Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- July 28, 2017

Raza Rumi, DW: A 'judicial coup' against Pakistani PM Sharif

Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif has been disqualified by the country's top court in a corruption case. Analyst Raza Rumi says Sharif paid the price for his own mistakes as well as challenging army generals in the past.

In a dramatic but widely expected verdict, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has disqualified Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from public office. This decision practically ends the political career of Sharif who has enjoyed political power for more than three decades. The apex court has also disqualified Sharif's family members and his finance minister.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- July 28, 2017

What's next for Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif? -- Al Jazeera

Brace Yourselves for Iran Deal Repeal -- Fred Kaplan, Slate

Trump Is Determined to Blow Up the Iran Deal -- John Glaser, National Interest

Nuclear diplomacy: Can Trump isolate Iran without isolating US? -- Howard LaFranchi, CSM

The Middle East can’t be fixed by American military solutions -- Bonnie Kristian, Business Insider/Defense Priorities

Turkey needs new Syria plan as CIA ends rebel support -- Fehim Tastekin, Al-Monitor

Will the Kurds Get Their Independence Referendum? -- Seth J. Frantzman, National Interest

The inevitability of North Korea’s nuclear weapons -- Adam Taylor, Washington Post

Countries where North Korea makes money despite sanctions -- AP

Unchecked Migration Continues to Splinter Europe -- Andrew A. Michta, Carnegie Europe

The End of the Anglo-Saxon West? -- Timothy Garton Ash, Guardian

US sanctions expert: European concerns are exaggerated -- Roman Goncharenko, DW

Venezuela’s useful idiots have gone quiet. I wonder why -- Kristian Niemietz, CapX

Could ISIS’s next caliphate be in cyberspace? -- Jacqueline R. Sutherland, The Hill

U.S. Turning Away From Afghanistan? -- Luke Coffey, RCD