Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 12, 2018

More Than Half of Britons Still Disapprove of European Union LeadershipU.S. Global Investors

Frank Holmes, Forbes: No One Ever Said Brexit Was Going to Be Easy

If you followed some of my posts from two years ago, you might recall that I was in favor of Brexit. I still am. One of British voters’ main grievances was the heavy burden of European Union (EU) regulations, many of which are decided by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels. Altogether, these regulations cost U.K. businesses an estimated 33.3 billion pounds every year. Voters should have the right to decide whether to abide by these rules, which hamper business, or choose a different path.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 12, 2018

How May won over the waverers to survive leadership challenge -- Jessica Elgot, The Guardian

Intel: How Yemen talks may deepen US-EU divide over Iran -- Al-Monitor

The US & China: A Colder Peace or Thucydides’ Trap? -- James Kitfield, Braking Defense

The War on Huawei -- Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project Syndicate

China’s 'Tantrum Diplomacy' and Huawei -- Elliott Zaagman, RCW/Interpreter

Analysis: China plays hardball with ex-diplomat’s seizure -- Christopher Bodeen, AP

Canada is caught in the middle of a China-U.S. tech war -- Paul Evans, The Globe and Mail

Huawei Case Will Split Nations Between U.S. and China -- Mohamed A. El-Erian, Bloomberg

Meng arrest and Huawei claims illustrate China’s high-tech dilemma -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times

The Afghan government should not be sidelined in peace talks -- Safiullah Taye, Al Jazeera

A Path Forward in Afghanistan -- Bharath Gopalaswamy, Atlantic Council

Kim Jong Un a likely no-show in South Korea -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

France’s Macron caught between protests, Strasbourg attack -- Sylvie Corbet, AP

Is France's deradicalization strategy missing the point? -- Lisa Louis, DW

Putin's hypocrisy on human rights -- Miodrag Soric, DW

U.S. Killing by Drone: Continuity and Escalation -- Simon Frankel Pratt, The Interpreter

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