Week of June 19, 2017 Archives

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Monday, June 19
It’s Too Late for Afghanistan
Ahmed Rashid, New York Review of Books
Cold War Deja Vu Deepens
Marc Champion, Bloomberg
Negotiating With North Korea
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Britain’s Norway Solution
Anatole Kaletsky, Project Syndicate
Listen to Eastern Europe
Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review
Britain Is Leaving the EU -- Just as Europe Is on the Up
Natalie Nougayrede, Guardian
The Key to the Macron Miracle
Jonathan Fenby, The Spectator
How to Avoid a Bloodbath in Venezuela
Daniel Wilkinson & Jose Miguel Vivanco, FP
Abbas Eyes Merkel as Plan B if Trump Fails on Mideast Peace
Uri Savir, Al-Monitor
Trump's Strange Retreat From Cuba
Michael Grunwald, Politico Magazine
Tell Havana to End Repression
Frank Calzon, USA Today
Why Is the U.S. Killing So Many Civilians in Syria and Iraq?
Micah Zenko, NY Times
Who Bombed the Bogota Mall?
Jim Wyss, Miami Herald
To End Crisis, Qatar Knows It Must Back Down
Hussein Ibish, The National
There Is No Thucydides Trap
Arthur Waldron, Straits Times
Germany's Right-Wing Crusaders
Thomas Meaney, The National Interest
Where Does Chinese Islamophobia Come From?
Eliot Evans, SupChina
Tuesday, June 20
America’s War Against ISIS Is Evolving Into an Invasion of Syria
David French, NRO
The Depravity of North Korea
Carla Hall, Los Angeles Times
Blocpolitik
Michael Lind, National Interest
4 Doomsday Scenarios for Europe’s Russia Policy
G. Gressel & F. Wesslau, ECFR
Trump & Brexit Happen When Government Stops Helping People
Fintan O'Toole, IT
How Germany Got Helmut Kohl Wrong
Frederick Studemann, Financial Times
The Stakes in Syria Now Include U.S.-Russia War
Ralph Peters, New York Post
Brexit Starts With a Whimper
David Francis, Foreign Policy
In Britain's Deepening Dark, Focus on the Light
Stephen Bush, New Statesman
Puerto Rico's Statehood Debate
James McBride & Brad Setser, Council on Foreign Relations
U.S. Struggles to Calm New Syria Flashpoints
Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor
The Wages of War Without Strategy
Robert Cassidy & Jacqueline Tame, Strategy Bridge
Why NGO-Government Relations Are an Issue in Kenya's Election
J. Brass, WaPo
Refounding Europe
Alexandra De Hoop Scheffer & Martin Quencez, Berlin Policy Journal
Focus on What Refugees Can Do
Joseph Cassidy & Ella McElroy, Forced Migration Forum
The Politics of a British Tragedy
Economist
The New Catalans
Saim Saeed, Politico EU
Wednesday, June 21
The Growing U.S.-Iran Proxy Fight in Syria
Mohamad Bazzi, The Atlantic
U.S. Has No Coherent Policy for Syria or the Region
David Gardner, Financial Times
Why the West Treats China With Kid Gloves
Diego Torres, Politico EU
Saudis Rewrite Succession as King Replaces Heir With Son
Ben Hubbard, NYT
Fear Is What Changed Saudi Arabia
Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Journal
Rapprochement With Israel Not in Saudi Arabia’s Interest
Alamer & Allarakia, AGSIW
North Korea Would Not Hesitate to Kill You
Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Policy
Turkey Aims to Cripple, Not Contain, PKK
Metin Gurcan, Al-Monitor
Theresa May's Troubles and 'The Troubles'
Meghan O'Sullivan, Bloomberg
Did Renters Cost Theresa May Her Majority?
Steve Akehurst, CityMetric
The Death of the Party
Nina Krushcheva, Project Syndicate
Three Key Issues in Singapore's Lee vs. Lee Saga
Han Fook Kwang, Straits Times
Against Western Values
Ryan Cooper, The Week
The Terrorist 'Caliphate' on Australia's Doorstep
Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning H'ld
Famine and War Created Major Refugee Crisis in South Sudan
David Miliband, RCL
Canadians Could Be Jailed, Fined for Wrong Gender Pronouns
Rob Shimshock, DS
For Trans Canadians, Bill C-16 Is Symbolic -- Yet Meaningful
Casey Plett, Maclean's
Thursday, June 22
This Is How Great-Power Wars Get Started
Emile Simpson, Foreign Policy
Who Will Fill America’s Shoes?
Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
An Administration Divided Against Itself
Max Boot, Commentary
U.S. Strategic Interests and the Rise of a Saudi Prince
Anthony Cordesman, CSIS
High Noon in North Korea: Is Trump Ready for War?
Gordon Chang, Daily Beast
The Fall of a Foreign-Affairs Reporter
David Graham, The Atlantic
Did Baghdadi Get Blown Up?
Colin Clarke, Foreign Affairs
Who Will Abandon Taiwan Next?
Fabrizio Bozzato, Lowy Interpreter
The Old Tory Order Is Crumbling
Owen Jones, Guardian
The Tories Must Rediscover Optimism
Sebastian Payne, Financial Times
To Survive, the Right Should Try Conservatism
Fredrik Erixon, Spectator
What to Know About Thucydides
Olivia Waxman, Time
How Trump Can Show He's Tough on Anti-Semitism
Josh Cohen, Reuters
The Lion-Shaped Maps That United a Nation
Cara Giaimo, Atlas Obscura
Why Europe Still Ails
Bruce Thornton, Strategika
Brexit and the Future of the Irish Border
Filippo Biondi, Bruegel
Helmut Kohl’s Christian Democracy
Mark Tooley, Providence Mag
Macron Has Nowhere to Hide
Marta Vokshi, Open Europe
Trump Is on a Collision Course With Iran
Dennis Ross, Politico
Friday, June 23
What Islamist Extremism Means for Women
Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Asra Nomani, NY Times
Kissing the Specious Present Goodbye
Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch
Instability and Salman's Nepotistic Power Play
Paul Pillar, National Interest
Donald Trump and the Apprentice Economy
Jerry Haar, RealClearWorld
Macron's Putin Policy: 'Firmness Without Provocation'
A. Kumar Sen, Atlantic Council
Is Taiwan Without a Friend Still a Nation?
Katarina Hall, RealClearWorld
Ukraine's Naftogaz Hopes for Final Win Over Gazprom
O. Varfolomeyev, Jamestown
Why the White House Is Reading Greek History
Michael Crowley, Politico
Are China and the United States Headed for War?
Ian Buruma, New Yorker
Ghost Cities, Demographic Lessons From Japan to China 
K. Daisuke, Worldcrunch
Polarization and Conservativism’s Failures
Scott Alexander, Slate Star Codex
Sea of Sarin: North Korea’s Chemical Deterrent
Reid Kirby, The Bulletin
China's Supposed Influence Over North Korea Is a Bluff
Xander Snyder, Mauldin
On Leadership, Virtue, and Vice
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
4 Things to Know About Mongolia's Election
Boldsaikhan Sambuu, Washington Post
Malaysia's Unsinkable Najib Razak
Luke Hunt, The Diplomat
Ontario Liberals Go Off the Rails on a Hydrogen Train
Chris Selley, National Post
America Is Now a ‘Second Tier’ Country
Eric Roston, Bloomberg
Saturday, June 24
The 'American Taliban,' Unrepentant & Soon to Be Free
De Luce, Gramer & Winter, FP
The Secret Lives of Young ISIS Fighters
Quentin Sommerville & Riam Dalati, BBC
Trump’s Fly-by-Night Mideast ‘Policy’
Patrick Smith, Fiscal Times
India Challenges China on One Belt, One Road
Harsh Pant, Yale Global
Is This the Road to War With Iran?
John Feffer, Foreign Policy In Focus
Quietly, Europe and Turkey Are Talking Again
Natalie Nougayrede, Guardian
Central Europe’s Tough Choice: Macron or Orban?
Ivan Krastev, ECFR
EU Court Issues Insane Ruling on Vaccines
Alex Berezow, ACSH
It's Been a Long, Crazy Year Since Britain's Brexit Vote
Jesselyn Cook, Huffington Post
Britain Can Learn From Australia on How to Fix Brexit
Pilita Clark, Financial Times
Sunday, June 25
It’s the End of the Beginning in the Great Muslim Civil War
Charles Krauthammer, NP
Trump Allies Push Admin to Consider Iran Regime Change
Michael Crowley, Politico
German Intelligence Also Snooped on White House
Maik Baumgaertner et al., Spiegel
American Weakness, Incompetence Are Putin’s Greatest Assets
David French, NRO
That Sound You Hear Is Europe Laughing at Britain
Andrew Rawnsley, Guardian
Jeremy Corbyn and the Cult of Anti-Knowledge
Stephen Daisley, The Spectator
Climate Change Could Devastate Home of Arabica Coffee Bean
Lily Kuo, Quartz
The Ex-Journalist Who Says Al-Jazeera Aids Terrorists
Eli Lake, Bloomberg
Gulf Crisis: Draconian Demands and Juvenile Politics
Rami Khouri, Al-Jazeera
The Dark Side of China’s National Renewal
Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times
Commando Raids on ISIS Yield Vital Data in Shadowy War
Eric Schmitt, NY Times
ISIS Wages War on the Mideast’s Cultural Heritage
Thomas Campbell, Wall St. Journal
Modi and Trump: The Virtue of Low Expectations
Thomas Lynch, War on the Rocks
EU Moving to Undercut Trump in Asia?
Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
Trump and China: The Honeymoon Is Over
John Pomfret, Washington Post
In Afghanistan, a Small Fiasco Inside a Colossal Fiasco
Andrew Bacevich, Globe
Could 1 Million Cubans Be Deemed Ineligible for Remittances?
Mimi Whitefield, MH
George Washington's Enduring Realism
Paul Saunders, The National Interest
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