Week of January 7, 2019 Archives

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Monday, January 7
Russia's Foreign Policy Goals Haven't Changed Since 1991
D. Gorenburg, PONARS-E
Is Taiwan's Military Really Ready to Take on China?
James Holmes, National Interest
India’s Options and the Pashtun Factor in Afghanistan
Mohammed Ayoob, The Hindu
Putin’s Semi-Free Press Problem
Nina Krushcheva, Project Syndicate
Canada's Complacency Is an Economic Danger
Conrad Black, National Post
Why Africa Loves China
Mehari Taddele Maru, Al Jazeera
Brazil Finds More Than a Friend in Israel
Allison Fedirka, Geopolitical Futures
The Elusive Quest For Peace Between Turks and Kurds
Dilan Okcuoglu, Conversation
A Memo For Pompeo: Opportunities for the U.S. in 2019
Dan Runde, The Hill
Pivot to Democracy: How the Quad Can Find Its Purpose
Alyssa Ayres, War on the Rocks
Merkel’s Germany, a Generation after Reunification
George Will, National Review
Did U.S. Ambitions Lead to Russian Estrangement?
Joshua Shifrinson, Russia Matters
Will There Be Another Crash in 2019?
Felix Martin, New Statesman
Dangers of the Waiting Game on 2nd Scottish Referendum
L. Riddoch, Scotsman
James Mattis Wasn't Ready to Serve in a Democracy
Micah Zenko, Foreign Policy
Tarnishing a Developing-World Star
Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg View
Is the Ark of the Covenant in Ethiopia?
Melissa Twigg, Daily Beast
Tuesday, January 8
Shoring Up NATO Is in Europe’s Own Interest
Andrew Michta, The American Interest
Why the New Cold War Is Permanent
Robert Kaplan, Foreign Policy
The Folly of Supporting Lebanon's Military
Aaron Kliegman, Free Beacon
Why Saudi Arabia Is Embracing a New Nationalism
Stratfor
Populism Faces Its Darkest Hour
Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
36 Things India Has Done for Afghanistan
Krzysztof Iwanek, The Diplomat
The President Who Wants to Break Up His Own Country
Maxim Edwards, The Atlantic
US, China and Taiwan Start 2019 on the Wrong Foot
Alice Wu, SCMP
Enforce Monroe Doctrine on Russian Moves in Latin America
T. Carpenter, TNI
Trump's Latest Unreliable Ally in Syria
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
Will Egyptians Ever Accept Normalization With Israel?
George Mikhail, Al Monitor
The Woes of Pope Francis
Economist
On The Road To Europe: Morocco Cracks Down On Migrants
C. Bozonnet, Le Monde
Pompeo Heads to Mideast to Stress 'U.S. Not Going Anywhere'
Laura Rozen, Al-M
Burundi's Political Tensions Risk Devolving Into Ethnic Conflict
Julia Steers, WPR
Wednesday, January 9
Poland’s Transformation Is a Story Worth Telling
Jan Cienski, Politico EU
Trump's Mideast Strategy Is the Only One Worth Pursuing
Michael Doran, Mosaic
History Shows Syria's Strategic Importance
Michael Young, The National
Bolsonaro vs. Maduro: A Clash Foretold
Jorge Castañeda, New York Times
It’s Time to Think the Unthinkable on Brexit
Sam Gyimah MP, Spectator
It’s Business as Usual for U.S. Troops in Syria
Lara Seligman, Foreign Policy
Italy's Populist Revolution Is Gone in 480 Seconds
Ferdinando Giugliano, Bloom. View
Rethinking U.S. Primacy in East Asia
Paul Heer, National Interest
Top Ten Foreign Policy Trends in 2019
Mark Leonard & Jeremy Shapiro, ECFR
Democrats Draw Foreign Policy Battle Lines
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Financial Times
A Call to Redouble Asia's Fight For Transparency
Satyajit Das, Nikkei Asian Review
Holy Land for Sale
Dalia Hatuqa, Foreign Policy
The Corrupting Falsehoods of Trump’s Oval Office Speech
Eric Lach, New Yorker
Why a Border Wall Matters
Rep. Andy Biggs, Washington Times
Thanks to Immigrants, Panhandle Towns Are Booming
Bova & Collins, Texas Observer
Nancy Pelosi’s Immoral Border Stance
Katie Pavlich, The Hill
The One Word Trump Didn't Say
Josh Campbell, CNN
Transcript: U.S. President Donald Trump's speech on border
Thursday, January 10
Italy’s Writing on the Wall
Harold James, Project Syndicate
Greece's Great Hemorrhaging
Nikos Konstandaras, New York Times
Managing Russia's Dissolution
Janusz Bugajski, The Hill
Putin's Retirement Plan Depends on Belarus
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View
Gulf States Slowly Warm to Damascus
Giorgio Cafiero, Al Monitor
4 Years After Charlie Hebdo attacks, Satirists Bemoan Loss of Reason
France 24
What Nationalism Meant to the Philosopher Who Coined the Term
Zaretsky, Zócalo
North Korea Carries the Common Threads of Worst Dictatorships
L. Rothman, Time
Burkina Faso and the Looming Jihadist Threat to West Africa
J. Zenn, Jamestown
Netanyahu Is His Own Worst Enemy
Benny Avni, New York Post
Two Referenda
Yitzhak Klein, Jerusalem Post
Don't Count Out Tsai Ing-wen Just Yet
Hilton Yip, National Interest
Tsai Ing-wen’s battle to discipline the DPP
Charlie Lyons Jones, Lowy Interpreter
Congo's Voters Have Earned the World's Support
David Pilling, Financial Times
Germany Prepares for an Economic Downturn
Christian Reiermann, Der Spiegel
Friday, January 11
China and Taiwan's Dangerous Faceoff
Isabel Hilton, New Statesman
Xi's Meeting With Kim: What Trump Must Keep in Mind
Tom Rogan, Wash. Examiner
What Does Kim Jong Un Want From China?
Scott Snyder, Council on Foreign Relations
Iran's Next Supreme Leader Is Dead
Kevjn Lim, Foreign Policy
China-U.S. Negotiations Are a Lose-Lose for Europe
Alicia García-Herrero, Bruegel
Is India Becoming a Hindu Pakistan?
Mihir Sharma, Bloomberg View
DR Congo Election: A Mess, But One That Held Promise
Phyllis Taoua, Conversation
The New Old Populism
Sebastián Edwards, Project Syndicate
Europe, The Naive Power
Nicolas Barré, Worldcrunch
What's the Bottom Line for Brazil Under Bolsonaro?
Frida Ghitis, World Politics Review
Venezuela's Tyrant Gets Six More Years
Aaron Kliegman, Free Beacon
Thinking of Buying a Deserted Village in Spain? Hurry
Sandra López Letón, El Pais
In the Middle East, Is Trump the Anti-Obama or Obama 2.0?
Uri Friedman, Atlantic
Why the U.S. Should Bolster Latin American Investment
James Marks, RCWorld
If U.S. Backtracks in Syria, Iraq Hopes to Fill Its Shoes
Mustafa Saadoun, Al Monitor
Saturday, January 12
Can America Live With a Nuclear North Korea?
James Holmes, National Interest
China’s Perilous Taiwan Policy
Minxin Pei, Project Syndicate
The Yellow Vests and French State Security
Ronald Tiersky, RealClearWorld
The Belarusian President Won’t Go Down Without a Fight
Amy Mackinnon, FP
Guatemala Is on the Brink. Washington Should Take a Stand
Norma Torres, AQ
An Imperfect Victory for Democracy in Congo
Jason Stearns, New York Times
Trump, May and the Art of Political Brinkmanship
Tim Harford, Financial Times
What the Romans Did for London
Alex Burghart, Spectator
Spain’s Open Wounds
Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker


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