Week of August 20, 2018 Archives

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Monday, August 20
America's Anxiety of Influence
Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
The Unintended Consequences of U.S. Disengagement
David Ignatius, Wash. Post
China Dismantling of CIA Ring Shows Dystopian Surveillance State
Trevithick, TWZ
Poll: Nearly Half of Russians Ignorant of '68 Czechoslovakia Invasion
Andrew Roth, Guardian
Sanctions on Russia's Oil and Gas Sector: Damage Assessment
T. Mitrova, Car.Mos.
An Unprecedented Test For Erdogan Regime
Christiane Schlötzer, Worldcrunch
Western Admirers of Strongmen Are in For a Rude Awakening
D. Lawson, The Times
Theresa May’s Exit Strategy
Katy Balls, Spectator
Against Identity Politics
Francis Fukuyama, Foreign Affairs
South Korea: The Fear of China's Shadow
Bryan Harris, Financial Times
A Nuclear Armed Germany Would Be a Mistake
Tobias Fella, National Interest
It's Not Too Late to Ditch Qatar 2022
Gawain Towler, CapX
U.S. Outsources Syria Aid to Gulf
Bryant Harris, Al Monitor
China’s $60 Billion Tariff Announcement
Chad Bown, Zhiyao Lu & Jeffrey Schott, PIIE
Botched CIA Comms Helped Blow Cover of Chinese Agents
Zach Dorfman, Foreign Policy
Tuesday, August 21
The Rise and Fall of Soft Power
Eric Li, Foreign Policy
Soviet Collapse Echoes in China's Belt and Road
David Fickling, Bloomberg
It Can Get Even Worse For Venezuela's Oil Industry
Lisa Viscidi & Nate Graham, WPR
Will South Africa Follow the Path of Zimbabwe?
John Fund, National Review
How Civil Society Resists State Capture
Ivor Chipkin & Mark Swilling, Mail and Guardian
Why Is the U.S. War in Afghanistan Still Going?
Tanisha Fazal & Sarah Kreps, For. Affairs
The Life and Extraordinary Satires of Vladimir Voinovich
Cathy Young, Weekly Standard
Fixing Pakistan’s Financial Woes
Atif Mian, Dawn
Swedish Nationalists Tabbed For Huge Gains Next Month
Rick Moran, PJ Media
'Nativism' and the Upcoming Swedish and Bavarian Elections
B. Stokes, EU Observer
Measuring Turkish Contagion Risk For Emerging Markets
Schmieding & Hesse, Glob.
Hopefully, Turkey Won't Trigger a Global Economic Calamity
Desmond Lachman, The Hill
A Massacre of Innocents in Yemen
Daniel Larison, The American Conservative
Forgotten Memories of Libya's Vibrant Jewish Community
Eness Elias, Haaretz
A Right-Wing Maverick Lights Up Brazil's Presidential Campaign
Joe Leahy, FT
Wednesday, August 22
Planning For a New World Order
Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, Handelsblatt
Was the Pre-Trump World Normal or Abnormal?
Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Could Trade War Lead to the Real Thing?
Kevin Rudd, Bloomberg View
How 'We' Got Turkey Wrong. (And China, Russia...)
Leon Hadar, Spectator
Space Force, Done Right, Will Move U.S. Ahead
James Jay Carafano, Heritage
Kofi Annan’s Unaccountable Legacy
Philip Gourevitch, New Yorker
Kofi Annan, the Peacemaker Who Could Play Big-Power Politics
R. Gowan, WPR
Can Amsterdam Save Itself From Tourism?
Der Spiegel
In Greece, the EU’s Legacy of Immiseration
James Galbraith, The Atlantic
Don't Celebrate Greece's Bailout Exit Just Yet
Paul Wallace, Reuters
The Ukrainian Military: From Degradation to Renewal
Denys Kiryukhin, FPRI
The Great Fiscal Lever: Italy's Economic Obsession
Alessio Terzi, Bruegel
Turkey’s Losing Economic War
Ayla Jean Yackley, Foreign Policy
Israel-Hamas Talks Isolate Abbas
Ben Caspit, Al Monitor
Latvia’s Money-Laundering Mud Fight
Bjarke Smith-Meyer, Politico EU
Thursday, August 23
Venezuela: When Money Dies
Jason Mitchell, Spectator
Maduro Tries to Stop a Train With a Cardboard Wall
Julio César Alonso, Worldcrunch
The Violence Against Christians in India
M. Sudhir Selvaraj, Diplomat
What Xi Jinping Sees in Kim Jong Un
Adam Cathcart, NK News
Is This Daniel Ortega's Last Stand?
Jude Webber, Financial Times
Why My Work Was Targeted by Russian Hackers
Ben Judah, The Atlantic
Iraq, Lebanon Must Choose Between Voters’ Will and Iran
B. Alamuddin, Arab News
Leaving Labour: Why a Party Split Is Now Inevitable
Stephen Bush, New Statesman
How Will Britain's Departure Change the EU Landscape?
Henry Newman, Cons. Home
Merkel Quashes Foreign Minister’s (Anti) American Dream
M. Karnitschnig, Pol. EU
Venezuelans Grapple With Maduro's Baffling Econ. Plan
A. Rosati and F. Zerpa, B'berg
Australia Considers Discarding PM. Why?
Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning Herald
Losing Wars by 'Winning'
Anthony Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies
A Major Hurdle in Trade Talks: Different Rules
Wendy Wu, SCMP
Why Is Anti-Semitism Returning to Germany?
Mark Leonard, Handelsblatt
Friday, August 24
Australian Democracy Is Now an Even Bigger Laughing Stock
Peter Hartcher, SMH
How Far We've Fallen Since the Triumph of 1989
Edward Lucas, Times of London
Kabila Is Still a Threat to Congo and the World
James Glassman, RealClearWorld
Three Cheers For Trump’s Foreign Policy
Randall Schweller, Foreign Affairs
The Death of the Nation-State Was Greatly Exaggerated
Geoffrey Aronson, TAC
In Syria, an Ugly Peace Is Better Than More War
Jimmy Carter, New York Times
Moon Jae-in's Mistaken Rush to Unify
Gordon Chang, National Interest
Sweden's Center-Left Faces a 100-Year Political Storm
Richard Milne, Financial Times
Latin America's Fragile Open Door For Venezuelan Refugees
Gedan & Saldías, FP
Ex-FARC Mafia Alliances Fuel Colombia Criminal Shakeup
Asmann & Bargent, ICrime
Brutal Diplomacy: El Salvador's Recognition of the PRC
Evan Ellis, Global Americans
How Washington's Two-Track Policy Plays Out in South America
Frida Ghitis, WPR
In Morocco, a Draft to Dodge Radicalization
Allison Fedirka, Geopolitical Futures
Why Australia Can't Keep a Prime Minister in Power
David Fickling, Bloomberg View
How Australian Politics Were Broken
Jewel Topsfield & Latika Bourke, Canberra Times
The Bombs of August
Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Saturday, August 25
America Needs the Muhammad Ali Doctrine
Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy
Exit Turnbull, Enter ScoMo
Paddy Manning, The Monthly
Is It Time For Peace With India's Maoists?
Prakash Singh, Indian Express
Mike Pompeo Faces Moment of Truth on North Korea
Josh Rogin, Washington Post
How Turkey Dumbed Itself Down
Durmus Yilmaz & Selim Sazak, Foreign Policy
As Pope Francis Arrives, the Anger in Ireland is Palpable
Una Mullally, CNN
Britain Needs a Multipronged Assault on 'S###-Life' Syndrome
Will Hutton, G'dian
Hocus Pocus Economics in Venezuela
The Economist
CIA's Kremlin Sources Go Quiet
Julian Barnes & Matthew Rosenberg, New York Times
South Korea: The Fear of China’s Shadow
Bryan Harris, Financial Times
How Daniel Ortega Became a Tyrant
Gioconda Belli, Foreign Affairs
How Greece Will Feel the Scars of Austerity Long After Bailout
Y. Baboulias, NS


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