Week of April 3, 2017 Archives

RealClearWorld Morning Edition

Monday, April 3
France's Rightward Shift
Charles C.W. Cooke, National Review
Why Are Japanese So Unhappy?
Jeff Kingston, Japan Times
Trump Ready to Tackle North Korea Unilaterally
Lionel Barber et al., Financial Times
The Demise of the Anatolian Tiger
Maximilian Popp, Der Spiegel
America's Bad Bet on Egypt's Sissi
Bel Trew, The Daily Beast
Sissi Set to Present Trump With Mideast Peace Plan
Tamar Pileggi, Times of Israel
How Pakistan Warped Into a Geopolitical Monster
Robert Cassidy, National Interest
The Failure of Egypt’s Liberals
Michael Wahid Hanna, Century Foundation
Why the U.S. Establishment Loathes Putin
Pat Buchanan, American Conservative
Inside the Kushner Channel to China
Josh Rogin, Washington Post
Row With Spain Over Gibraltar a Reminder of UK's Global Role
Sean O'Grady, Ind.
Ecuador Leftist Claims Win in Contentious Election
Ulmer & Valencia, Reuters
EU Has Tolerated Viktor Orban for Far Too Long
Cas Mudde, The Guardian
Michael Ignatieff’s Looming Battle With Hungary
Anna Porter, Maclean's
Europe's Illiberal Establishment
Yanis Varoufakis, Project Syndicate
The Return of Chinese Soul-Searching After Mao
Ian Johnson, Wall Street Journal
Quebec Again Pushes Boundaries on Assisted Dying
Konrad Yakabuski, Globe & Mail
Tuesday, April 4
The Death Spiral of France's Same Old Politics
Robert Zaretsky, RealClearWorld
Venezuela's Breaking Point
Allison Fedirka, Geopolitical Futures
What Was Lenin Thinking?
Tariq Ali, New York Times
Hungary's Challenge to Trump
Robert Kaplan, The American Interest
The Future of Austria's Far Right
Anton Shekhovstov & Andreas Umland, Foreign Affairs
The Desperate Journey of a Trafficked Girl
Ben Taub, New Yorker
The Left's Victory in Ecuador Was Suspicious
John Fund, National Review
Trump's Middle East Policies: Boorish, Yet Normal
Marc Lynch, War on the Rocks
Trump's Generals Want to Make Yemen's War Worse
Juan Cole, The Nation
How Russia Became the Jihadists' Top Target
Colin Clarke, Politico
Blame Trump if Germany Goes Nuclear
Maximilian Terhalle, Foreign Policy
New Currency Peg Is No Panacea for Iceland
Mohamed El-Erian, Bloomberg View
Spain Shows Brits How to Keep Calm and Lobby On
Diego Torres, Politico EU
Egypt Has Figured Out How to Defeat ISIS: Defend Christians
M. Halpern, Observer
Trump Cozies Up to Egypt's Bloodthirsty President
J. Williams & Z. Beauchamp, Vox
Wednesday, April 5
China Is Not America's Equal, So Don't Treat It as One
Daniel Blumenthal, RCWorld
Sweden's Center-Left Goes Right
Charlie Duxbury, Politico EU
Art of War Meets Art of the Deal
James Holmes, National Interest
The Silence of Rex Tillerson
Eliot Cohen, The Atlantic
Like Middle East Wars? You're Gonna Love Trump
Colin Kahl, Politico
Watch Syria: It's Trump's Moment of Terrible Truth
Dexter Filkins, New Yorker
Syria Was Obama's Mess. As of Now, It Belongs to Trump
Jonathan Tobin, NRO
A Slumbering Russia Stirs
Christian Esch, Der Spiegel
A Civil Cold War in Russia?
Michal Romanowski, German Marshall Fund of the United States
ANC Lets Zuma Off the Hook
Natasha Marrian & Genevieve Quintal, Business Day
Demobilizing America
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
Labour Turns Its Back on Jewish Voters
Robert Philpot, Forward
Aleppograd: The Battle of Karbala 2.0
Jonathan Russo, Observer
Yemen Is Fast Becoming a Global Problem
Adam Baron, ECFR
Moldova and Ukraine Upset Russia With an Energy Deal
Mihai Popsoi, Jamestown
Terror in Russia and the West: A Need for Compassion
Mark Galeotti, Moscow Times
Putin Is Soft on Terrorism
Molly McKew, Foreign Policy
Putin Derangement Pandemic Swarms Washington
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Thursday, April 6
6 Reasons U.S.-China Relations Are Headed For Trouble
Harry Kazianis, RCWorld
A Shift Is Emerging in Eastern Europe
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
China and the Liberal Order
Andrew Small, Out of Order
Trump, Xi, and a Great Power Bargain
Philip Stephens, Financial Times
Can Trump Match Xi Jinping's Game?
Evan Osnos, New Yorker
China-U.S.: Three Flashpoints For Trump and Xi
Peter Brookes, Boston Herald
Why Asia Is So Nervous Over Xi-Trump Summit
Catherine Wong et al, SCMP
The Kosovo Leader's Military Maneuvers
Valerie Hopkins, Politico EU
The EU Lets Bosnian Reform Slip Away
Bodo Weber, Balkan Insight
Britain: An Economy on the Brink
Simon Head, New York Review of Books
Does Melenchon's Boost Imperil Centrist Macron?
The American Interest
Correismo Hangs On in Ecuador
Economist
Storm Clouds Over Korea
Joschka Fischer, Project Syndicate
What Happens When DPRK Tests Missile That Can Reach US?
M. Hanham, Atlantic
How Wilson's War Still Shapes Our World
Arthur Herman, National Review
Following Gas Attack, Israel Reassesses Syrian Threat
Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor
Trump's Syria Conundrum
Ammar Abdulhamid, Lawfare
U.S. and Europe: Toward a Global Atlantic
John Christian Kornblum, For. Service Journal
Will Populist Trump Turn U.S. into Venezuela? No, But...
J. Pethokoukis, The Week
Failed Political Parties and the Voice of the Outsider
Sholto Byrnes, The National
ICYMI: Don't Treat China as America's Equal
Daniel Blumenthal, RealClearWorld
Friday, April 7
Trump Enforces 'Red Line' on Chemical Weapons
David Ignatius, Washington Post
U.S. Strike on Syria Is Widely Hailed, But Angers Russia
Z. Karam & S. El Deeb, AP
Trump's Syria Whiplash
Blake Hounshell, Politico
Will ISIS Rebuild in Afghanistan?
Jacqueline Sutherland, RealClearWorld
Trump Surprises China, Russia, Syria, the World
Ralph Hallow, Washington Times
Trump's Disturbing Change of Heart on Syria
David Shariatmadari, Guardian
Attack Throws U.S.-China Summit Off Balance
Jeremy Page & Te-Ping Chen, WSJ
How Trump and His Team Decided to Strike Syria
Michael Warren, Weekly Standard
Where Are America's Friends in Fight on Assad?
A.D.Miller & R. Sokolsky, Nat'l Interest
The Grim Logic Behind Syria's Chem Attack
Anne Barnard, New York Times
'Russia Faces a Choice'
Josh Rogin, Washington Post
Trump Sees Syria, N. Korea Threats With New Eyes
Alexis Simendinger, RCPolitics
Gibraltar Fever: Britain Needs a Psychiatrist
Sam Kriss, Foreign Policy
Gibraltar Shows the 'Balance of Power' Is Back
John Bew, New Statesman
Trump and Xi Meeting Is No 'Sunshine Summit'
Brett Decker, USA Today
Mosul Has Become History’s Greatest Hostage Crisis
Florian Neuhof, Daily Beast
After the Missiles, We Need Smart Diplomacy
Antony Blinken, New York Times
Trump to the World: Time to Take Me Seriously
John Podhoretz, New York Post
What Taipei Can Learn from Tehran on Defense
C. Carroll & R. Friedman Lissner, WOTR
Saturday, April 8
Russia Has Backed Itself Into a Corner in Syria
Vladimir Frolov, Moscow Times
Trump Was Right to Strike Syria
Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
A Missile Strike Won't Clean Up Obama's Syria Mess
Robert Kagan, WaPo
A Practical Guide to Avoid Fallacies on Syria
Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic
So Trump Attacked Assad. What Now?
Charles Lister, Politico
We Need a Strategy For Great-Power Rivalries
Michael Mazarr & Hal Brands, WOTR
How Alt-Right Brought #SyriaHoax to America
DFR Lab
3 Graphics That Explain U.S.-China Relations
George Friedman, Mauldin Economics
U.S. and Russia Clash Over Syria Strike
Demetri Sevastopulo et al, Financial Times
Colombia Tries to Tame FARC Guerillas
Juan Moreno, Der Spiegel
No Evidence 'Canada Works' in New Internal Trade Deal
Andrew Coyne, National Post
Europe's Reform Opportunity
Van Rompuy, Emmanouilidis & Zuleeg, Project Syndicate
Serbia's Plan to Bring Back (Best of) Yugoslavia
Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico EU
One Missile Strike Is Not a Strategy
Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post
How Canada Lost Its Mind Over Real Estate
Joe Castaldo, Maclean's
Belarus: Between Russia and the West
Kenneth Yalowitz & William Courtney, Nat'l Interest
Regime Change Is a Failed Strategy
Charles Pena, The American Conservative
Sunday, April 9
Trump's Confusing Strike on Syria
Steve Coll, The New Yorker
Syria Strikes Signal End of 'Leading From Behind'
Hugh Dugan, Daily Signal
What U.S. Airstrike Means for Washington's Syria Policy
Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor
Trump Is Right: North Korea Must Be Tamed
James Forsyth, The Spectator
In Syria, Russia Falls Victim to Its Own Success
Julia Ioffe, The Atlantic
Attack on Syria Cements Kremlin’s Embrace of Assad
Neil MacFarquhar, NY Times
Unpredictable Trump May Make Syria Situation Worse
Stephanie Carvin, Ottawa Cit.
A Strong Message Sent to Xi and Putin, and in That Order
Walter Mead et al., TAI
Economic Promise of Post-Apartheid South Africa Is Fading
Lynsey Chutel, Quartz
It Doesn't Matter Who Wins the Iranian Elections
Peyvand Khorsandi, Independent
Chinese Consumers Will Change the Global Economy
Matthias Lomas, The Diplomat
China's Banks Are Still in Trouble
Christopher Balding, Bloomberg View
Putin's Russia Is Back in Nicaragua
Joshua Partlow, Washington Post
Japan's Robot Revolution Will Impact U.S. Jobs
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Pakistan’s Radicalization Problem Begins at School
Raza Rumi, Daily Times
In Rwanda, Growth Is the Only Option
Tonny Onyulo, Boston Globe
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