Monday, August 7, 2017

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 7, 2017

Tillerson speaks to employees at the State Department in Washington, D.C.Yuri Gripas / Reuters

Graham Lanktree, Newsweek: Can Rex Tillerson's Diplomacy Save US Relations With Russia?

President Donald Trump has said nothing about Russia’s July announcement that it will expel American diplomats, seize American properties, and force the U.S. to cut 755 staff from its embassy and consulates there.

But on Monday Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the U.S. is ready to talk.

Tillerson said he told Russia they can expect the Trump administration's response to the expulsion of the diplomats by September 1.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 7, 2017

The U.S. Has More to Lose Than Russia in Spy Expulsions -- Nicholas Schmidle, New Yorker

Amid White House chaos, a rise of the generals -- Peter Apps, Reuters

Russia Finds a New Way to Wage an Age-Old War -- Stratfor

Week in Review: Iran Tests Limits of Nuclear Deal -- David Gerstman, The Tower

Engaging with PMU necessary to check Iran's influence in Iraq -- Ali Hashem, Al-Monitor

Violence creating 'lost generation' of Middle East men: study -- AFP

Want China to press North Korea harder? Put Japan into the mix -- William Pesek For The Straits Times

Trump challenging China on trade would spark 'very aggressive' response, expert predicts -- Tom Phillips, The Guardian

Has China's Rise Topped Out? -- Michael Schuman, Bloomberg

AP Explains: Why Kenyans are nervous about presidential vote -- Rodney Muhumuza, AP

European Union Must Not Threaten Poland’s Sovereignty -- Mike Muller & Luke Coffey, Daily Signal

Venezuela crisis: How did the country get into this mess? -- ABC News Online

America's Ukraine Hypocrisy -- Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest

What’s Worse: Trump’s Campaign Agenda or Empowering Generals and CIA Operatives to Subvert it? -- Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept

More than six months in, what has Trump actually done in the war on terror? -- Charlie May, Salon

How Tech Companies Are Fighting the Digital War Against ISIS -- Matthew Reitman, RealClearLife

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