Week of April 24, 2017 Archives

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Monday, April 24
France Faces National Fight Over Global Order
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany, Fin. Times
Populist Wave Stalls as Macron Storms Into French Runoff
Noah Barkin, Reuters
The Trouble With Emmanuel Macron
James Poulos, The Week
A Blow to France's Political Establishment
Mike Gonzalez, Daily Signal
The Future of U.S.-China Relations Depends on North Korea
Jacob Shapiro, RCW
Europe's Populists Down, Not Out
Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico EU
'Globalism Is Attacking Our Very Civilization'
Marine Le Pen
Le Pen Is in a Much Deeper Hole Than Trump Ever Was
Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight
The Real Winner of the French Vote? Francois Hollande
Jonathan Miller, Spectator
Trump's Unnecessary Trade War With China
Yukon Huang & David Stack, National Int.
How Syria Changed the World
Anne Barnard, New York Times
Remember 'Zero Problems' Turkey?
Yusuf Kanli, Hurriyet Daily News
Erdogan Leads His Country Into the Abyss
Onur Burcak Belli & Maximilian Popp, Spiegel
India's Moral Claim to Kashmir Never More Fragile
Kapil Komireddi, The National
Evacuation Is America's Moral and Strategic Imperative in Idlib
Sam Heller, WOTR
The Jig Is Up for Canada's School Boards
Konrad Yakabuski, Globe and Mail
Japan's Nuclear Moment
Liubomir Topaloff, The Diplomat
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Tuesday, April 25
Time for America to Follow China's Lead
Kishore Mahbubani, RealClearWorld
Populism May Be Just Getting Started
Max Fisher & Amanda Taub, New York Times
A Profound Realignment in the Western World
Daniel McCarthy, National Interest
Macron Will Find That Winning Is the Easy Part
Francois Heisbourg, Financial Times
To Defeat the Tories in June, Turn Brexit Against Them
Tony Blair, Guardian
Turkey and How Democracies Die
Claire Berlinski, American Interest
The End of Foreign Aid as We Know It
Harris, Gramer & Tamkin, Foreign Policy
Obama's Hidden Iran Deal Giveaway
Josh Meyer, Politico
Don't Exhale Just Yet. France Is Still Deeply Divided
Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail
Macron Must Navigate Wounded French Electorate
Jerome Fenoglio, Le Monde
Pyongyang, the Post-Truth Capital of the World
Jonathan Kaiman, Los Angeles Times
How the IDF Is Plotting Islamic State's Next Move
Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor
Colombia's Guerrillas Come Out of the Jungle
Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker
How Army Crackdown Reignited Myanmar's Muslim Crisis
Slodkowski et al., Reuters
Maduro's Decision to Arm Militias Could Backfire
Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami H'ld
Boosting Rural Livelihoods Key to Helping Yemen
Jose Graziano da Silva, Arab News
Making Dollars Count in Haiti
Bjorn Lomborg, Boston Globe
China May Lead the Electric Car Revolution
Tamara Warren, The Verge
Wednesday, April 26
Blame Canada Was a Spoof, Mr. President
John Ivison, National Post
Trump's War on Canadian Lumber Socialism Not Unusual
Tim Fernholz, Quartz
How America's Bloated Welfare State Is Aiding China
Daniel Blumenthal, RCW
Asia's American Menace
Brahma Chellaney, Project Syndicate
Neither Macron Nor Le Pen Can Win France's Silent Majority
Rob Tombs, Spectator
Emmanuel Macron: Renzi 2.0
Mujtaba Rahman, Politico EU
Putin's Worrisome Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses
Andrew Brown, Guardian
Gibraltar Braces for Life After Brexit
Tunku Varadarajan, Wall Street Journal
North Korea's Growing Nuclear Threat, in One Statistic
Yochi Dreazen, Vox
Labour’s 2017 Defeat Could Be Much Worse Than 1983
Kevin Lees, Suffragio
Everything That Pollsters Could Get Wrong in UK's Election
Rob Hutton, Bloomberg
Iran on Notice
Lee Smith, Weekly Standard
Moscow's Failed French Election Gambit
Vladimir Frolov, Moscow Times
Can Erdogan Juggle Trump and Putin at the Same Time?
Semih Idiz, Al-Monitor
The Rise and Fall of Erdoganocracy
Burak Kadercan, War on the Rocks
Is Marine Le Pen a 'Far-Right' Candidate?
Jonah Goldberg, National Review
Le Pen Plays Fast and Loose With the Holocaust
Ethan Katz, Forward
Video: Trump Guarantees Border Wall | A 'Very American' French Vote | More
Thursday, April 27
Beijing Won't Wait on Washington on Climate Change
Jackson Ewing, RCW
Will France Elect a Gallic Barack Obama?
George Will, National Review
Macron Offers the Patriotic Antidote to Nationalism
Philip Stephens, Financial Times
Kim Jong Un Is a Survivor, Not a Madman
Andrei Lankov, Foreign Policy
What America and China Must Do to Head Off a Clash
Economist
China's One Belt, One Road to Challenge U.S. Order
Hugh White, Straits Times
Ecuador and the Case of the Liberal Losers
Alvaro Vargas Llosa, National Interest
Iran's Conservative Candidates Promise Handouts, Jobs
Rohollah Faghihi, ALM
During Sham Vote, Remember These Seven Names in Iran
Terry Glavin, Ottawa Cit.
Sovereignty and the Perennial Problem of North Korea
Volker Stanzel, Out of Order
When We Almost Went to War With North Korea
Gordon Chang, The Daily Beast
Social Unrest Is France's Biggest Risk
Jean-Michel Paul, Bloomberg View
Brussels Punches Back at Viktor Orban
Ryan Heath & Quentin Aries, Politico EU
The Imperfect Nature of Europe's Electoral Systems
Sholto Byrnes, The National
Canada's Democracy Is the Worst, Except for All Others
Andrew MacDougall, WaPo
The Reality of the Sino-Russian Oil Alliance
Nicholas Trickett, The Diplomat
Friday, April 28
Europe's China Pivot
Robert Manning, RealClearWorld
Did France Break the Populist Wave?
Robert Zaretsky & Joel Weickgenant, First 100 Days
Germany Has an Arrogance Problem
Paul Hockenos, Foreign Policy
Drumbeats Don’t Add Up to Imminent War With North Korea
Mark Landler, NYT
Trump's Dealmaking Style Might Work on North Korea
Simon Jenkins, Guardian
Sissi Poses Political, Spiritual Dilemma for Pope Francis
Raymond de Souza, NP
Not Even Pope Can Convince Mideast Christians to Stay
Robert Fisk, Independent
Does Putin Still Favor His Sidekick Medvedev?
Henry Meyer et al., Bloomberg
Macedonia Shaken by Violence in Parliament
Sinisa Jakov Marusic, Balkan Insight
How Lords of Poverty Are Squandering Foreign Aid
Aidan Hartley, The Spectator
Why Canada’s Trump Called It Quits
John Moore, The Walrus
Israelis Learn to Live With a New Neighbor: Islamic State
Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ
How Confronting Germany Bolsters Netanyahu’s Status
Akiva Eldar, Al-Monitor
As Jokowi Eyes Re-Election, Rivals Take Jakarta
Kevin Lees, Suffragio
This U.S. Ally Could Be Pivotal on Russia, China Policy
Luke Coffey, Daily Signal
Smog Becomes Political Issue in South Korean Election
Anna Fifield, Wash Post
Video: What Argentina Needs From Trump | Where Euro Populism Began | More
Saturday, April 29
What’s the Matter With Europe’s New Emperor?
Jonathan Fenby, The Spectator
France and the Benefits of a Little Dictatorship
Andrew Roberts, New York Times
Trump’s Only Playing the Madman With North Korea
Kimberly Dozier, Daily Beast
On China & North Korea, Trump Has Makings of a Statesman
John Kotch, SCMP
Netanyahu's Bold Move Against Europe
Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
Can the Arab World Recover From the Six Day War?
Hussein Ibish, Forward
Trump Sows Confusion in Seoul
Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
The First World Loses Interest in Joseph Kony
David Gauvey Herbert, Quartz
In Restless Germany, a New Generation Tires of Nazi Shame
Robert Fulford, NP
Wales Steels Itself as Labour’s Heartland Turns Blue
Bronwen Maddox, Fin. Times
Why Theresa May Is a True Heir to Richard Nixon
Aditya Chakrabortty, Guardian
Bernier Is Canada's Dream Conservative -- Why am I Worried?
Andrew Coyne, OC
As Poor Join Protests, Venezuela May Be at a Turning Point
Zuniga & Miroff, WP
Amid Venezuela’s Chaos Looting Gets Deadly, Political
Weddle & Wyss, Miami Herald
Walking in Stockholm, at the Mercy of Drivers
Joan Wickersham, Boston Globe
Sunday, April 30
Can China Replace the West?
Jessica T. Mathews, New York Review of Books
Old Debts Come Due in North Korea
Stephen Kinzer, Boston Globe
EU Puts Brexit Ball in Britain’s Court
David Herszenhorn & Tom McTague, Politico EU
Is There a Case for Le Pen?
Ross Douthat, New York Times
What the French Election Might Have Looked Like in America
Uri Friedman, Atlantic
Now, Canada Must Be Aware of the Elephant's Every Tweet
Rex Murphy, Nat'l Post
Canberra's National Identity Problem
Gregory Clark, Japan Times
Moscow Trying to Influence Iran’s Presidential Election
Amir Taheri, Arab News
China’s Angriest Newspaper Doesn’t Speak for China
Eric Fish, Foreign Policy
Monks With Guns: Buddhism and Violence
Michael Jerryson, Aeon
How Long Can Jordan Keep Walking Mideast Tightrope?
Nabih Bulos, LA Times
Missing the Point on Iran’s Ballistic Missiles
Behnam Ben Taleblu, War on the Rocks
The Rise and Fall of Toshiba
Josh Horwitz, Quartz
The Problems for a World Cup in North America
Matthew Hall, The Guardian
It's Time for Buffalo to Secede -- and Join Canada
Justin Fox, Bloomberg View
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