Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 13, 2017



Derek Stoffel, CBC News: Analysis: Trump's Jerusalem declaration: a gift to Israel, but price tag may be high

Political analysts say U.S. president could now ask Israel to make concessions in talks with Palestinians

Israeli leaders are still quietly celebrating (more on that later) President Donald Trump's declaration that the United States now recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and plans are now underway to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to the Holy City.

Some are asking, however, whether Trump's reversal of decades of U.S. foreign policy is yet another example of the president's tendency to shoot from the hip, or will the Israelis now have to pay a political price?

Trump's shift on Jerusalem — the issue long considered perhaps the most complex in any negotiations — is an attempt to shake things up after decades of failed efforts by his predecessors in the White House.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 13, 2017

Under Putin, Russia increases clout in the Middle East -- AP

Victory over Islamic State declared, worry is now guerrilla warfare -- Jonathon Gatehouse, CBC News

The Master of Chaos vs. the Iranian Nuclear Agreement -- John Nixon, The Cipher Brief

Tillerson Wants to Talk. But does Kim? And Does Trump? -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

Why South Korea again wants nukes of its own -- Franck Chen, Asia Times

Could Russia and Japan Finally Settle Their Island Dispute? -- Dave Majumdar, National Interest

China-Australia tensions break into the open -- Erin Cook, Asia Times

For India and China, Southeast Asia Is a Battleground -- Kamran Bokhari, Geopolitical Futures

17 Oligarchs Who Are Shaping Eastern Europe -- von Natalia Sergheev & Christian-Zsolt Varga, Ostpol

Russia’s reform will have to wait for Putin’s exit -- L. Todd Wood, The Washington Times

It's So Embarrassing When U.S. Clients Feud -- Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest

Destroyer of Worlds: Taking stock of our nuclear present -- Harper's Magazine

The Rise of the Global Cyberattack -- Tom Uren, The Strategist

Bitcoin Is a Bit of a Miracle at Any Price -- Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg

Bought Apple Stock in 1980? Held It? Don't Brag -- Joe Nocera, Bloomberg

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