Week of June 17, 2019 Archives

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Monday, June 17
Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Hope For a Better China
Gideon Rachman, Fin. Times
Let’s Defend Hong Kong by Backing Taiwan
Edward Lucas, Times of London
Taiwan Politics Helped Change Lam’s Mind
Alex Lo, SCMP
Iran Decides Its Best Defense Is Bravado
Reva Goujon, Stratfor Worldview
Taking on Tehran
Richard Haass, Project Syndicate
Ortega Survived Protests. But What About Economic Unrest?
Frida Ghitis, WPR
Why Libya Strains French-Italian Ties
Giorgio Cafiero, The New Arab
Hong Kong's Retreat Chips Away at Xi Jinping's Iron Image
Myers & Bradsher, NYT
Why This Time Was Different For Hong Kong
Nisha Gopalan & Matthew Brooker, BV
Democrats’ Hypocrisy on ‘Foreign Interference’
Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Trudeau Seems to Be Losing His Marbles
Colby Cosh, National Post
Will the Authoritarian Reflex Manifest in Canada?
Michael Adams et al, Globe and Mail
Why the Crusades Remain Fascinating
Jonathan Sumption, Spectator
Who Owns the Crusades?
Josephine Livingstone, New Republic
Tuesday, June 18
America Must Prepare for the Coming Chinese Empire
Robert Kaplan, Nat'l Interest
What if the U.S. Could Fight Only One War at a Time?
Hal Brands, Japan Times
Putin’s Economy Does Not Grow by Decree
Filipp Sterkin, Moscow Times
Australia Has a China Problem
Tony Walker, Sydney Morning Herald
Iran Seems Prepared for Major But Measured Escalation
Farzin Nadimi, Wash. Inst.
Washington and Tehran Seem Headed For a Blowup
Aaron David Miller, USA Today
Avigdor Liberman's Democratic Revolution
Ben-Dror Yemini, Ynet News
Why Israel Should Recognize Kosovo
Akri Çipa, Jerusalem Post
Hezbollah Isn’t Just in Beirut. It’s in New York, Too.
Matthew Levitt, Foreign Policy
Duque’s Call for National Unity May Be Destined to Fail
Sergio Guzmán, Amer. Quar.
Stop Pushing Iran Towards War
Daniel DePetris, Reason
Italy's Five Star Experiment Has Failed
Francesco Grillo, Guardian
Facebook's Plans For a Global Financial System
Mike Isaac & Nathaniel Popper, NYT
The EU’s Big Balkan Botch-Up
Andrew Gray & Jacopo Barigazzi, Politico EU
Wednesday, June 19
How Hong Kong Defied Xi Jinping
Tom Mitchell, Sue Lin-Wong & Nicolle Liu, FT
The Hong Kong Extradition Bill and China's Weakness
George Friedman, GPF
Can Xi's Visit to North Korea Facilitate U.S.-China Trade Talks?
A. Kumar Sen, AC
Big Brother Comes to Belgrade From Beijing
Bojan Stojkovski, Foreign Policy
Are We Ready For a Rare Earths Trade War?
Jeffrey Wilson, Lowy Interpreter
Staking a Claim in the Indo-Pacific
Girish Luthra, Indian Express
Great Expectations: ASEAN and the Indo-Pacific
Sophie Boisseau du Rocher, Diplomat
The Tragedy of Egypt's Mohamed Morsi
Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic
Explaining the Poverty of Germany’s Strategic Debate
Walter Haynes, WOTR
Why a No Deal Brexit Is Now Most Likely
Ivan Rogers, Spectator
The Fate of Japan, and Everyone Else
Robert Samuelson, Japan Times
The Tories' Brexit Zugzwang
Simon Wren-Lewis, New Statesman
Russia's Power Grid Is an Easy Target for U.S. Hacking
Leonid Bershidsky, B-View
Is It Too Late to Save Sudan's Revolution?
Richard Downie, World Politics Review
Thursday, June 20
It's Time for America to Break with Beijing
Gordon Chang, National Interest
Everything You Need To Know About China's Military
David Finkelstein, Proceedings
There Is no China Dream - Only a Nightmare
Teng Biao, Law and Liberty
The Pirates of Tehran
Bret Stephens, New York Times
Bret Stephens, Warmonger
Andrew Bacevich, The American Conservative
Trump Loses Patience and Interest in Venezuela: Officials
DeYoung & Dawsey, WP
Is It Time to Cut U.S. Losses in Venezuela?
Ted Galen Carpenter, RealClearWorld
G20 Osaka: Inside and Out
Matthew Goodman, CSIS
Blessing the Holy ICBMs
Robert Berls, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Erdogan Faces Consequences of Two Big Mistakes
Kadri Gursel, Al Monitor
Italy Struggles to Avert EU Isolation
Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli, Politico EU
Senators Get Classified Briefings on UFO Sightings
Bryan Bender, Politico
Sudden Success: Germany's Green Party Faces Serious Growing Pains
Spiegel
Why Blacklisting Huawei Could Backfire
Lorand Laskai, Foreign Affairs
Facebook's Libra May Spark a Currency War
Andy Mukherjee, Bloomberg View
Friday, June 21
The Evolution of the U.S. Navy
James Holmes, National Interest
U.S.-Iran: On a Collision Course For War?
Andrew England & Monavar Khalaj, Fin. Times
Turkey’s Hour of Nationalism
Svante Cornell, The American Interest
Mohamed Morsi: A Postscript
Jonathan Guyer, American Prospect
Germany on Edge as Neo-Nazis Target Mainstream Figures
Tobias Buck, FT
Here Comes Boris Johnson!
Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker
Why Istanbul Vote Is Critical to Erdogan's Hold on Power
Henri Barkey, The National
9 Questions About the U.S.-Iran Standoff
Alex Ward, Vox
Was Iran’s Downing of a U.S. Drone Really a ‘Mistake’?
Michael Rubin, National Review
Do You Go to War Over a Drone?
Rebecca Grant, Fox News
The U.S. Has Lots of Options With Iran
Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
A U.S. War on Iran? We Have Seen This All Before
Owen Jones, Guardian
Trump Is Right to Face Down Iran's Empty Threats
New York Post
How the Military Is Steering Iran Policy
Kathy Gilsinan, The Atlantic
We Dodged the Bullet of War with Iran, For Tonight
Daniel Larison, Amer. Conservative
Facebook Currency Will Help It Rule the World
Ed Conway, Times of London
Saturday, June 22
How to Name This Period in U.S. Foreign Policy?
Mara Karlin & John McLaughlin, GB
The Brexit Catch-22 Driving UK Politics Mad
Tom McTague, The Atlantic
A New Birth of Freedom
Larry Diamond, The American Interest
War-Averse Trump Looks For Off Ramp With Iran
Laura Rozen, Al Monitor
Trump Lived Up to His Promise This Week
Eric Boehm, Reason
The Slouch Toward War With Iran Is a Disgrace
Roger Cohen, New York Times
The Moment of Truth in Iran Crisis Is Here
Shay Khatiri, The Bulwark
Avigdor Liberman's Kingmaker Fantasy
Micah Levinson, Jerusalem Post
EU Leaders Fail to Choose EU Leaders
David Herszenhorn et al, Politico EU
In Georgia’s Parliament, One Russian Too Many
Amy Mackinnon, Foreign Policy
Facebook's Libra Is Part of a Welcome Trend
Diego Zuluaga, CapX
Four Reasons to Be Very Cautious About Libra
Iwa Salami, The Conversation


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