Week of December 12, 2016 Archives

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Monday, December 12
The Pentagon Must Think Outside of Its Five-Sided Box
Ashton Carter, Nat'l Interest
Italy Poses a Huge Threat to Euro and EU
Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times
Italy’s New Old Bosses
Jacopo Barigazzi, Politico EU
The Alarming Response to Russian Meddling in American Democracy
Economist
Trump Offers the Chance to Rethink Trade
Marianne Schneider-Petsinger, RCWorld
Europeans Debate Nuclear Self-Defense After Trump Win
Der Spiegel
China: The Vanguard of Globalization
Richard Javad Heydarian, Al Jazeera
Terrorism Is a Permanent Feature of Turkish Life
Patrick Cockburn, Independent
Trump's Treatment of CIA Findings Is Unacceptable
Michael Hayden, The Cipher Brief
The Russian Hacking Story Is Last Weapon in Dems' Arsenal
Paul Gregory, Forbes
The CIA, Post-Obama
Reuel Marc Gerecht, Weekly Standard
How Democracy Looks Different in Ghana
N. Cheeseman, G. Lynch & J. Willis, Newsweek
The West Has Almost Killed Off ISIS - Now to Bury It
Juliet Samuel, Telegraph
It's Going to Be Very Hard to Truly Beat ISIS
Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
Mercosur Turns Its Back on a Diminished Venezuela
Mac Margolis, Bloomberg View
Tuesday, December 13
I Was Wrong and Brexit Was Right
Niall Ferguson, Boston Globe
Last Rebels in Aleppo Say Soldiers Burning People Alive
Weiss, Gutman & Rowell, DB
The Case For Optimism
David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy
Russia's American Coup
Scott Gilmore, Maclean's
Trump Is Serious About Detente With Russia
Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Erdogan's Presidential System - Islamic, or Platonic?
Mustafa Akyol, Al-Monitor
Trump’s Coming War Against Islam
Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Tillerson's a Solid Choice - Just Not For Trump
Kevin Lees, Suffragio
How to Hand China a Big Win
Pankaj Ghemawat, Harvard Business Review
Trump’s Welcome Nod to the Kazakh 'Miracle'
Luke Coffey, Daily Signal
An Enemy of the Kremlin Dies in London
Jeffrey Stern, The Atlantic
The Dangerous Drums of War on North Korea
Joel Wit & Richard Sokolsky, Defense One
Can OPEC Send Oil To $70?
Irina Slav, Oil Price
What Trump Can Learn About Cuba From Hemingway’s Widow
N. Mills, Observer
I Am Ashamed to Be Australian
Ashley Gilbertson, New York Times
After Aleppo Falls: Five Predictions
Tom Rogan, National Review
Wednesday, December 14
Obama's Deep Dive Into Putin's Intent
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
The Perfect Weapon: Invasion of Russian Cyberpower
Lipton, Sanger & Shane, NYT
How Russia Wins Elections
Clint Watts & Andrew Weisburd, Politico
Don't Assume That Russia Hacked the U.S. Election
Elaine Ou, Bloomberg View
How America Can Lead in Asia
Joseph Prueher et al, National Interest
Behind China and Russia's 'Special Relationship'
Bob Savic, The Diplomat
Five Myths About 'One China'
John Tkacik, Washington Times
How I Learned to Love Putin
Bret Stephens, Wall Street Journal
Bring Syria’s Assad To Account Now
Charles Lister & John Allen, Brookings Institution
Donald Trump’s Grand Strategy
Brian Babb, Strife Blog
Cleaning Up Romania
Adrian Lungu, Balkan Insight
What Does Tillerson Mean for Ukraine? Experts Weigh In
Melinda Haring, Atl. Council
Scandinavian Equilibrium: Between Russia and NATO
A. Filatov, Intersection Project
Can Tillerson Succeed as Secretary of State?
Aaron David Miller, CNN
Can Trump Really Move the Embassy in Israel?
Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Thursday, December 15
How Europe's Left Lost the Working Class
John Lloyd, Reuters
Our Frackers Beat Their Hackers
Mark Mills, RealClearWorld
How OPEC Cuts May Boost U.S. Shale Exports
Tsvetana Paraskova, Oil Price
Syria's Cry
Ronald Tiersky, RealClearWorld
Saving Europe From Itself - Again
Mark Helprin, Wall Street Journal
A Populist Challenge to Putin
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
When Daily Intelligence Briefings Prevented a Nuclear War
Josh Zeitz, Politico
Another Reminder That Europe Isn't That Into Kyiv
The American Interest
The Cost of Bureaucratic Failure at the Pentagon
Daniel Davis, American Conservative
Is the Battle For Mosul Doomed?
Daniel Davis, National Interest
Is Macri's Moment Already Fading in Argentina?
Patrick Corcoran, World Politics Review
The Kremlin Gloats Over Trump’s CIA Tantrum
Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast
Is Trump Starting Something With China He Can't Finish?
John Hudson, Foreign Policy
What's Good for Exxon Is Bad for the Country
Fred Kaplan, Slate
Israel-Egypt Cold Peace Has Never Been Warmer
Bennett Seftel, The Cipher Brief
Friday, December 16
Why Is Trump Enabling Putin's New World Order?
Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
Is Trump Pursuing a Kissinger-esque Foreign Policy?
Michael Barone, Creators
The Fall of Aleppo Isn't Humanity's Disgrace
Neil Macdonald, CBC News
Why We Lost Aleppo
Abdul Jabbar al Aqidi, CNN
Could Obama Have Done More to Stop Russian Hacks?
William Arkin et al., NBC
The Manchurian Cabinet
Nina Krushcheva, Project Syndicate
Putin Keeps Winning the Ideological War
Ed West, The Spectator
Brazil Just Enacted Harshest Austerity Program in the World
Zeeshan Aleem, Vox
Can the UK Retain Global Influence After Brexit?
Simon Fraser, RUSI
Trump a Big Question Mark for People in Cuba
Mimi Whitefield, Miami Herald
Samantha Power's Selective Memory of U.S. Massacres
Robert Fisk, Independent
Credibility Counts, No Matter What Obama's Minions Say
James Kirchick, WS
Canada's Antidote to Donald Trump
Lawrence Martin, Globe and Mail
Trudeau Now Embroiled in His Own Foundation Scandal
Frances Martel, Breitbart
No, Settlers Don’t Control Israeli Politics
Shmuel Rosner, New York Times
Why Palestinians Can't Capitalize on Indigenous Moment
Gidon Ben-Zvi, Hayom
As "The Great Wall" Hits China Theaters, Hollywood Is Watching
E. Schwartzel, WSJ
Saturday, December 17
Are the United States and China Destined for War?
Ali Wyne, National Interest
Trump's Dilemma
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
World Order 2.0
Richard Haass, Foreign Affairs
U.S.-Russia Is Not a Zero-Sum Game
Arthur Bondar, Foreign Service Journal
Trump Is a Pragmatist in Russian Eyes
Sergei Strokan & Maksim Yusin, Worldcrunch
Poland's Political Crisis Takes Dramatic Turn
Jan Cienski, Politico EU
Poland's Economy Punches Above Populism
James Watkins, Ozy
How Eastern Europe Is Poised to Win From a Hard Brexit
I. Glinavos, Conversation
China's Pakistan Project: A Geopolitical Game Changer
David Brewster, EA Forum
How Do You Stand up to China? Ask Mongolia
Sergey Radchenko, China File
Assam’s Identity Brew
Subimal Bhattacharjee, Indian Express
Could a Standing Rock Protest Happen in British Columbia?
C. Pollon, The Walrus
Trump Supporters Have an Appetite for Risk
Bruce Stokes, Chatham House
How to Wage Hybrid War on the Kremlin
Max Boot, Foreign Policy
Putin's Revenge
Michael Crowley, Politico
Sunday, December 18
Trump’s Team of Rivals, Riven By Distrust
Thomas Wright, Brookings Institution
Donald Trump: The Russian Poodle
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
How About a Little Art of the Deal for Iran?
Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Kremlin Dilemma: Regain Palmyra or Advance on Idlib?
Anton Mardasov, Al-Monitor
Why America Was Bound to Fail in Syria
David Ignatius, Washington Post
Trudeau's Real Problem: Pretending He's Above It All
Margaret Wente, Globe & Mail
With Israel Envoy Pick, Trump Jolts U.S. Diplomatic Corps
Michael Wilner, Jlem Post
Mideast Diplomats: Trump Is Better Than Obama
Kimberly Dozier, Daily Beast
The Geopolitics of Populism
Danny Quah & Kishore Mahbubani, Project Syndicate
Trump Understands America in Ways Smug Canadians Cannot
Conrad Black, NP
Why Is China Playing Hardball With Singapore?
Lieke Bos, The Diplomat
The Last Dance at Amona
Judah Ari Gross, Times of Israel
How Facebook Is Fueling the Gambian Exodus to Europe
Colin Freeman, Quartz
What U.S.-Japan Ties Teach Us About War and Peace
Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
1916: Europe’s Blood-Drenched Year of Horror
John Schindler, Observer
Why You Need Sackfuls of Banknotes to Shop in Venezuela
Gideon Long, BBC
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