Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 2, 2017

The U.S. Capitol Building is lit at sunset in Washington, U.S., December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Albert Hunt, Bloomberg: Republicans Face a Dangerous First 100 Days

Buckle up. The next 100 days in Washington will be tumultuous.

Donald Trump and leading Republicans plan to overwhelm the 115th Congress, which convenes Tuesday, with a mind-numbing array of changes. By the end of April, they hope to have confirmed a new Supreme Court justice, cleared a huge infrastructure measure, and be well on the way to enacting big and permanent tax cuts along with sharp cutbacks in spending on domestic programs affecting the poor. They may throw in some education reform and immigration crackdowns.

On his first day in office, Trump is expected to issue sweeping executive orders that undo many of the actions taken by President Barack Obama on issues such as the environment and immigration.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 2, 2017

2017 to be year of massive change in Washington -- W. James Antle III, Washington Examiner

The new world order, 2017 -- Robert J. Samuelson, Washington Post

U.S. Intelligence Got the Wrong Cyber Bear -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

On Russia hacks, it's jump-to-conclusions vs. wait-and-see -- Byron York, Washington Examiner

Obama puts Trump on the spot with Russia sanctions -- Frida Ghitis, CNN

Newsflash: Russia Is Not the Soviet Union -- Doug Bandow, National Interest

Putin’s Real Long Game -- Molly K. McKew, Politico

A lesson in score-settling from Putin -- Washington Times

ISIS Ends Its Separate Peace With Turkey -- Graeme Wood, The Atlantic

Istanbul attack: Turkey must end blame game and look for solutions -- Soner Cagaptay, CNN

International oil companies pull out of Kurdistan -- Dilshad Abdullah, Al-Monitor

East Asia in 2017: On land and sea, a year of building power bases -- Michael Holtz, Christian Science Monitor

We Need to Talk: The Past, Present, and Future of US Nuclear Weapons Policy -- Francis J. Gavin, War on the Rocks

Donald Trump’s new arms race -- Jed Babbin, Washington Times

Not-so-secret intelligence: The tapping of central banks -- Reuven Brenner, Asia Times