Sunday, August 27, 2017

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 27, 2017

Reuters

Ariel Cohen, National Interest: Is America Vulnerable to a North Korean Missile Attack?

The United States needs a multi-tier defense against North Korea.

In a nail-biting horror show of North Korean doomsday bluster, Pyongyang’s missile launches met with U.S. resolve. While President Donald Trump promised fire and fury, Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that the United States would shoot down North Korean missiles of launched at Guam.

Yet, as the U.S.-South Korean Ulchi-Freedom Guardian joint military exercises got underway Monday, Kim Jong-un’s threats to attack Guam is a clear sign that the storm is not over, and nothing has been resolved.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 27, 2017

The West Needs a Strategy -- Andrew A. Michta, American Interest

Hezbollah Has Been Active in America for Decades -- Colin P. Clarke, National Interest

Why Russia Wants the U.S. to Stay in Afghanistan -- Samuel Ramani, The Diplomat

Shaky friendship with Pakistan at risk as US puts heat on its ally to banish terrorists -- Philip Williams, ABC News Online

The end of Asia’s strategic miracle? -- Richard N. Haass, The Strategist

Is Trump Gearing Up for a Trade War With China? -- Irwin M. Stelzer, Weekly Standard

Glossing Africa -- Namwali Serpell,, New York Review of Books

Catalonia’s response to terror shows it is ready for independence -- Luke Stobartm, The Guardian

Russian Actions in Belarus Are Cause for Concern -- Daniel Kochis, Daily Signal

The Post-Crisis Elephant in the Room -- Antonio Foglia, Project Syndicate

The Asian American battle over college admissions -- Doug Tsuruoka, Asia Times

The New Thing in Chinese Oil? America -- Julian Lee, Bloomberg

3 Questions: Artificial Intelligence and the Military -- Ben Watson, Defense One

How free is the internet? Ooniprobe knows -- Maria Xynou, Asia Times

Houston: The "Surreal" Before And After Photo -- Zero Hedge

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