Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 6, 2016

Michel Temer, Brazil’s interim president, at an inauguration ceremony for the minister of transparency on Thursday. Credit Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters

New York Times editorial: Brazil’s Gold Medal for Corruption

Michel Temer, Brazil’s interim president, displayed poor judgment on his first day in office last month when he appointed an all-white, all-male cabinet. This understandably angered many in racially diverse Brazil.

Their outrage was compounded by the fact that seven of the new ministers had been tainted by a corruption scandal and investigation that have shaken Brazilian politics. The appointments added to the suspicion that the temporary ouster of President Dilma Rousseff last month over allegations that she resorted to unlawful budget-balancing tricks had an ulterior motive: to make the investigation go away. Earlier this year, Ms. Rousseff said that allowing the inquiry into kickbacks at Petrobras, the state oil company, to run its course would be healthy for Brazil in the long run.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 6, 2016

How Ahrar Al-Ssham Has Come To Define The Kaleidoscope Of The Syrian Civil War -- Sam Heller, War On The Rocks

Will The Battle For Fallujah Heal Or Exacerbate Iraq's Sectarianism? -- David Patrikarakos, RFE

Could the defeat of ISIS turn to pyrrhic victory? -- Hisham Melhem, Al Arabiya

Turkey's Foreign Policy: From 'Zero Problems' To 'Nothing But Problems' -- Abbas Djavadi, RFE

Two Weeks in January: America's secret engagement with Khomeini -- Kambiz Fattahi, BBC

Does Iran Have The Upper Hand In OPEC Oil War -- Rakesh Upadhyay, OilPrice.com

The ‘Story’ of the Iran Deal Is Coming Back to Bite the Democrats -- Ciro Scotti, Fiscal Times

New dawn for Philippine-China relations? -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Al Jazeera

The Shadow Looming Over China -- Christopher Balding, Bloomberg

President Hollande is taking on French strikers – and he's winning -- John Lichfield, The Independent

Brazil’s sale of the century -- Kenneth Rapoza, Boston Globe

The Anti-Incumbency Wave Is Changing the Politics of Latin America -- Time

Trump and the World: What Could Actually Go Wrong -- Ian Bremmer, Politico

Is Canada ready for a world awash in $0 oil? -- Doug Sanders, The Globe and Mail

How to Lose $4.5 Billion Overnight -- Noah Smith, Bloomberg