Week of February 11, 2019 Archives

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Monday, February 11
How Venezuela Turns Its Useless Bank Notes Into Gold
Pons & Ramirez, Reuters
Hezbollah Is in Venezuela to Stay
Colin Clarke, Foreign Policy
Europe, Please Wake Up
George Soros, Project Syndicate
Europe Does Not Exist
Josef Joffe, Commentary
When Italy and France Fight, Europe Wins
Alberto Alemanno, Politico EU
The Tide Is Flowing Matteo Salvini’s Way
Tony Barber, Financial Times
Nigeria’s Election: What to Know
John Campbell, Council on Foreign Relations
The Iran Revolution at 40: From Theocracy to ‘Normality’
Thomas Erdbrink, NY Times
See the Iranian Revolution as Iranians Do
Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg View
Europe Is Determined to Save Iran Deal
François Nicoullaud with Kourosh Ziabari, L-Log
Russia’s Tango With Pakistan
Ume Farwa Azeemi, Asia Times
EU Diplomats Believe May Is Stalling For Time
Alberto Nardelli, BuzzFeed
Revisiting the Narrative About Hungary’s Relationship with Russia
L. Szabó, AC
It Will Take More Than Congress to Cure America’s War Addiction
G. Olsen, N-Rep.
How Should Countries Tackle Deepfakes?
Charlotte Stanton, Carnegie
Caught Between Two Extremisms
Mohammed Ayoob, The Hindu
Will Warsaw Summit Unite U.S., EU Against Iran?
Heidarali Masoudi, Al Monitor
Tuesday, February 12
3 Major Scenarios For Venezuela
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Where Is China’s Foreign Policy Headed?
Zha Daojiong et al, ChinaFile
Is Putin Losing Russia's Gas Monopoly?
Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes
Macron Is Going Full De Gaulle
Robert Zaretsky, Foreign Policy
13 Likely Steps to No-Deal Brexit
Robert Peston, Spectator
Brexit vs Grexit: The Six Stages of Losing to the EU
Thimios Tzallas, EU Observer
A United Ireland Looks Like a Growing Possibility
Caelainn Hogan, New Statesman
Debt Derangement Syndrome
J. Bradford DeLong, Project Syndicate
Japan Drafts a Delicate Approach to U.S. Trade Talks
Stratfor Worldview
Isaiah Berlin’s Two Concepts of Freedom
Maria Kasmirli, Aeon
Only Way Out of Brexit Mess Is to Extend Article 50
Gus O’Donnell, Evening Standard
Detonating the Canadian Government's 'Real Change' Brand
A. Kingston, Maclean's
What Does the EU Want?
Paul Goodman, Conservative Home
No-Deal Brexit Won't Lead to a Siege. The EU Will Be Clinical
Tom Kibasi, Guardian
The Shameful Scapegoating Of Africa Failure
Ellis Domenech, The Federalist
Angela Merkel Quits Facebook - And Raises Concerns
M. Amann et al, Spiegel
Wednesday, February 13
Taiwan's Balancing Act
Eric Heginbotham & Rajan Menon, National Interest
The EU May Have Just Put an End to Russia’s Pipeline Project
Alan Riley, Amer. Int.
‘Ostpolitik’ Breathes Its Last in the Nord Stream 2 Controversy
F. Studemann, FT
French Left Struggles to Find Unity for European Elections
Cécile Barbière, Euractiv
Should Brazil Just Abolish the Vice Presidency?
Brian Winter, Americas Quarterly
Cameroon Used to Welcome Refugees. Now It Forcibly Expels Them.
P. Obaji, FP
Global Spain vs. Catalan Separatists: The Ultimate PR Battle
Diego Torres, Pol. EU
Why Hun Sen Needs China Now More Than Ever
David Hutt, Asia Times
America's Effort to Isolate Iran Will Backfire
Trita Parsi, National Interest
With Autonomy, Southern Philippines' Rebels Must Learn to Govern
M. Hart, WPR
Why Venezuela’s Struggle For Freedom Has Iran’s Rulers Worried
Benny Avni, New York Post
China's Housing Glut Casts a Shadow Over the Economy
Kenji Kawase, Nikkei Asian Review
The Salafi-Jihadist Movement Is Winning
Katherine Zimmerman, RealClearWorld
Thursday, February 14
Iran's Grand Illusion Turns 40
Hamid Dabashi, Al Jazeera
Trump’s Trade Warrior Takes the Fight to Beijing
Edward Alden, Politico
How Venezuela Aligned the Western Hemisphere
Allison Fedirka, Geopolitical Futures
Global Poverty Over the Long Term: Legitimate Issues
Branko Milanovic, GP Journal
The Romantic Idea of a Plentiful Past Is Pure Fantasy
Marian L. Tupy, CapX
Syrian Refugee Skills: An Opportunity For Host Countries
Nataraj & Constant, RCW
Poland's Short-Sighted Military Dependence on the U.S.
Paul Taylor, Carnegie Europe
The INF Treaty, New START, and the Future of Strategic Stability
F. Rose, Brookings
Huawei and the Double Standards of the West
Peter Kammerer, SC Morning Post
Is Benny Gantz the Man Who Could Topple Netanyahu?
Anshel Pfeffer, Spectator
Hungary For More: Viktor Orbán’s New European Battles
Zsuzsanna Végh, ECFR
The State of Play in the Middle East as America Retreats
Paul Salem, World Today
Murder of Iraqi Novelist Stirs Fear, Outrage
Gilgamesh Nabeel, Al Monitor
Undefeated, ISIS Is Back in Iraq
Aziz Ahmad, New York Review of Books
The Self-Muzzling of the Free World
James Kirchick, Washington Examiner
Will a Scandal and a Crackdown Trip Up Macron?
Judah Grunstein, WP Review
Friday, February 15
How China Brings Us Together
David Brooks, New York Times
A Nuclear Arms Race Will Produce No Winners
Mikhail Gorbachev, Moscow Times
Iran: The Revolution That Shook the World
Michael Axworthy, New Statesman
Iran Needs a New Revolution
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
The Corbyn Crackup
Nick Cohen, Spectator
Will Yemen Be Trump's First Veto?
Curt Mills, National Interest
Why Are These Professional War Peddlers Still Around?
Tucker Carlson, Amer. Cons.
China's Peacekeepers: New Resources, New Values
Christoph Zuercher, Nikkei
Nigeria's Militarized Democracy Faces a Test at the Polls
Eromo Egbejule, Atlantic
How Can We Tax Footloose Multinationals?
Joseph Stiglitz, Project Syndicate
The Churchill Row and the Ravages of Fake History
Simon Jenkins, Guardian
Russia and Ukraine: A Lethal Codependency
Gleb Pavlovsky, Carnegie Moscow Center
Saturday, February 16
Iran’s Problems Go Beyond U.S. Hard Line
Clément Therme & Shifaa Alsairafi, WP Review
Churchill Would Have Relished Uproar Over His Legacy
Tony Barber, Financial Times
Munich or a Requiem for the West
Roger Cohen, New York Times
Germany’s Soldiers of Misfortune
Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico EU
Can Nigeria Overcome Its Troubled Electoral History?
Ini Dele-Adedeji, Conversation
Slouching Toward Secession in Nigeria
Oluwatosin Adeshokan, Foreign Policy
Trump's 'Emergency' Ripped Straight From the Dictator's Playbook
W. Rempel, LAT
Weaponizing Border Policy, Democrats Gamble With Lives
Beth Bailey, Federalist
Trump's Border Battle Is Just Beginning
Daniel McCarthy, National Interest


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