Week of December 4, 2017 Archives
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Monday, December 4
A Fractured 2017
Roger Cohen
,
New York Times
What Would Tillerson’s Departure Mean For the “Redesign?”
Thomas Hill
,
Brookings
Rex Tillerson Isn’t the Problem. It’s Trump.
Aaron D. Miller
&
Richard Sokolsky
,
Politico
Will Pompeo 'Militarize' State?
Abigail Tracy
,
Vanity Fair
Myanmar Erases a History
Hannah Beech
,
New York Times
Saudi Arabia's Policy Shift: Downright Dangerous
Bruce Riedel
,
Yale Global
The Uncertain Future of Palestinian Security Forces
Adnan Abu Amer
,
Al Monitor
Politics Returns to Russia
Gleb Pavlovsky
,
Carnegie Moscow Center
Why Russian Oligarchs Remain Loyal to Putin
David Szakonyi
,
Russia Matters
India's River-Rights Conundrum
Sonali Mittra
,
The Hindu
US Military Stretched Thin in 50 African Nations
Les Heuhaus
,
Observer
U.S. Follows Forever War to Niger
Frank Archibald
,
The Cipher Brief
Inside the New American Way of War
W.J. Hennigan
,
Time
Nuclear War: We’re Not Prepared For Vast Scale of Casualties
C. Dallas
,
Newsweek
The Dispiriting Prospect of a Paleo-Coalition in Germany
Der Spiegel
The Trumping of Cambodian Democracy
Joshua Kurlantzick
,
Project Syndicate
The World Just Keeps Getting Better
Oliver Wiseman
,
CapX
How ISIS Changed Iraq's Oil Map
Omar Al-Nidawi
,
Al Jazeera
Tuesday, December 5
The Economics of Revolution: Evidence From 1789
Theresa Finley
et al,
Vox EU
Maduro’s Accelerating Revolution
Jon Lee Anderson
,
New Yorker
Thucydides and the Long War Problem
Joshua Rovner
,
War on the Rocks
Saleh's Death in Yemen Sends a Message to Other Dictators
K. Calamur
,
The Atlantic
Getting Rid of Mugabe Isn't Enough - Zimbabwe Needs Change
M. Van Staden
,
RCW
Sovereign Digital Currencies Could Disrupt U.S. Dominance
Leonid Bershidsky
,
BV
The Changes Israel Must Make
Susan Glasser
&
Ehud Barak
,
Politico
Ireland, You're Getting Played by the EU
Brendan O'Neill
,
Spectator
China and Russia Are Ganging Up on the U.S. in Latin America
Todd Royal
,
TNI
It Is up to Somalia to Combat Al-Shabab
Charles Peña
,
Washington Times
France's Plans to Punish Cat-Callers
Nicholas Vinocur
&
Marion Solletty
,
Politico EU
Beheadings as Cartel Violence Soars
Jeremy Kryt
,
Daily Beast
FP's 2017 Global Re-Thinkers
Foreign Policy
Lessons From the Past on Russian Containment
James Haley
,
CIGI
Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's Capital Is a Dangerous Gambit
Aaron Miller
,
CNN
Flynn's Plea and The Significance of the Lying in Russia Investigation
B. Bauer
,
LF
It Is Now an Obstruction Investigation
Andrew McCarthy
,
National Review
Wednesday, December 6
Why World Doesn’t Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital
David Green
,
Haaretz
Of Course Jerusalem Is Israel’s Capital
Schmuel Rosner
,
New York Times
Why Is Trump Reversing U.S. Policy on Jerusalem?
Shibley Telhami
,
Brookings
Trump's Recognition Of Jerusalem Makes Peace More Likely
D. Harsanyi
,
Federalist
Russia's Regions Strike Back
Andrey Pertsev
,
Carnegie Moscow Center
Hamas Vows to 'Defend Jerusalem,' Join Forces with Abbas
Bridget Johnson
,
PJ Med
Beijing’s Heavy-Handed Solution to Urbanization
John Pabon
,
The Diplomat
The Sun Is Shining Over the Global Economy
Martin Wolf
,
Financial Times
Are Turkey and Europe Seeking a New Kind of Relationship?
Semih Idiz
,
Al Monitor
The Earthquake to Come in Mexico
Paul Imison
,
Foreign Policy
The Ideologues Who Wrecked Libya
Matt Purple
,
The American Conservative
Tillerson, Visiting Europe, Gets Cold Shoulder
Gardiner Harris
,
New York Times
Mexico Treads a Familiar Path Toward Populism
Stratfor
A Thorough Reassessment Between Belarus and the West
Grigory Ioffe
,
Jamestown
Sound and Fury, Absent a Strategy
John McLaughlin
,
Ozy
Should Transgender Persons Serve?
Capt.
Jay Caputo
,
Proceedings
How to Stand Up to the Kremlin
Joseph Biden
&
Michael Carpenter
,
Foreign Affairs
Thursday, December 7
No, Jerusalem Move Won't Really Hurt U.S.-Arab Alliances
Shadi Hamid
,
The Atlantic
Trump Teaches Palestinians About the New Middle East
Zev Chafets
,
Bloom. View
On Jerusalem, Trump's View Molded by Powerful Allies
J. Lemire
&
J. Pace
,
AP
Trump Did the Right Thing and Reversed a Wrong
Alan Dershowitz
,
Jerusalem Post
Nativism, Not Populism, Should Be Word of the Year
Cas Mudde
,
Guardian
Liberal America's Unhealthy Fixation on Russia
Edward Luce
,
Financial Times
How the Kremlin Tried to Rig the Olympics, and Failed
Julia Ioffe
,
The Atlantic
7 Contenders in the Catalan Election
Diego Torres
,
Politico EU
The Hwasong-15: The Anatomy of North Korea's New ICBM
Ankit Panda
,
Diplomat
State Department on High Alert After Jerusalem Announcement
Josh Rogin
,
WaPo
Strategy Shift Yielding Results For Saudi Arabia and Its Allies
H. Hassan
,
National
Saleh and the War in Yemen
Anthony Cordesman
,
CSIS
The Qatar Crisis in an Age of Alternative Facts
Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
,
LobeLog
Northern Ireland Border Questions Can Be Solved
John Bew
,
New Statesman
Brexit and the Geopolitics of Divorce
George Friedman
,
Geopolitical Futures
Downing Street Needs a Director of Strategy
James Frayne
,
Conservative Home
Why Is Canada's Liberal Establishment So Beholden to China?
Terry Glavin
,
Natl Post
The Trees of Halifax Hold Grim Reminders
Meagan Campbell
,
Maclean's
The Globalization of Our Discontent
Joseph Stiglitz
,
Project Syndicate
A Timeline of Tragedy: India's Plural Soul
Gopalkrishna Gandhi
,
The Hindu
Friday, December 8
The Scholar Who Risked All to Document Islamic State
L. Hinnant
&
M. Michael
,
AP
UK Reaches Historic Brexit Deal
Alex Barker
et al,
Financial Times
Ireland Just Saved the UK From Madness
Fintan O'Toole
,
Irish Times
The Key Points of the Brexit Deal
Stephen Bush
,
New Statesman
Polish Switcheroo Unsettles Ruling Party
Michał Broniatowski
,
Politico EU
Gaming Out Trump's Jerusalem Gambit
Noah Feldman
,
Bloomberg View
Matteo Salvini, the Anti-Immigrant Federalist, Italy's Next PM?
N. Farrell
,
Spectator
In Merkel’s Crisis, Echoes of Weimar
Charles Maier
,
New York Review of Books
Erik Prince Has His Eyes On Afghanistan's Rare Metals
Aram Roston
,
BuzzFeed
France Moves From EU Defense to European Defense
Major
&
Mölling
,
Carn. Europe
Lean Years Coming For Russia
Sergey Zhavoronkov
,
Intersection Project
The Nexus of Foreign and Domestic Policy in Germany
Timo Lochocki
,
Berlin PJ
A Return to Cold War in Iceland?
Paul McLeary
,
Foreign Policy
The Hungarian Government’s Failed Campaign of Lies
George Soros
,
Proj. Syndicate
Is Poland's PM on the Chopping Block?
Michał Broniatowski
,
Politico EU
The U.S. and China Need to Start Cooperating in Space
Cody Knipfer
,
RCScience
Stop Trivializing Communism's Blood-Soaked Past
Laura Nicolae
,
Harvard Crimson
Saturday, December 9
What on Earth Is Going on in Ukraine?
Josh Cohen
,
Atlantic Council
You Can't Criticize Venezuela and Turn Blind Eye to Honduras
A. Oppenheimer
,
MH
Trump's Decision on Jerusalem Was Reckless
Pierre Atlas
,
Indianapolis Star
A #MeToo Mea Culpa
Jake Sullivan
,
Foreign Policy
How the GOP Became A ‘Pro-Israel’ Party
Rebecca Shimoni Stoil
,
FiveThirtyEight
Suck It Up, Britain
Joris Luyendijk
,
Guardian
What Are the Key Points of the Brexit Deal?
Eszter Zalan
,
EU Observer
There Was No Peace Process For Trump to Destroy
Roger Cohen
,
New York Times
Syrian Kurds Move Closer to Russia
Fehim Tastekin
,
Al Monitor
Is a U.S.-Russia Missile Race in the Offing?
Steven Pifer
,
National Interest
Sonic Attack: Cuba Playing U.S. For Fools
Alex Berezow
,
ACSH
Germany's Views on Defense Are Evolving
Ulrike Esther Franke
,
ECFR
Resettling Rohingya Refugees
Jeff Goodson
,
The Hill