Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 26, 2016

Francisco Toro, VOX: How Venezuela’s socialist dream collapsed into a nightmare

Venezuela is in the midst of a stunning social, political, and economic collapse. The country of 30 million people is facing dire food and medicine shortages, frequent power outages, serious political unrest, the world’s highest inflation rate, rampant violent crime, and one of the world’s highest murder rates. Earlier this month, Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, declared a state of emergency.

In short, Venezuela has become the world’s most visibly failing state.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 26, 2016

Chávez’s little blue book -- The Economist

In Real Life, Venezuela Is a Ticking Time Bomb -- Samy Adghirni, Real Clear World

Venezuela No Longer Has Any Friends -- Luis Ferreira Alvarez, Ramenir

Harrowing scenes of Venezuela on the brink of collapse (Photo Gallery) -- Photos By Alejandro Cegarra. Writer Nick Miroff (Washington Post)

Why the Taliban's New Leader May Hinder Peace Talks in Afghanistan -- Newsweek/Reuters

Is Afghanistan Really a “Fanatically Corrupt” Country? -- Naveed Noormal, Huffington Post

Afghanistan after the election of the new Taliban leader -- Ahmad Masoud, Asia Times

Why I think we failed Yemen -- Farea Al-Muslimi, Al Jazeera

Will ISIS and al-Qaida Always Be Rivals? -- Daniel Byman, Slate

President Xi’s Land Mine of Debt Is About to Explode -- Jonathan Russo, Observer

War College podcast: Will there be war in the South China Sea? -- Jason Fields, Reuters

Putin For Life? -- Paul Roderick Gregory, Forbes

Savchenko’s return heralds new turmoil in Ukraine -- Vladimir Isachenkov, AP

Just enough Greek debt relief to keep IMF on board -- Pierre Briancon, Politico

Here's what really went wrong with Brazil's economy -- Peter Hakim, Reuters

Canada: As Oil Boom Ends, an Economy Stalls -- David Scanlan, Bloomberg