Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 28, 2016

Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic: Brazil’s Deepening Political Crisis

The PMDB, Brazil’s largest political party, has left the ruling coalition, raising the odds President Dilma Rousseff will be impeached.

The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB), Brazil’s largest political party, has left the ruling coalition, raising the odds that President Dilma Rousseff will be impeached.

The centrist party’s decision to quit the government immediately, a step that was taken Tuesday at the party’s national leadership meeting in Brasilia, came a day after Tourism Minister Henrique Eduardo Alves, a PMDB leader, said he was resigning from Rousseff’s Cabinet.

David Fleischer, professor emeritus of politics at the University of Brasilia, told Bloomberg that PMDB’s departure may spur other coalition members to follow suit.

“The PMDB leaving is a big game change,” he told Bloomberg. “This makes her impeachment much more likely.”

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 28, 2016

Activating the Sleepers: Islamic State Adopts a New Strategy in Europe -- Christoph Reuter, Spiegel Online

The three powerful scholars fueling Islamic State’s hate -- Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters

Bolster US-Europe efforts against terror? Not so easy. -- Howard LaFranchi, CSM

Turkey Has Been Reckless, Repressive and Unreliable -- Jonathan Schanzer, NYT

Can Hezbollah withstand Saudis' wrath? -- Sami Nader, Al-Monitor

How to Convince China to Cooperate Against North Korea -- Doug Bandow, Hufffington Post

Pakistan is terror ground zero with nukes -- David Andelman, USA Today

EgyptAir hijacking raises security questions -- Holly Yan and Don Melvin, CNN

Three European crises, and no threads to connect them -- Doug Sanders, The Globe and Mail

How Russia is fortifying the Arctic -- Kyle Mizokami, The Week

For Europe, Trump rise comes at worst time -- Jeffrey Gedmin, Politico

Is it Time for America to Quit NATO? -- Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest

Trump or not, America is pulling back from the world -- Peter Apps, Reuters

The addiction tat could be the ruin of nations -- John McLaughlin, OZY

Negative interest rates put the global economy on a razor’s edge -- Satyajit Das, Marketwatch