Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 28, 2015



Kartikay Mehrotra/Unni Krishnan/Tom Lasseter, Bloomberg: Nobody Knows Just How Bad Things Are in Nepal

Down a side street in Kathmandu, Sumit Balang watched a bulldozer rummage through bricks, concrete chunks and other pieces of a four-story apartment building left in ruins after an earthquake on Saturday.

Somewhere in there was his brother. Balang’s eyes followed the slow excavation on Tuesday morning before he showed a text message he received the previous night from his older sibling, Amit: “I need food and help.” Maybe Amit Balang, 33, was still alive. Maybe he wasn’t. It started to rain.

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 28, 2015

Quake-stunned Nepal still awaits food, tents, and clean water -- Bikash Sangraula, CSM

What Did Saudi Arabia Achieve in Yemen? -- Daniel DePetris, Defense One

A Time for Middle East Realism -- Christopher R. Hill, Project Syndicate

Nepal’s Economy Will Take Years to Recover From the Deadly Earthquake -- Charlie Campbell, Time

No Surprises in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan -- Paolo Sorbello and Daniyar Kosnazarov, The Diplomat

Oligarchs out, regional governments in? Ukraine eyes power reshuffle -- Fred Weir, CSM

Is the Ukraine Conflict a Victory or Defeat for Russia? -- Alexander Golts, Moscow Times

Debt Crisis: Greek President Promises Repayment of all Debt -- Giorgos Christides, David Böcking and Roland Nelles, Spiegel Online

The Tiny Italian Town Killing the U.S. Navy’s Surveillance Plans -- Barbie Latza Nadeau, Daily Beast

Baltimore's Nightmare -- Bloomberg editorial

Here’s Everything You Want to Know About Tuesday’s U.S. - Japan State Dinner -- Maya Rhodan, Time

The world looks like it’s getting worse. Here’s why it’s not. -- John Stackhouse, Reuters

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