Week of October 2, 2017 Archives
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Monday, October 2
5 Takeaways From Catalonia's Manic Sunday
Diego Torres
,
Politico EU
Referendums Are Unpopular But Necessary
Richard Russell
,
Guardian
Catalonia's Vote Turns Nasty - What Comes Next?
Economist
Russia Uses Catalan Referendum in Fight Against Brussels
Pilar Bonet
,
El Pais
Spain Turns a Domestic Dispute Into an International Incident
S. Daisley
,
Spectator
3 Myths About Catalonia’s Independence Movement
F. de Borja Lasheras
,
ECFR
What Puerto Rico Needs
Simon Johnson
,
Project Syndicate
Trapped in Mountains, Puerto Ricans See No Way Out
S. Schmidt
&
A. Hernandez
,
WP
Abe Makes Life a Lot Tougher for Bank of Japan
Daniel Moss
,
Bloomberg View
Trump Stands Up to the Castro Regime
Mike Gonzalez
,
Daily Signal
When America First and the Chinese Dream Collide
Angela Poh
&
Ong Weichong
,
TNI
Should Rex Tillerson Resign?
Aaron David Miller
&
Richard Sokolsky
,
Politico
Why Trump’s Words on North Korea Matter
Evan Osnos
,
New Yorker
Did the Kellogg-Briand Pact Accomplish Anything?
Stephen Walt
,
Foreign Policy
Argentine Probe Closes In
Toby Dershowitz
,
RealClearWorld
Macron Has the Vision, But Merkel Will Call the Shots
Wolfgang Munchau
,
Fin. Times
Return of the German Volk
Roger Cohen
,
New York Times
Tuesday, October 3
Not-So-Soft Power: Russia’s Military Police in Syria
Mark Galeotti
,
War on the Rocks
The Chinese World Order
Andrew Nathan
,
New York Review of Books
The Global War of 2030
Alfred McCoy
,
TomDispatch
China’s Party-Led Rule-of-Law Regime
Susan Trevaskes
,
East Asia Forum
China’s First 5th Generation Fighter Jet Is Operational
Franz-Stefan Gady
,
Diplomat
Regime Change: What Is It Good For?
Levi Maxey
,
The Cipher Brief
German Election: An Opening For Poland?
Piotr Buras
,
ECFR
Treat Puerto Rico Like Rebuilding Iraq and Afghanistan
Michael O'Hanlon
,
USA Today
Drain the Swamp
Hunter Braithwaite
,
Guernica
Don't Support Illegal Kurdish Separation in Iraq
Meir Masri
,
Haaretz
How Did the Kurds Get Washington So Wrong?
Michael Rubin
,
AEI
Kurdish Disappointment at Europe's Response
David Patrikarakos
,
Politico EU
Catalan Questions
Holger Schmieding
,
The Globalist
HP Let Russia Look at Cyber-Def System Pentagon Uses
Schectman
et al,
Reuters
The Fever of Schism Burns in the Tory Party
Polly Toynbee
,
Guardian
The West's Reprehensible Abuse of Cyrillic Continues
Kevin Rothrock
,
Meduza
Why Italy Has Not Yet Suffered Islamist Terrorism
Economist
Wednesday, October 4
Why Nation-States Are Crucial
Dani Rodrik
,
Aeon
Protectionism Is Not Patriotism
Gary Galles
,
CapX
Intellectuals and Thugs: The Russian Revolution
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
What America Taught the Nazis
Ira Katznelson
,
The Atlantic
5 Worst Foreign Policy Presidents in American History
A. PIllalamarri
,
Amer. Cons.
On Catalonia, the EU's Hands Are Tied
Natalie Nougayrede
,
Guardian
Can Spain Keep Together?
Judy Dempsey
,
Carnegie Europe
Iran in 2025: An Optimist's View
Dave Schroeder
,
Foreign Service Journal
Is a Xi Jinping Ally About to Take Over US Energy Market Data?
K. Bohner
,
Observer
South Korea’s Looming Crisis
Lee Jong-Wha
,
Project Syndicate
Assad's Greatest Ally Is Terror, Not Putin
Faisal Al Yafai
,
The National
Kaspersky Ban Shows Governments Don't Get Cybersecurity
Nicholas Stuart
,
SMH
Modinomics Loses Steam at the Worst Possible Time
William Pesek
,
Nikkei
Venezuela's Great Currency Swindle
Francisco Toro
,
The World Today
Startup Accelerators in Emerging Markets Are Working
P. Roberts
&
R. Kempner
,
HBR
The Case For Constitutional Reform in Poland
Bruce Ackerman
,
Yale Global
Thursday, October 5
The Tories Give Jeremy Corbyn a Clear Run at No 10
James Forsyth
,
Spectator
The Economic Consequences of Corbyn
Martin Wolf
,
Financial Times
May Inspired Pity - She Needed to Inspire Britain
Robert Colvile
,
CapX
Europe Slams Its Gates to Africa
Foreign Policy
Israel Bets Against Palestinian Unity
Ben Caspit
,
Al-Monitor
The Identity Awakening: Catalonia, Europe And Beyond
Renaud Girard
,
Worldcrunch
Europe's East Could See Another Brexit-Like Rupture
John Micklethwait
,
Bloomberg
5 Ways America Can Defend Itself from 'Nonphysical' Attacks
Cronin
&
Krejsa
,
TNI
North Korean Arms Entering Egypt: The System at Work
Megan Reiss
,
Lawfare
O Dutch Government, Where Art Thou?
Cynthia Kroet
&
Ivo Oliveira
,
Politico EU
What I’ve learned From North Korea’s Leaders
Jimmy Carter
,
Washington Post
Trump Won't Scrap Iran Deal Yet
Bill Powell
,
Newsweek
Inside North Korea, and Feeling the Drums of War
Nicholas Kristof
,
New York Times
The Chasm Between a President and His Top Diplomat
A.D. Miller
&
R. Sokolsky
,
CNN
Worries about Trump’s Generals Are Overblown
Jerry Hendrix
and Adam Routh,
NRO
Nuke Deal in Balance as Trump Plans Iran Speech
Bradley Klapper
&
Matthew Lee
,
AP
Friday, October 6
Merkel Should Follow Macron's Lead
Christiane Hoffmann
,
Der Spiegel
The Chimera of Franco-German Reform
Hans-Helmut Kotz
,
Project Syndicate
What Drove the Votes For Germany's AfD?
Alexander Roth
&
Guntram Wolff
,
Bruegel
Eastern Resentment of Germany Spells Trouble
Sebastian Dullie
n, ECFR
Why Catalonia Will Fail Where Crimea Succeeded
Leonid Bershidsky
,
Bloomberg View
Sovereignty and Self-Determination Collide in Catalonia
Philip Stephens
,
Fin. Times
Why Spain Needs a Constitutional Overhaul
Camino Mortera-Martinez
,
CER
The Case For the Iran Deal
Gerry Connolly
,
The Hill
Trump Prepares to Wound Iran Deal, Then Save It
Eliana Johnson
,
Politico
Decertify the Iran Deal and Then Walk Away
Kevin Williamson
,
National Review
Hamas Is the True Victor
Caroline Glick
,
Jerusalem Post
British People Do Not Know America
Suzanne Moore
,
Guardian
Abe's Party Power Could Be at Risk in the Upcoming Election
Anthony Fensom
,
TNI
Pakistan in the Middle East: A Cautious Balance
Huma Yusuf
,
The Diplomat
Russia's New Useful Idiots?
Bradley Jardine
,
Coda Story
Russia’s Culture Wars Look a Lot Like America’s
Christian Caryl
,
Washington Post
Saturday, October 7
Rex Tillerson at the Breaking Point
Dexter Filkins
,
New Yorker
Speaking PC
Paul Roderick Gregory
,
Hoover Institution
Is Trump's U.S. Still a Serious Country?
Robert Manning
,
Nikkei Asian Review
America Never Deserved Puerto Rico
Joshua Rivera
,
GQ
Britain, Divided
Rosa Prince
,
Politico EU
The Battle for Catalonia
Matt Goulding
,
Roads & Kingdoms
Korean Reunification Is More Quixotic Than Ever
Zach Montague
,
World Politics Review
Why U.S. Should Withdraw From Iran Deal
Herbert London
,
Washington Times
Getting to No on the Iran Nuclear Deal
Stephen Hayes
&
Michael Warren
,
Weekly Standard
It's Not the Collusion, It's the Cooperation
Noah Rothman
,
Commentary
Collusion and the Trump Dossier
Andrew McCarthy
,
National Review
Great Recession Drastically Changed Skills Employers Want
Hershbein
&
Kahn
,
HBR
What Are the Limits to Belarus's Sovereignty?
Grigory Ioffe
,
Jamestown Foundation
Forgotten Palestinian Cause Has a Major PR Issue
Jonathan Russo
,
Observer
Jalal Talabani's Enduring Struggle
Peter Galbraith
,
New York Times