Week of April 17, 2017 Archives

RealClearWorld Morning Edition

Monday, April 17
RIP Turkey, 1921-2017
Steven A. Cook, Foreign Policy
Erdogan Wins Because His Opponents Never Learn
Hannah Lucinda Smith, Spectator
Anatolia Versus the Metropolis
Serkan Demirtas, Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey's New Playbook for the Semi-Authoritarian
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
Can Trump Defuse North Korea by Acting Like Ike?
Matthew d'Ancona, The Guardian
'Era of Strategic Patience Is Over'
Ken Thomas, Associated Press
North Korea's Military Parade: What We Didn't See
David Schmerler, CNN
Has China Lost Control of Kim Jong Un?
Gordon Chang, The Daily Beast
Left-Wing Politician Shakes Up France’s Presidential Race
Adam Nossiter, NY Times
The Coming French Revolution
Zaki Laidi, Project Syndicate
Mexico Leading Pro-Democracy Drive in Latin America
Andres Oppenheimer, MH
Sissi and the Copts
Ramy Aziz, Jerusalem Post
Venezuela and the Eclipse of American Leadership
Jackson Diehl, Washington Post
Calexit Craziness
Kevin D. Williamson, National Review
A Tale of Two Slavic Strongmen
Vijai Maheshwari, Politico EU
Being Nice Gets Canada Liked. But What Will Earn It Respect?
Conrad Black, NP
One Man's Daring Escape From Mao's Darkest Prison
Xu Hongci, Narratively
Tuesday, April 18
Time for a Better U.S.-China Grand Bargain on North Korea
Doug Bandow, Nat'l Int.
The North Korea Nightmare
Harry Kazianis, The Week
France, Polls, and the Interregnum
Joel Weickgenant, RealClearWorld
Turkey, Secularism, and Religion: Riding the Tiger
George Friedman, Geo. Futures
Britain's Prime Minister Shocks With Call for Election
Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Four Thoughts on Theresa May's Call for an Election
Stephen Bush, New Statesman
Theresa May Shows She Is Prepared to Play Political Games
J. Forsyth, Spectator
Melenchon, France's Would-Be Chavez, Won't Save the Left
N. Nougayrede, Guardian
The Last Days of Charles De Gaulle
Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Policy
The Trouble With Emmanuel Macron
Cole Stangler, Dissent
Frauke Petry's Turbulent Path to Germany's Right
Alexander Osang, Der Spiegel
An Albania-Kosovo Union? If EU Hopes Fade in the Balkans
A MacDowall, Politico EU
Erdogan Is Destroying Democracy From Within
Faisal Al Yafai, The National
Germany's Turkish Wake-Up Call
Ines Pohl, Deutsche Welle
The Cost of Free-Riding for South Korea
Ted Galen Carpenter, American Conservative
A Big Change Coming to U.S.-British Ties?
C. Smart & M. Schneider-Petsinger, RCWorld
Why Somali Piracy Is Staging a Comeback
Economist
Wednesday, April 19
Kissinger's Moral Example
Barry Gewen, National Interest
How the Kremlin Uses Russia's Criminal Networks in Europe
Mark Galeotti, ECFR
The Rise and Triumph of Theresa May
Robert Colvile, CapX
Election Will Make Titanic Look Like a Tea Party For British Left
Piers Morgan, DM
Time to Purge the Tory Party: Deselect the Remainers
G. Heath, Conservative Home
The Election Rhetoric Is Already Getting Nasty
Stephen Bush, New Statesman
The UK Election Will Be a Vote on Scottish Independence
Alex Massie, Spectator
All Means, Short of War
Max Boot, Commentary
How Did the Trump Admin Lose an Aircraft Carrier?
David Graham, The Atlantic
Trump's Foolhardy Strategic Impatience With North Korea
Ishaan Tharoor, WaPo
South Korea Loves Trump's Korea Policy
Ethan Epstein, Weekly Standard
China's President Plays Donald Trump Like a Fiddle
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Week
In Asia, Jeers and Wariness Over Aircraft Carrier Tale
Chun Han Wong et al, WSJ
Are We on the Brink of a Second Korean War?
Niall Ferguson, Boston Globe
Unite, Unite Europe! The Pro-EU Side Starts to Make Noise
S. Mcgrane, New Yorker
It's Time To Break Off EU Membership Talks With Turkey
Markus Becker, Der Spiegel
Erdogan: Victorious and Paranoid
Isaac Chotiner, Slate
What Happened to 'America First'?
David Smith, The Guardian
Thursday, April 20
French Elections' Real Risk: More of the Same
Paul Taylor, Politico EU
The French Elections Could Screw Us All
Christopher Dickey & Erin Zaleski, Daily Beast
Marine Le Pen's Bait-and-Switch Foreign Policy
M.Lafont Rapnouil & J. Shapiro, FP
Meet France's Optical Illusion of a Revolutionary
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
The Abdication of Political Leadership
Jacob Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
Trump's 'Madman Theory' Is Just Crazy
Dani Nedal & Daniel Nexon, Foreign Policy
The Plot Against American Foreign Policy
John Ikenberry, Foreign Affairs
A Vote for Radicalism in Indonesia
John Mcbeth, Asia Times
Kashmir, God's Second Eden, the Devil's Playground
F.S. Aijazuddin, Dawn
Comparative Advantage at 200
Douglas Irwin, Vox EU
Reckless North Korea Remains China's Useful Ally
James Kynge, Financial Times
Dear Mr. Kim: Trump Is Crazier Than You
Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Why Would Germany Allow Britain an Easy Brexit?
Charles Grant, Guardian
Why Israel Will Warmly Welcome Mattis
Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor
Is Iran Pushing the Envelope on Its Nuclear Deal?
Jenna Lifhits, Weekly Standard
Turkey and the Kurds: A Chance for Peace?
Jonathan Steele, New York Review of Books
Why French Candidates Argue About Colonial History
Jennifer Sessions, Conversation
Friday, April 21
How Western Civilization Could Collapse
Rachel Nuwer, BBC
Yes, There Is a Method to Trump's 'Madness'
James Jay Carafano, National Interest
The Upward Spiral of France's Far Left
Robert Zaretsky, RealClearWorld
French Election Shows the Global Death of the Political Party
John Lloyd, Reuters
70 Years of the Five Eyes Alliance: Where to Now?
Colquhoun, Knopp & Tarapore, RCW
How Terror in Paris Could Help Le Pen
Stephen Bush, New Statesman
France's Election Is Trump vs. Merkel vs. Modi vs. Corbyn
James Traub, For. Policy
Where Russia Sends Old Spooks to Retire
M. Bodner & A. Kovalev, Moscow Times
How Being a Woman Helped Marine Le Pen
Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic
France, Angry and Divided, Goes to Vote
Economist
The French, Coming Apart
Christopher Caldwell, City Journal
Back to the Future: The May-Corbyn Debate
Rosa Prince, Politico EU
The EU's China-U.S. Obstacle Course
Andre Sapir, Bruegel
The Cold War Terrors Are Back
Van Badham, Guardian
Italians Are Returning to the Farm
Robyn Eckhardt, 1843
Serbia's Protests Grow, But Do They Matter?
Andrew MacDowall, World Politics Review
How to Keep Ukraine's Revolution From Spiraling Out of Control
M. Wynnyckyj, NEE
Saturday, April 22
China's Disparate Strategic Pathways on the Seas
James Holmes, National Interest
The Battle for France
Scott McConnell, The American Conservative
The Peaceful Decade That Set Up Our Era of Turmoil
Jonathan Freedland, Guardian
How Do You Say 'Hail Mary' in French?
Pamela Druckerman, New York Times
Can Macron Ride the Obama Strategy to Victory?
Emily Schultheis, The Atlantic
6 Possible Runoff Elections in France
Kevin Lees, Suffragio
France's Republican Monarchy Loses Its Mystique
Sudhir Hazareesingh, Fin. Times
Tillerson's Diplomatic Approach in Venezuela is Paying Off
Juan Gonzalez, For Policy
With North Korea, We Do Have Cards to Play
Charles Krauthammer, National Review
Sunday, April 23
France's Choice: Le Divorce?
Christopher Caldwell, Wall Street Journal
How to Follow the French Vote
RealClearWorld
The Making of Marine Le Pen
Helene Fouquet, Bloomberg
Does It Even Matter Who Wins the French Election?
Jonathan Miller, Spectator
Globalization Has Forced Voters to Pick New Sides
Christophe Guilluy, Guardian
How Russia Hacked the French Election
Laura Daniels, Politico EU
Venezuela's Tiananmen Square? Woman Stands in Front of Armored Truck
RCW
Trump's Dangerous 'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Foreign Policy
Kathleen Parker, Wash Post
Unraveling Iran Deal Would Be Trump's Biggest Mistake
John Kirby, CNN
Trump Isn't Flip-Flopping on Iran
Jonathan Tobin, National Review
Amid Korean Crisis, Pence Becomes Trump Emissary Abroad
Ken Thomas, AP
Mattis vs. Kim Jong Un Will End Badly for Us All
Van Jackson, War on the Rocks
Interpol Is Helping Enforce China's Political Purges
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, FP
Erdogan's Counter-Revolution
Eric Edelman, Weekly Standard
We Need to Stop Being Hysterical About Erdogan
Josie Cox, Independent
Politics of Reincarnation: India, China & the Dalai Lama
Tshering Bhutia, Diplomat
In India, Caste Lives On, and On
Prayaag Akbar, Aeon
Welcome to the Global Village. It’s a Nasty Place
Nicholas Carr, Boston Globe
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