wednesday, March 16
Why Putin Went Into Syria
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Russia's 'Mission Accomplished' Moment?
G. Diesen, Lowy Interpreter
The Obama Doctrine and Ukraine
S. Pifer & J. Herbst, National Interest
Russia Leaves ISIS Intact in Syria
Con Coughlin, Telegraph
Let Trump Make Our Pacific Trade Deal
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Putin to Assad: Do Svidaniya
Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor
China-EU Relations: Crisis and Opportunity
Shi Zhiqin, The Diplomat
How EU-Turkey Deal Could Fail
Von Der Burchard & Barigazzi, Politico EU
China's Looming Currency Crisis
A. Stevenson-Yang & K. Dougherty, WSJ
The Obama Doctrine? Passive Messianism
B. Henri-Levy, Daily Beast
Could France Become Europe's Financial Capital?
Mark Gilbert, B-View
A French Girls' Tale of Facebook and Jihad
Soren Seelow, Worldcrunch
Is Russian Character Really so Authoritarian?
R Shiller, Project Syndicate
The Song Dynasty of Xi Jinping
Economist
Colombia's Hard Road Ahead
Callie Wang, The Cipher Brief
Thursday, March 17
Revisiting China's Geopolitics
Rodger Baker, Stratfor
Europe Doesn't Owe Migrants Fairness
James Traub, Foreign Policy
A Blunt Swiss Warning to the UK About Europe
Tara Palmeri, Politico EU
Help Us British Citizens, You're the EU's Only Hope
Jochen Bittner, NYT
Canada's New Hope
Michael Bloomberg, Bloomberg View
Barack Obama, Foreign Policy Radical
M. Cohen, World Politics Review
15 Years of Hard Labor for Stealing a Sign
Krishnadev Calamur, Atlantic
Is Tunisia Ripe for ISIS to Pick?
Rashmee Roshan Lall, The National
Why Egypt Is Placing Pyramids Under Military Protection
Mounir, ALM
America, You're Disappointing Us All
Daniel Hannan, Conservative Home
The Politics of Pregnancy in Italy
Barbie Latza Nadeau, Daily Beast
The Mayor Who Changed London's Skyline
S. Jenkins, Evening Standard
In Tokyo, You Can Rent a Friend
Chris Colin, Afar
Putin the Monster Wins Again
Max Boot, Los Angeles Times
Why Is It so Hard for Africans to Travel in Africa?
Ciku Kimeria, Quartz
Here Is North Korea's Worst Nightmare
Business Insider
Friday, March 18
Obama's Flawed Realism
Roger Cohen, New York Times
Grand Delusions of American Strategy
Robert Leiken, National Interest
Russia's Hollowed-Out Power
Economist
Is Russia a Superpower Again?
Emmanuel Grynszpan, Le Temps
Merkel's Real Problem Isn't in Germany
Anne Applebaum, Slate
Can Merkel Hold the Core Together?
Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian
The Secret Ingredient for Power and Peace
D. Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
Will the Trumps Make Slovenia Great Again?
Kevin Lees, Suffragio
Rousseff's Doomed Gamble
Mac Margolis, Bloomberg View
Netanyahu's Toxic Embrace of Israel
Nicola Abe, Der Spiegel
Is American Exceptional, or Merely Great?
Peter Van Buren, TomDispatch
Australia Chooses Washington Over Beijing
Cameron Hobbs, Ramen IR
Entry Is One Ruble, Exit Is Two
Maxim Trudolyubov, Wilson Center
Brexit and Trump
Waleed Aly, Canberra Times
Of Love and Honor Killings
R. Santhanam & S. Yamunan, The Hindu
Do We Need Embassies Anymore?
Alex Oliver, Foreign Affairs
John Bolton on Putin: Strong or Weak?
Wall Street Journal
Saturday, March 19
Making Sense of the Mideast Oil Muddle
Kevin Sullivan, RealClearWorld
Are Rousseff's Days Numbered?
Roger Noriega, RealClearWorld
The EU's Turkey Deal: What Comes Next?
Kaj Leers, RealClearWorld
What the Turkey Deal Says About Europe
John McTernan, Telegraph
I Was Forced to Leave Turkey
Hasnain Kazim, Der Spiegel
The British Left Must Confront Its Anti-Semitism
J. Freedland, Guardian
Africa's Nuclear Market for Rogues
Michael Rubin, Commentary
Merkel Fights for Christian Democracy
Jan-Werner Mueller, For. Policy
The Fall and Rise of Onagawa
Stephen Phelan, New Yorker
Free Trade Is a Blessing, Not a Burden
David French, National Review
How Cushy Are Norway's Prisons?
BBC
Burning Trash for the Good of China
Adam Minter, Bloomberg View
The Nuclear Deal, Through Iranians' Eyes
Ako Salemi, New York Times
Portrait of an Artist in an Endless War
Paulien Bakker, Narratively
Obama, Progressive Foreign Policy Doctrinaire
John Fonte, Quadrant
Lithuania's Iron Lady Takes On Putin
Michael Weiss, Daily Beast
Sunday, March 20
Obama's Cuban Revolution
Edward-Isaac Dovere, Politico
The Myth of a Reformed Cuba
Jan De Deken, The Daily Beast
How Cameron Fumbled the Brexit Ball
Doug Saunders, Globe and Mail
A Choice Between Great Britain or Little Britain
John Major, Telegraph
The Historian Behind Russia's New Nationalism
Charles Clover, FT
Don't Expect a Russia-Saudi Thaw Just Yet
Paul Saunders, Al-Monitor
I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing
Anthony Banbury, New York Times
Why Is Israel Treating Syria's Wounded?
Dov Lieber, Times of Israel
Federalism Isn't the Answer in Syria
M. Meyer-Resende, Foreign Policy
Terror in Ankara, Iron Hand on Turkey
Mustafa Akyol, Hurriyet Daily
Why Finland Has the Best Schools
William Doyle, Los Angeles Times
Israel and the Kurds: Love by Proxy
Ofra Bengio, The American Interest
Will Canada Defend Its Own Culture and Heritage?
Conrad Black, NP
Saddam Nostalgia Is Tearing Iraq Apart
Rasha Al Aqeedi, The National
Turkish Breakfast: The Best in the World?
Shannon Sims, Ozy
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