Week of October 7, 2019 Archives

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Monday, October 7
'Oikophobia': Our Western Self-Hatred
Benedict Beckeld, Quillette
Beijing Will Have Its Revenge on Hong Kong
Jamil Anderlini, Financial Times
Israel Worried Iran Might Attack Soon
Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor
Khan Threatens Nuclear Jihad Over Kashmir
Shak Hill, Washington Times
Xi’s Embrace of False History
The Economist
Ukraine Could Have Prevailed in Donbas
Illia Ponomarenko, Kyiv Post
Will Trump's Parting Gift Be a Nuclear Iran?
Amitai Etzioni, National Interest
Why U.S.-North Korea Talks in Sweden Fell Apart
Chad O'Carroll, NK News
If Elites Ignore Populist Outcries, They’ll Keep Being Surprised
J. Fund, NRO
Pompeo May Be Worst Modern Secretary of State
A.Miller & R. Sokolsky, CNN
How Taiwan Is Decreasing Its Reliance on China
Humphrey Hawksley, Nikkei
No Trust In Self, No Money For Defense
Jan Techau, The American Interest
What USTR and Boeing Want From Europe to End the Tariffs
L. Thompson, Forbes
The Rise of China's Soft Power and India's Response
Abhishek Kumar Sushil, DKODING
US Troops Start Pullout From Along Turkey's Syria Border
Bassem Mroue, AP
China's PLA: new weapons, new approaches
Henry Boyd & Meia Nouwens, IISS
Algeria's Standoff Between Protesters and the Regime
Gregory Aftandilian, LobeLog
Tuesday, October 8
Putin’s Russia Is a Middle Eastern Country
Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
UK’s Johnson Tells Merkel a Brexit Deal Is ‘Essentially’ Impossible
Bloomberg
The New Potemkin Village: Russia in the Far East
Stephen Blank, Eurasia Daily Monitor
Colin Powell’s Trump Problem
Binoy Kampmark, International Policy Digest
Hong Kong Could Be at ‘Tipping Point’
Helen Regan, CNN
You’re Supposed to ‘Completely Blindside’ the Enemy, Not the Pentagon
NatRev
Poland’s Parliamentary Elections and a Looming Hungarian Scenario
DGAP
With Friends Like the U.S.
Editorial Board, Wall Street Journal
Iran’s Novel Strategy to Sustain Proxy Conflicts in the Middle East
A. Narloch, SWJ
The Decline of U.S. Global Leadership: Power Without Authority
The Interpreter
U.S. Blacklists 28 Chinese Entities in Trade War Escalation
Financial Times
Ukraine's Geopolitical Importance Is Getting Lost
James Stavridis, Bloomberg
The Over-Hyphenation of ‘China–Russia’
Raffaello Pantucci, RUSI
Angry Iraqis Demand New Government
Pesha Magid, Foreign Policy
We Can Do Better in Afghanistan. Here’s How.
Shane Szarkowski, Diplomatic Courier
EU Foreign Policy Chief: 'Must Continue to Defend Two-state Solution'
Haaretz
Have Iran, U.S. Slammed Door on Nuclear Negotiations?
Saeid Jafari, Al-Monitor
Wednesday, October 9
The World’s Next Factory Won’t Be in South Asia
Irene Yuan Sun, Bloomberg
Smoke Signals in the Next Middle East War
Seth Franzman, Tablet Magazine
Why Is Anti-Chinese Sentiment on the Rise in Central Asia?
A.U. Kyzy, The Diplomat
Trump and Tehran Shake Up the Middle East
Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times
Russian Mercenaries Join the Battle for Tripoli
Roger McDermott, Eurasia Daily Monitor
A New Alliance to Nowhere
Jakub Grygiel, The American Interest
Turkey Readies Major Attack on Northeast Syria
Lara Seligman, Foreign Policy
Chinese Destroyer Sets Sail for Japan for Multinational Fleet Review
SCMP
Poland Election: The Unfinished Counter-Revolution
James Shotter & Agata Majos, FT
Russia And The West: Towards Normalization?
Chris Cheang, Eurasia Review
The Pains of a Prolonged U.S.–China Trade War
Yuhan Zhang, East Asia Forum
Trump’s Muddled Syria Policy: More War in the Middle East
Robin Wright, New Yorker
Russia’s Opposition Movements
International Institute for Strategic Studies
Europe’s Old Universities Spin Out New Tech Companies
Daniel Michaels, WSJ
Al-Qaeda’s South Asia Chief Killed in Afghanistan
Al Jazeera
European Allies in US Multi-Domain Operations
Jack Watling, RUSI
Progress Seen in French Initiative for U.S.-Iran Talks
Laura Rozen, Al-Monitor
Thursday, October 10
EU Issues Ultimatum to Johnson on Brexit Plan
George Parker, et al., Financial Times
A Synagogue Attack Shocks Germany. But Why?
Anna Sauerbrey, New York Times
Command of Space, Command of the Sea
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Russian Spetsnaz in Norway: ‘Fake News’ Versus Facts
Sergey Sukhankin, EDM
Africa May Have 90% of the World’s Poor in Next 10 Years
P. Naidoo, Bloomberg
ISIS Fight Paused As Turkey Invades Northern Syria
Jack Detsch, Al-Monitor
Europe, Old and New
Jarosław Kuisz & Karolina Wigura, Berlin Policy Journal
Austria: The Successful Populist
Tessa Szyszkowitz, RUSI
The Future of European Populism
Alessandra Bocchi, Washington Examiner
The History Behind Nigeria and South Africa’s Turbulent Relationship
Quartz
E.U. Warns Against 5G Firms From ‘Hostile’ Powers
Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times
Is Macron Europe’s New Foreign Policy Leader?
Judy Dempsey, Carnegie Europe
One in the AI: America Blacklists China’s Best AI Firms
The Economist
Revisiting Iraq in the Shadow of Syria
Joshua Rovner, War on the Rocks
Southeast Asia Moves From World’s Factory to Regional Powerhouse
Nikkei AR
Fears Grow That U.S.-China Trade Talks Will Fizzle Out
Jimmy Yee, Asia Times
Afghan Elections: Impressions From Polling Day
S. Bose & N. Motwani, The Interpreter
Friday, October 11
Europe Is Dangerously Unprepared for a World Without a U.S. Policeman
Telegr.
Britain's Stealth Tempest Fighter Is Coming to Dethrone The F-35
S. Roblin, TNI
Mackinder's Nightmare
Colin Dueck, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Russia Might Decide Aggression Is Worth Risking
Patrick J. Allen, Financial Times
The World Economy’s Strange New Rules
The Economist
Taiwan’s Tsai: China’s ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Model Has Failed
Nikkei AR
Turkey Has Multiphase Game Plan for Syria Operation
Metin Gurcan, Al-Monitor
Europe ‘Lacks Leverage’ Over Turkey Amid Erdogan Migrant Threat
France 24
Norway’s Increased Military Budget Omits NATO Missile Defense System
UPI
Oil Prices Climb After Iranian Tanker Damaged in Possible Strike
David Hodari, WSJ
Now is Not the Time for a FONOP in the Arctic
David Auerswald, War on the Rocks
Turkey Bombards Syrian Kurdish Militia, Thousands Flee
Daren Butler, Reuters
The U.S. and Iran: A Way Out of the Impasse?
Mahsa Rouhi, IISS
Russia Exports Its Missile Early-Warning Knowhow to China
Pavel Felgenhauer, EDM
Southeast Asia in the Throes of U.S.-China Rivalry
Jonathan Stromseth, Brookings
Taliban: From Pariah to Diplomatic Reception
Daud Khattak, The Diplomat
North Korea Threatens to Resume Nuke, Long-Range Missile Tests
 Korea Herald
Saturday, October 12
The Consequences of a Mad King
Jay Weiser, The American Interest
China’s Stealth Drones and Hypersonic Missiles Surpass the U.S.
S. Roblin, NBC
For Eastern Europe, Brussels Is the New Moscow
Jérémie Gallon, Foreign Policy
A Tale of Two Polands
Dariusz Kalan, Foreign Policy
Regional Order in Post-Soviet Europe and Eurasia
RAND Corporation
China and Southeast Asia: Lessons From the Past
Donald Greenlees, The Strategist
Turkey Attacks U.S. Special Forces in Syria, Apparently by Mistake
Newsweek
Is Erdogan Resettlement Plan for Syrian Refugees Really Viable?
Al-Monitor
India’s National Security Challenges
Shantanu Roy-Chaudhury, Small Wars Journal
A Mini-Truce Between America and China
The Economist
The Free World at 30
Roger Cohen, New York Times
Russia’s Africa Summit Is the Latest Step in Its Resurgence
Joe Penney, Quartz


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