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How Obama Lost Friends in Europe and Influence Globally -- Patrick Smith, Fiscal Times
Bad comes to worse in the Obama administration’s ties with Europe. Obama’s trans-Atlantic crisis is less dramatic than his other foreign policy failures: Syria, Egypt, the Mideast, China. But the implications of this debacle could prove profoundly significant—politically and diplomatically, for sure, but also by way of international trade and investment.
It is tempting to say President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry are simply an accident-prone duo given to pratfalls—burlesque on the way to slapstick—on the international stage. They are. It is tempting to say they inherited a set of policies and institutions with a forward inertia whose course no single administration can alter. They did.
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Commentaries. Opinions, And Editorials -- July 14, 2014
Angela Merkel Is Very Angry -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
In Baghdad, Shia Militias Strike As Much Fear As ISIS -- Benjamin Barthe, World Crunch
Is Iraq's Maliki taking a page out of Assad's playbook? -- Susannah George, Global Post
Get Ready for Kurdish Independence -- Zalmay Khalilzad, NYT
Further observations on the situation in Iraq -- Brian Michael Jenkins, The Hill
As Iraq's politicians fumble, Iran fears its own quagmire -- Scott Peterson, CSM
What the rise of ISIS means for other ISISes -- Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
Is U.S. throwing fuel on Middle East fire? -- Fareed Zakaria, CNN
Did Kerry just ditch America's vision for Afghanistan? -- Dan Murphy, CSM
Afghan runoff may lead to civil war -- M K Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
Brazil leader down but not out by World Cup loss -- Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Experts say there are few options available to #bringbackourgirls -- Lydia Tomkiw, CSM
Welcome to Free Kiev -- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
Despite Risk of Escalation, West and Russia Keep Ukraine Crisis Limited -- Richard Gowan, WPR
As Ukrainian forces advance, Putin plays a double game -- David Rohde, Reuters
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