Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 14, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 21, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Maysam Behravesh, Reuters: Why Trump’s ‘Arab NATO’ plan won’t curb Iran

The first round of what U.S. President Donald Trump called “the most biting sanctions ever imposed” against Tehran went into effect on August 7. “Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States,” Trump continued, in a tweet posted that morning. An even more damaging second round of U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic, reinstated after Washington pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, is expected to take effect in November.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 14, 2018

Why Taliban assault matters for Afghanistan and the U.S. -- New York Times

All hands on deck: the Caspian sails towards Eurasia integration -- Pepe Escobar, Asia Times

President Xi’s China Dream collides with the ‘Impossible Trinity’ -- Chris Taylor, Asia Times

China-U.S. Trade Spat Is Just a Start to the Economic Cold War -- Conor Sen, Bloomberg

North Korea Can Keep Its Nukes—But Only Under This Condition -- Grant Newsham, National Interest

Faced with disaster, Duterte falls from view -- Jason Castaneda, Asia Times

In the Middle East the Russians Aren’t Coming: They Are Back -- Chuck Freilich, National Interest

Erdoğan Tilts at Windmills as Lira’s Decline Continues -- Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic

Turkey lira crisis: Six things you need to know -- Al Jazeera

Russia wary to take sides in Libya as Hifter offers lucrative deals -- Kirill Semenov, Al-Monitor

Egypt: Five years since 'Rabaa massacre' -- Al Jazeera

War and fuel: Angela Merkel's headaches in Russia talks -- Ben Knight, DW

How the Islamic State caliphate was lost -- Shiraz Maher, New Statesman

The Real Reason Behind The Next Oil Squeeze -- David Messler, OilPrice.com

Why did Genoa's 'Brooklyn Bridge' collapse? -- DW

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