Week of April 16, 2018 Archives
RealClearWorld
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Monday, April 16
The Real Next War in Syria: Iran vs. Israel
Thomas Friedman
,
New York Times
Washington Should Push For an Autonomous Europe
R. Kempin
&
B. Kunz
,
WOTR
Germany Frustrates Macron's Grand Ambitions
Wolfgang Munchau
,
Financial Times
Brexit Redraws EU Alliances
Paul Taylor
,
Politico EU
The Case For Joint Western Balkan Accession to EU
Bekim Collaku
,
Euractiv
Suicide of the West
Jonah Goldberg
,
National Review
You Can't Swim in Syria as You Drown in Scandal
Max Boot
,
Washington Post
Iran Is the Target and Russia Knows That
Murat Yetkin
,
Hurriyet Daily News
The New Cold War Is Boiling Over in Syria
Dmitri Trenin
,
Foreign Policy
Putin, Assad Will Probably Do Another Chemical Attack Soon
Tom Rogan
,
Examiner
Syria Strikes: Best Choice in a Land of Lousy Options
A.D. Miller
&
R. Sokolsky
,
USAT
The Christian Case For Striking Syria
Sohrab Ahmari
,
Commentary
The U.S. Can Still Lead in Asia
Joseph Nye
,
Project Syndicate
You Killed the Messenger. You Can't Stop the Message
Laurent Richard
,
Guardian
Russian Investigative Reporter Dies After Fall
RFERL
Why Israel Needs to Escalate Threats Against Iran
Chuck Freilich
,
Haaretz
Saudi Leadership Offers Israel a Chance
Uri Savir
,
Al Monitor
The Scientist Who Rose From Russia's Ghettos to Israeli President
Gil Troy
,
DB
Tuesday, April 17
Brazil’s Election Is Now Up For Grabs
Economist
The Race to Save World's Disappearing Languages
N. Strochlic
&
J. Bendiksen
,
NatGeo
German Foreign Minister: 'Syria Is Not Auschwitz'
C. Hoffmann
&
C. Schult
,
Der Spiegel
Clash of the Strategists
Dov Zakheim
,
National Interest
India Moves Toward a Regional Reset
Suhasini Haidar
,
The Hindu
Liberals Were Always Wrong to Idolize Justin Trudeau
Luke Savage
,
New Statesman
Russia Takes Low-Key Approach to West's Strike on Syria
Maxim Suchkov
,
Al Monitor
Asia Pacific Pivots Past America
Pradumna B Rana
&
Xianbai Ji
,
East Asia Forum
Why Trump-Kim Talks Will Fail
Bertil Lintner
,
Asia Times
Macron's 'Very Personal' Relationship With Trump
T. Sancton
&
A. Leibovitz
,
Vanity Fair
As Castro Exits, U.S. and Cuba Still Good Frenemies
Mac Margolis
,
Bloomberg View
China Is Vulnerable
L. Todd Wood
,
Washington Times
Protestant Divisions and U.S. Foreign Policy
Mark Tooley
,
Providence Mag
Merkel’s Shameful Silence
Politico EU
How the UK Could Boost Ties With the Commonwealth
Andrew
MacLeod
,
CapX
U.S. Attack on Syria Is Legal and Utterly Moral
Robert Charles
,
Fox News
Wednesday, April 18
Containment and China: What Would Kennan Do?
Paul Heer
,
National Interest
New Russian Missiles May Be Aimed East
Norman Friedman
,
Proceedings
How Shinzo Abe Can Help Trump Understand Kim
Ronald Tiersky
,
RealClearWorld
The Tragedy of Thailand
Joshua Kurlantzick
,
Washington Monthly
Hungary's Uphill Battle Against Authoritarianism
Dalibor Rohac
,
CapX
Jeremy Corbyn and a Golden Age of Middle Class Paranoia
S. Daisley
,
Spectator
Tensions in Labour Erupt Over Rising Abuse of Jews
Henry Zeffman
,
Times of London
Theresa May Has Only Herself to Blame For Windrush Scandal
Jonn Elledge
,
NS
How China's Winemakers Succeed
Cynthia Howson
&
Pierre Ly
,
The Conversation
4 Essential Elements of a U.S. Strategy on Syria
Michael O'Hanlon
,
Brookings Institution
How ISIS Propaganda Takes Aim at Rival Jihadists in Syria
T. Joscelyn
,
LW Journal
US and Russian Nuclear Arsenals Set to Be Fully Unchecked
Julian Borger
,
Guardian
The Syria Strike: A Mere Bump in the Road for Assad
John McLaughlin
,
Ozy
Iran's Real Enemy in Syria
Karim Sadjadpour
,
The Atlantic
A Voyage Along Trump’s Wall
Nick Paumgarten
,
New Yorker
Breaking the Turkey–U.S. Deadlock in Syria
Galip Dalay
,
German Marshall Fund
Iran, the Palestinians’ Seductive Ally
Jed Babbin
,
Washington Times
Thursday, April 19
The Collapse of the 'Chinese Collapse' Theory
Richard McGregor
,
Lowy Institute
The U.S. Launches Diplomacy With North Korea
Robin Wright
,
New Yorker
All of France Is Fighting Over the Legacy of 1968
Robert Zaretsky
,
Foreign Policy
Erdogan Springs an Election Surprise
Zia Weise
,
Politico EU
More Bad News For Turkey's EU Accession Bid
Amberin Zaman
,
Al Monitor
America’s Fling With the Kurds Could Split Turkey and NATO
Mark Perry
,
TAC
U.S.-Cuban Relations Are About to Get Worse
Ted Piccone
,
Brookings Institution
A Castro in All But Name?
Brian Latell
,
Politico
Jeremy Corbyn Is Simply Unfit to Be Prime Minister
M. D'Ancona
,
Evening Standard
Can Dirt Save the Earth?
Moises Velasquez-Manoff
,
New York Times
A Norm in Crisis: The Implications of Chem Weapon Use
Natasha Lander
, RC
Defense
We Must Preserve the Century-Old Taboo on Chemical Weapons
Beaumont
,
G'dian
The International Order Can Be Rescinded
Isabel Hull
,
London Review of Books
A Gift For Israel's Birthday
Barbara Kay
,
National Post
Make Mali About Peacekeeping, Not Politics
Lewis Mackenzie
,
Globe and Mail
Meet the EU's Next Member State: Montenegro
Dimitar Bechev
,
Al Jazeera
Friday, April 20
The Axis of Autocracy That Threatens the U.S.
Hal Brands
,
Bloomberg View
The West’s Crisis of Confidence
Carl Bildt
,
Project Syndicate
Kim Jong Un Has His Own Max Pressure Strategy
Jung Pak
,
Brookings Institution
History's Perspective on the Panama Canal Treaties
Jay Hakes
,
RealClearWorld
My Name Is Matthew and I Am a Globalist
Matthew Rooney
,
RealClearWorld
Macron and the Federalists Are Losing Europe's Battle of Ideas
Kai Weiss
,
CapX
What Next For the Commonwealth?
James Landale
,
BBC
The Queen’s Favorite Club
H Kumarasingham
,
Chatham House
Is Russia Sponsoring Terrorism?
Cory Gardner
,
New York Times
As Missiles Fly, a Look at Israel's Iron Dome Interceptor
M.
Armstrong
,
Conversation
How Jim Mattis Became Trump’s Last Man Standing
Susan Glasser
,
New Yorker
The Windrush Scandal Is No Anomaly
Sadiq Khan
,
Independent
Dear Assad Apologists: Your Hero Is a War Criminal
Mehdi Hasan
,
The Intercept
Why Tillerson Failed
Daniel Larison
,
The American Conservative
The 'Vancouver Model' of Transnational Crime
Sam Cooper
,
Global News
EU Court Expert Refuses to Give Kit Kat a Break
Simon Marks
,
Politico EU
Saturday, April 21
The Changing Face of Germany
Der Spiegel
Germany’s Deportation Dilemma
Anchal Vohra
,
Berlin Policy Journal
For Brexit's Sake, Fix Immigration System
Oliver Wiseman
,
CapX
What the Windrush Saga Exposes About Britain
Abdulrazak Gurnah
,
Financial Times
A Chinese Occupation in Tahiti
Anne-Marie Brady
,
The Diplomat
Trump’s Incredibly Risky Taiwan Policy
J. Stapleton Roy
,
China File
Myanmar - Time For a Legal Reckoning
Laetitia van den Assum
,
Nikkei Asian Review
U.S. Syria Effort Hinges on Unreliable Egypt
Jack Detsch
,
Al Monitor
Late Soviet Counterculture and New Russian Globalism
Maria Engstrom
,
Riddle
Emmanuel Macron’s Critique of Pure Liberalism
Paul Zajac
&
Benjamin Haddad
,
FP
Elections, A Favorite Prop For Strongmen
Amro Ali
,
Worldcrunch
Mission Accomplished? Whose Mission?
Andrew Bacevich
,
Boston Globe