Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 15, 2016

Jared Malsin, Time: The Fate of Two Deserted Islands Has Egyptians Taking to the Streets Again

Egyptians in Cairo and Alexandria protested the handover of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia, a sign of new pressure on President Sisi.

Protesters in Egypt defied police on Friday staging some of the largest demonstrations in the country in more than a year in order to denounce the government’s decision to hand control of two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia. The protests follow a long period in which major demonstrations had vanished from the central districts of Cairo and Alexandria, ever since a military takeover in 2013 set in motion a lethal crackdown on political opposition and a law that outlawed almost all such gatherings. The scale of today’s demonstrations underscore signs of growing public discontent with the regime of the current president, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 15, 2016

Learning to Love the Unlovable Saudis -- Michael Rubin, Newsweek

Does the Muslim world have the leaders it needs? -- Inside Story/Al Jazeera

Jokes About Erdogan Aren't Funny in Germany -- Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic

Why China’s latest power play may roil Russia -- Peter Marino, Reuters

The U.S. and the Philippines: Shoulder to Shoulder in the South China Sea -- Will Edwards, The Cipher Briefs

After missile failure, higher possibility of North Korea nuclear test -- Jack Kim and David Brunnstrom, Reuters

Britain and the US failed Libya once. It cannot happen again -- Independent editorial

Will Iceland Fall to Pirates? -- Scott B. MacDonald, National Interest

In Ukraine, Expats and Romantics Are Out -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

Who was pulling the strings when Ukraine unraveled? -- Jason Fields, Reuters

French youth are ‘Up All Night’ to get … something -- Nicholas Vinocur, Politico

How Brazil, the darling of the developing world, came undone -- Nick Miroff and Dom Phillips, Washington Post

Hillary Clinton Defends Her Role in Libya (Video) -- CNN

A U.S. Military Equal to the Threat -- Max Boot, Commentary

In a changing US Army, turbans and hijabs -- Anna Mulrine, CSM

Were the Panama Papers Planted? Who Cares. -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg