Week of January 8, 2018 Archives

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Monday, January 8
The End of Germany's Foreign Policy Innocence
Christiane Hoffmann, Der Spiegel
Taiwan Isn’t China, and Taiwanese Aren’t Chinese
Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
As 2-State Solution Loses Steam, 1-State Plan Gains Traction
D. Halbfinger, NYT
Will Fatah Launch 'Intifada of Independence'?
Uri Savir, Al Monitor
The End of the U.S.-Pakistan Alliance
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
A Peace Dilemma: Afghan Talks Need New Approach
A. Rahman Rahmani, S-Bridge
The Illusion of Strategy in Afghanistan
Robert Cassidy, The Globalist
The Geopolitics of the Beijing-Moscow Consensus
Enrico Cau, The Diplomat
Why the Protests Won't Change Iran's Foreign Policy
Ariane Tabatabai, Foreign Affairs
An Ominous New Year for India
Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg View
To Save Turkey’s Democracy, Offer Erdogan a Grand Barain
Soner Cagaptay, WOTR
A Rival Steps Up to Challenge Erdogan
Carlotta Gall, New York Times
Why Trump Should Kill the Iran Nuclear Deal
Fred Fleitz, National Review
America's Iran Hawks Find a Pretext For War
Ryan Cooper, The Week
On Military Force, Trump Is Just Like Obama
A.D. Miller & R. Sokolsky, Newsweek
Tuesday, January 9
Ukraine on the Brink of Kleptocracy
Gustav Gressel, European Council on Foreign Relations
Saudis Watch Iran Protests Intently
Bruce Riedel, Al Monitor
Could China Spring a Nice Surprise (or 3) in 2018?
Minxin Pei, Nikkei Asian Review
North Korea and the Peril of a Strike
Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times
The U.S. Should Bomb North Korea
Edward Luttwak, Foreign Policy
From Iran to Venezuela: Oil Wealth, Social Devastation
Danilo Arbilla, Worldcrunch
Venezuela Isn't a Priority For U.S. Rivals
Carlo Jose Vicente Caro, Yale Global
Is Bitcoin History's Answer to the Crisis of Fiat Currencies?
J. Van Der Kamp, SCMP
Battles Over Oppression in India Past and Present
Bhanuj Kappal, New Statesman
EU Names a Date For Further Enlargement
Andrew Rettman, EU Observer
How the Marshall Plan Helped Europe Rebuild Itself
Amy Garrett, FS Journal
The Growing Sinophobic Sentiment in Kazakhstan
Farkhad Sharip, Jamestown
Iranians Try Yet Again to Change Their Government
Jamsheed & Carol Choksy, WAJ
Israel's Move to Illiberalism Is Leaving Me Unable to Defend It
D. Rothkopf, Haaretz
The Palestinians' Race to the Bottom
Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post
Wednesday, January 10
D-Day Venezuela
Ricardo Hausmann, Project Syndicate
Europe's High Representative for Appeasement
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
What the Iran Protests Have Already Achieved
Sohrab Ahmari, Commentary
Iran's Regime at War With Itself
Kamran Bokhari, Geopolitical Futures
Cutting Off Pakistan
Kevin Williamson, National Review
Battered by Unpopular Reform, Argentina's Macri Hunkers Down
P. Corcoran, WPR
India's Caste-Conscious Answer To Tinder
Vanessa Dougnac, Worldcrunch
Macron’s Fake News Law Will Threaten Democracy
Alberto Alemanno, Politico EU
I'm Proud Buzzfeed Published the Trump-Russia Dossier
Ben Smith, New York Times
Why Relations Between Slovenia and Croatia Are at Sea
Economist
The Tory Party Is Dying on Its Feet
John Harris, Guardian
Nobody Wants to Restore Franco’s Train
Lorenzo Calonge, El Pais
Postures and Gestures Rather Than Results
Paul Pillar, National Interest
Cambodia's Python Regime
Martha Bayles, The American Interest
Thursday, January 11
The Most Important 2018 Election for America May Be Mexico's
Duncan Wood, TNI
Iran's Elites Are More Fragile Than They Look
Sanam Vakil, Foreign Policy
Iran’s Jihadi Gambit
Fazel Hawramy, Al Monitor
Trump Threatens Another Blow to the Palestinian Cause
Victor D. Hanson, Nat'l Rev.
Jordan Caught Between Trump and a Hard Place
S. al-Makahleh & G. Cafiero, AC
Full Translation Of French Anti-#MeToo Manifesto
Le Monde
Why Did Prominent Frenchwomen Denounce #MeToo?
Lauren Collins, New Yorker
Southern Europe Makes a Push to Democratize EU
Caterina Tani, EU Observer
Is Japan Ready for the Quad?
Yuki Tatsumi, War on the Rocks
Can the 'Indo-Pacific' Compete With China?
Tetsuo Kotani, Japan Times
Is the EU Putting Stabilization Before Human Rights?
Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe
The Only Thing Turkey and the U.S. Can Agree On
Nick Danforth, New York Times
Four Reasons Corruption Matters
Oliver Bullough, Al Jazeera
Trump’s Biggest Foreign Policy Problem Is The Future
Nicholas Grossman, Arc
Friday, January 12
Those Who Wrote Off Merkel Were Wrong Again
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Should You Worry About a War with North Korea? Not Really.
Dan Reiter, Wash. Post
The Real News We Ignore at Our Peril
Andrew Bacevich, The American Conservative
Macron, Not Merkel, Is Europe's Most Powerful Leader
Ronald Tiersky, RealClearWorld
Latin America Is Poised For a Turnaround
Jerry Haar, Miami Herald
Will Turkey Call Early Elections?
Soner Cagaptay, Washington Institute
The Man from Kasimpasa
Engin Onder, Boston Review
A Step on the Path of Bulgaria's Europeanization
Vessela Tcherneva, ECFR
Turkey Breaks With Iran and Russia
Jacob Shapiro, Geopolitical Futures
The Meaning of Trump's Election Has Been Exaggerated
Morris Fiorina, RCPolitics
What Can Undo May's Reputation For Incompetence?
Alex Massie, CapX
Hollywood's Fake History Is Dangerous
Simon Jenkins, Guardian
The Iran Deal Lives Another Day
Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic
American Sanctions Only Give Iran An Excuse
Meir Javedanfar, Forward
Saturday, January 13
The Spanish Vineyard Revolution
Jesus Rodriguez, El Pais
Russian-Trained Mercenaries Back Bosnia's Serb Separatists
J. Borger, Guardian
Why Is Populism Not Big in Japan?
Ian Buruma, Project Syndicate
The Lingering Dream of an Islamic State
Azadeh Moaveni, New York Times
Beyond European Versus Transatlantic Defense
Erik Brattberg, German Marshall Fund
When Jews Came From ‘S...hole’ Countries
Ben Sales, Forward
The Faded Palestinian Issue
Victor Davis Hanson, Washington Times
Killing the Iran Nuclear Agreement with a Thousand Cuts
Paul Pillar, National Interest
How the Russian Public Perceives Relations with America
S. Goncharov, Intersection
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