Week of October 23, 2017 Archives

RealClearWorld Morning Edition

Monday, October 23
China Decides It’s Time to Talk About Chinese Debt
Jacob Shapiro, Geo. Futures
Globalism in the Eyes of Two Beholders
Rodger Baker, Stratfor
The Korean Missile Crisis
Scott Sagan, Foreign Affairs
The Duty of the Revolutionary
Fabio Rafael Fiallo, RealClearWorld
Hyper-Centralization Is Endangering Russia
Paul Goble, Jamestown Foundation
Million Dollar Babiš
Siegfried Mortkowitz, Politico EU
Water, Water, Everywhere
Allie Wist, Roads & Kingdoms
Morning in America Dawns Again
Pres. Donald Trump, USA Today
The Ardern Ascendancy
Mike Rann, Lowy Interpreter
How Iran Would Push Back on U.S. Escalation
Thanassis Cambanis, Boston Globe
How to Take on Iran, When Iran Is Winning?
Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Syria Is Open For Business - Russian, Iranian Firms Will Gain
B. Allen-Ebrahimian, FP
Is China the Future of Bitcoin, or Its Past?
ChinaFile
The U.S. Must Mediate Between Baghdad, Kurds
Michael Knights, The Cipher Brief
Palestinian Reconciliation Theater
Ottomans & Zionists
John McCain’s Tired Dogma
Andrew Bacevich, The American Conservative
We Defeated Terror Before. We Can Do It Again
William Matchett, CapX
Tuesday, October 24
Europe's Border Problem
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Right Now, Would NATO Stand a Chance?
Matthias Gebauer et al, Der Spiegel
Time to Crack Down on Russia Today
Oliver Kamm, CapX
Terrorism and Just War: A Comparative Analysis
Russell Worth Parker, Strategy Bridge
Underground in Raqqa
Patrick Cockburn, London Review of Books
The Special Ops Mission in Niger Was Routine and Common
Steven Bucci, Daily Sig.
What Are U.S. Forces Doing in Niger Anyway?
Jason Ditz, The American Conservative
How Quebec Became the Canadian Beacon of Economic Policy
Conrad Black, NP
Why the Israeli Air Force Destroys Its Enemies in Battle
Robert Farley, Nat'l Interest
Rex Tillerson and the Unraveling of the State Department
Jason Zengerle, NYT Mag
‘This Myth About the Great and Horrible Putin’
Susan Glasser, Politico
Solzhenitsyn's Cathedrals
Gary Saul Morson, New Criterion
Trump Could Achieve a Defining Moment in Asia
Patrick Cronin, Straits Times
What Went Wrong With Cambodia’s Opposition Party
Ben Paviour, The Diplomat
'Tell Me How This Ends'
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch
China’s Contradictions
Stephen Roach, Project Syndicate
Hang in There, Tanya
Meduza
The New Test to Democracy in the Czech Republic
David Frum, The Atlantic
Catalonia, Lombardy, Scotland...Why Now?
Paul Mason, Guardian
The Rude Health of Fascism in Spain
Jake Wallis Simons, Spectator
Wednesday, October 25
ISIS Jihadis Have Returned Home By the Thousands
Robin Wright, New Yorker
Welcome Home, ISIS Fighters, All Is Forgiven
Michael Brendan Dougherty, NRO
We Need a Strategy For the Middle East
Sen. John McCain, New York Times
The Fourth Great Shattering
John Feffer, TomDispatch
The Political Thrill of Having an Enemy
Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic
Where Europe Went Wrong
Paul Taylor, Politico EU
The Slow Train to Tallinn
Matthew Engel, New Statesman
Spain Faces a Consitutional Crisis
Economist
Can Japan Be Great Again?
Shihoko Goto, The Globalist
The Cultural Axis
Benjamin Martin, New York Review of Books
On Paper, Spain Is Ready For Showdown With Catalonia
Noah Feldman, Bloom. View
Will Australia Finally Get a Space Agency?
Luke Hunt, The Diplomat
Trump's Afghanistan Strategy Begins to Fall Apart
Rashmee Roshan Lall, The National
How Much Power Does Xi Have, Really?
Chris Buckley, New York Times
Germany Must Consider Dangerous Alliances
George Friedman, Mauldin Economics
How Japan Should Respond to the North Korea Threat
M. Hanabusa & S. Numata, JT
Ukraine's Next Revolution Won't Be on the Streets
Diane Francis, Atlantic Council
VIDEO: Catalonia Referendum: Lawbreakers or Political Prisoners?
, BBC
VIDEO: Xi Jinping, Chinese Icon
BBC
Thursday, October 26
Spain's 'Two-State' Hypocrisy
Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
The Niger Ambush Signals Next Likely ISIS Fight
John McLaughlin, Ozy
Disinformation and the Decay of Nations
Peter Pomerantsev, The American Interest
El Alamein: The British Empire’s Last Hurrah
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
The House of Saud Is Still in Denial
Nesrine Malik, Guardian
It Is Hard to Know Anything About China's Communists
Isaac Stone Fish, LA Times
Have Mexican Drug Cartels Now Weaponized Drones?
David Axe, Vice
U.S. and North Korea Edge Into Dangerous Territory
Tim Shorrock, The Nation
The Boycott of Qatar Is Hurting Its Enforcers
Economist
Trump’s Asian Security Dilemma
Richard Fontaine, National Interest
The Russia Dossier Story: Some Familiar Notes
David French, National Review
How the U.S. Is Giving Boko Haram a Lifeline
Hilary Matfess, World Politics Review
Is India Starting to Flex Its Military Muscles?
Sumit Ganguly & S. Paul Kapur, For. Policy
I Fought a War Against Iran—and It Ended Badly
Harry Kazianis, American Conservative
Laws of War: Where Both Liberals and Realists Are Wrong
Ian Hurd, Lawfare
How We Persuaded 122 Countries to Ban Nukes
B. Fihn, M. Bolton & E. Minor, Just Sec.
France's Counter-Terrorism Forces in Africa
Alan Taylor, The Atlantic
Friday, October 27
Is Catalonia independent?
David Alandete, El Pais
Catalan Crisis Escalates
Diego Torres, Politico EU
Memo to the President: Syria Isn't a Vital U.S. Interest
A.D. Miller & R. Sokolsky, RCW
Saudi Arabia's Sci-Fi City in the Desert
G. Carey, V. Nereim & C. Cannon, Bloomberg
How Kenya's Election Went From Fraud to Hope to Sham
Maina Kiai, New York Times
Abadi, Erdogan Meet to Form Kurdistan Game Plan
Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor
A Tsar Is Born
Economist
Is Xi Jinping's Star Burning Too Bright?
David Ignatius, Washington Post
Rethinking Kazakhstan
Theodore Karasik, RealClearWorld
Explaining Cambridge Analytica, a Possible Key Trump-Russia Link
Sean Illing, Vox
Mourning Poland’s Burning Man
Sławomir Sierakowski, Project Syndicate
Andrej Babiš is not Central Europe’s Game-Changer
Milan Nič & Vít Dostál, GCFR
36 Hours in Prague
Evan Rail, New York Times
State Department Scraps Sanctions Office
Robbie Gramer & Dan De Luce, Foreign Policy
Rwanda Speaks, But Does Anyone Listen?
Vincent Gasana, New African
Why Can't Britain See the Threat Iran Poses?
Melanie Phillips, Jerusalem Post
What Post-Soviet Countries See When They Look at Spain
Larissa Sotieva, LobeLog
Will Anyone Protect the Rohingya?
Vincent Auger, The Conversation
Statelessness in Lebanon
Florian Guckelsberger, Zenith
Saturday, October 28
Catalonia Steps Into the Unknown
Grayson Quay, The American Conservative
Going Dutch: Why Germany Needs Others Besides France
C.A. Zunneberg, Euractiv
Will Erdogan Permanently Damage the U.S.-Turkey Alliance?
Doug Bandow, TNI
Spain Asserts Control Over Catalonia
Diego Torres, Politico EU
Unpacking Uranium One: Hype and Law
Paul Rosenzweig, Lawfare
The Business of Fear in Boomtown Mogadishu
Fritz Schaap & Christian Werner, Spiegel
Serbia Is No Place for Friendly Military Competition
Allison Fedirka, Geo. Futures
Why Is the U.S. Probing Serbian Loyalties?
Milan Misic, Balkan Insight
Many Basques Wary of New Independence Bid
Patrick Kingsley, New York Times
Rasputin Feels the Love
Anna Nemtsova, Daily Beast
In Sunni North Africa, fears of Iran's Shadow
Jonathan Laurence, Reuters
No End in Sight For Kenyan Election Crisis
John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations
Can Kim Jong Un Control His Nukes?
Michael Auslin, New York Review of Books
Maritime Interdiction Against North Korea Will Be Hard
George Capen, Proceedings
How Were China's Top Leaders Selected?
Charlotte Gao, The Diplomat
British Fishing's Brexit Revival
Alexander Fiuza, CapX
Is Ethiopia Destabilizing?
Robbie Corey-Boulet, World Politics Review
A New Tunisian Exodus To Italy
Niccolò Zancan, Worldcrunch
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