Week of April 24, 2017 Archives
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Monday, April 24
France Faces National Fight Over Global Order
Anne-Sylvaine Chassany
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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
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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
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A 'Very American' French Vote
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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
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Where Euro Populism Began
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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