Week of June 12, 2017 Archives

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Monday, June 12
The Lost Continent Rediscovers Its Mojo
Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico EU
Macron Parliament Win Marks Return of the Experts
Hugo Drochon, New Statesman
Paying the Price of Statehood
Jacob Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
For Britain, Political Stability Is a Quaint Relic
Steven Erlanger, New York Times
Labour Has Surrendered to Corbynism
Stephen Daisley, The Spectator
Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster Will Be Running UK
Matt d'Ancona, Irish Times
Corbyn or ‘Soft Brexit’: Choose One
Andrew Stuttaford, National Review
America Is No Longer a Force for Stability in the Gulf
Economist
Fixing Trump's Qatar Blunder (He's Not Helping)
Noah Feldman, Bloomberg View
Relax, Canada: America Still Has Our Back
Konrad Yakabuski, Globe and Mail
Trump Considers Reversing Obama-Era Cuba Opening
Tracy Wilkinson, LA Times
Israel’s Irrational Rationality
David Shulman, New York Review of Books
Venezuela’s Road to Disaster Is Littered With Chinese Cash
Christopher Balding, FP
How an Overlooked Provincial Capital Became a Silk Road Hub
A. Colarizi, Diplomat
Arrogant Shinzo Abe Disrespects UN and the Press
Jeff Kingston, Japan Times
Why America Needs Its Own BBC
James Kirchick, GQ
Tuesday, June 13
Xi Jinping’s Marco Polo Strategy
Joseph Nye, Project Syndicate
How Russia Targets the U.S. Military
Ben Schrekinger, Politico
Donald Trump, Stealth Protectionist
Chad Brown, Washington Post
Macron's Landslide Lessons to Make America Sane Again
Christopher Dickey, DB
China's Quest for an AI Revolution in Warfare
Elsa Kania, The Strategy Bridge
Return to Aleppo: A Story of Going Back Home
Maryam Maruf & Kanishk Tharoor, BBC
Poland's Liberal Opposition Is Re-Establishing Itself
Economist
Five Steps for Theresa May's Salvation
Nick Clegg, Financial Times
The EU Won't Help a Weakened Theresa May
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
The Teenagers Standing Up to Putin
Amie Ferris-Rotman, New York Times
Can a New Generation in Banlieues Change French Politics?
E. Zerofsky, NYT Mag
Will Corbyn Pave the Rise of Australia's Far Left?
Peter Hartcher, Syd. Morning Herald
The Kremlin’s Newest Hybrid Warfare Asset: Gangsters
Mark Galeotti, Foreign Policy
Portugal’s Antonio Costa Has Too Much of a Good Thing
Paul Ames, Politico EU
Is Mexico's Brash Populist Still the Presidential Favorite?
Patrick Corcoran, WPR
Trump's Silver Lining in Iraq
Peter Van Buren, Reuters
Wednesday, June 14
UK & U.S. Once Ran the World. Now They're at Sea
Linda Colley, Guardian
Why the Irish Question Still Matters for British Politics
Rebecca Graff-Mcrae, G&M
Beijing's Testing Ground in Africa
David Pilling, Financial Times
Extraction in Africa Comes in Too Many Forms
Melvin Foote, RealClearWorld
The Western Balkans Needs Economic Answers
Courtney Doggart, WP Review
Will U.S. Really Leave the UN Human Rights Council?
Dimitri Alexander Simes, TNI
The West Will Have to Go It Alone, Without the United States
Charles Kupchan, FP
Trump’s Inexplicable Indifference to Russian Meddling
Michael Cohen, Boston Globe
Why Rise of Corbyn's Labour Party Should Worry the West
Michael Totten, Atlantic
ISIS's Discourse Is More Common Than You Think
Hassan Hassan, The National
Solving Korean Crisis by Teaching a Horse to Sing
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Might DUP Push UK Conservatives Toward a Norway Option?
Nick Cowen, NoL
Surging Autocrats, Wavering Democrats
Arch Puddington, Atlantic Council
Japan-U.S. Economic Dialogue: Risk and Strategy
Yoichi Funabashi, Japan Times
Turkey's Growing Problems With Neighbors
Marc Pierini, Carnegie Europe
Did the U.S. Just Abandon Tibet?
Pradeep Nair & Sandeep Sharma, The Diplomat
Thursday, June 15
Emmanuel Macron and a World Turned Upside Down
Robert Zaretsky, RealClearWorld
Macron the New? Just a Rehash of Old Policies
Bill Wirtz, National Interest
There Is No Reason to Believe the Pundits on 'Softer' Brexit
Conor Quinn, RCWorld
Why the Media Keeps Missing Political Earthquakes
Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg View
Why Conservative Parties Are Central to Democracy
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
The Anglo-American Democracy Problem
Edward Luce, Financial Times
Venezuela's Ruling Party Faces Rebellion From Within
Stratfor
Officials: Counsel Investigating Trump on Possible Obstruction of Justice
WaPo
How Foreign Policy Came to Divide America
Sarah Kreps, Foreign Affairs
It's Not Tim Farron's Christianity That's Illiberal: It's Society
Isabel Hardman, Spec.
Farron’s Resignation and the End of Liberal Christianity
Michael B. Dougherty, NRO
What a DUP-Dependent Government Means For the UK
Kevin Lees, Suffragio
6 Questions About U.S. Strategy in the Middle East
Fred Kagan, Fox News
On Military Decisions, Trump Goes AWOL
Micah Zenko, Foreign Policy
Drawing a 'Broader Conclusion' on Iran's Nuclear Program
Olli Heinonen, FDD
How Shipping Containers Drove Globalization
Kerem Cosar & Banu Demir Pakel, Vox EU
Terrorists Are Cowards. Don't Let Anyone Tell You Otherwise
Rachel Lu, Federalist
What Can We Learn From China's Meddling in Australia?
John Pomfret, Wash. Post
Friday, June 16
From Russia With Blood: Murder Upon Murder in the UK
Heidi Blake et al., BuzzFeed
The 'Trump Dossier,' or How Russia Helped America Break Itself
M. Galeotti, Tablet
Trump's Afghan Push: More Troops, No Plan
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
Trump, NATO, and Establishment Hysteria
Benjamin Friedman & Joshua Shifrinson, WotR
Brexit Number Crunch: Final Bill the EU Could Accept
Alex Barker, Financial Times
Mattis: We're Open to Rethinking Triad, Nuclear Cruise Missile
J McIntyre, Examiner
Nikki Haley Is Right: UN Human Rights Council Must Change
Brett Schaefer, RCW
EU Defense? All Talk, No Action, Zero Credibility
Claudia Major, Carnegie Europe
Nord Stream 2 Can Wait
Georg Zachmann, Bruegel
Putin Has a Serious Problem: His People Are Not Happy
L. Todd Wood, Wash. Times
After Alexandria, Hope for Civility in the USA?
Aaron David Miller, CNN
The Dutch Are Making the Most Out of Climate Change
Michael Kimmelman, NYT
Downgrading the Greek Crisis
Bjarke Smith-Meyer & Johanna Treeck, Politico EU
Trump Restores U.S. Prestige, a Key Tool of Foreign Policy
Bruce Thornton, Hoover
5 Priorities For Trump Admin's Central America Conference
J.J. Carafano, Heritage
What Happens When Putin Goes -- and Will He Ever?
John McLaughlin, Ozy
Macron and France: Time for Some Optimism
Ronald Tiersky, Huffington Post
Saturday, June 17
Grenfell Tower: A Symbol of Broken Britain
Tom McTague, Politico EU
No, Theresa May Does Not Have Blood on Her Hands
Fraser Nelson, Spectator
A German Giant: The Political Legacy of Helmut Kohl
Wolfram Bickerich, Spiegel
What Helmut Kohl Taught Bill Clinton
Clemens Wergin, New York Times
On the Ottoman Legacy in Albania
David Pryce-Jones, New Criterion
A Tale of Two Cubas
Ronald Radosh & Allis Radosh, Weekly Standard
The Trump Doctrine: Let's Make a Deal
Thanassis Cambanis, Boston Globe
U.S. Exposes EU Hypocrisy Over Pipeline Politics
The American Interest
Influence-Rich Saudis Blow Through Sunni Unity
Bruce Riedel, Al-Monitor
After Grenfell, We Need to Talk About Housing
John Elledge, New Statesman
The Kurdish Vote Could Change Middle East and Oil Markets
Ellen Wald, Forbes
Dennis Rodman Is a Fool
Harry Kazianis, The Week
What Will Happen if Congress Strengthens Russia Sanctions?
Dimitri A. Simes, TNI
How to Resolve the GCC Crisis
Beverley Milton-Edwards, Brookings Institution
The Philippine Battleground in Global War on Extremism
Will Edwards, Cipher Brief
Lord Fairfax and the Special Relationship
Mark Tooley, Providence Mag
Sunday, June 18
The Age of Radical Uncertainty
Wolfgang Munchau, Financial Times
Shock to the System: How Corbyn Changed the Rules
Gary Younge, Guardian
Why the Death of ISIS's Leader Could Spell Trouble
Adnan Khan, Maclean's
A Smarter U.S. Approach to Cuba Starts in Venezuela
Walter Russell Mead, TAI
Introducing the New and Improved Maybot 3000
James Forsyth, Spectator
The Dangerous Nationalism of Europe's Left
Michael Sauga, Der Spiegel
DUP’s Crush on Britain Will End Badly
Fintan O'Toole, Irish Times
U.S. Stands With Qatar's Foes, and Sells F-15s to Qatar
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
The Qatar Crisis Is Pushing Hamas Back to Iran
Gregg Carlstrom, The Atlantic
Trump Setting Up His Generals as Fall Guys for Afghanistan
Andrew Bacevich, LAT
Finland’s Open Door Roils Its Politics
Marion Solletty, Politico EU
U.S. Needs Foreign Policy Not Focused on Regime Change
Amitai Etzioni, TNI
Why Iraq-Syria Highway Is Vital to Islamic State
Mohamed Hineidi, Khaleej Times
Asia Is Trawling for a Deadly Fishing War
Jenny Gustafsson, Foreign Policy
The War That Time Forgot
Nicholas Evan Sarantakes, RealClearBooks
World Turns to the Dutch for Solutions to Rising Seas
Michael Kimmelman, NYT
Tackling Global Problems? Look to Cities, Not Countries
Robert Muggah, Globe & Mail
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