President Trump at Kasumigaseki Country Club after a round of golf with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Photo: Reuters / Jonathan Ernst
William Pesek, Asia Times: Beijing may be calm before the Trump trade storm
He may have come east in peace, but it won't last. The US president remains determined to turn the clock back to 1985, when currency tweaks and tariffs bent everyone to Washington's whims
Airplane manifests say much about what presidents are thinking when visiting a nation. Lots of business titans on board means one set of priorities; loads of national-security or human-rights types portend others.
In the case of Donald Trump’s arrival in Beijing on Wednesday, the tell is who’s not on Air Force One: China-bashing advisor Peter Navarro.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 7, 2017
The Implications of a North Korean Open-air Nuclear Test -- Robert E. Kelly, The Interpreter
Abe re-election could boost Japan-India defense ties -- Raj Kumar Sharma, Nikkei Asian Review
A Peace Dilemma: Afghan Peace Talks Require a New Approach -- Abdul Rahman Rahmani, The Bridge
Saudi Arabia, at War With Itself -- Kamran Bokhari, Geopolitical Futures
Saudi Arabia gets its first real government -- David P. Goldman, Asia times
Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman: A hard-to-read reformer -- Kersten Knipp, DW
Rebuilding 'Hell Square' in Syria’s Raqqa -- Heather Murdock, VOA
Is Saudi Arabia Pushing Israel Into War With Hezbollah and Iran? -- Daniel B. Shapiro, Haaretz
Putin, Khamenei agree they need each other -- Al-Monitor
Don’t Forget Middle East Madness -- Victor David Hanson, NRO
The nation of Facebook -- Navneet Alang, The Week
How Russia's October Revolution shaped communism in China -- Julius Schenkel, DW
Russia’s October Revolution, 100 Years Later -- Jacqueline Westermann, The Strategist
Key facts about Russia’s 1917 October revolution -- TASS
The Next Big Socialist Experiment Won't Start in Russia -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
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