Derek Stoffel, CBC News: Analysis: Trump's Jerusalem declaration: a gift to Israel, but price tag may be high
Political analysts say U.S. president could now ask Israel to make concessions in talks with Palestinians
Israeli leaders are still quietly celebrating (more on that later) President Donald Trump's declaration that the United States now recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and plans are now underway to move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to the Holy City.
Some are asking, however, whether Trump's reversal of decades of U.S. foreign policy is yet another example of the president's tendency to shoot from the hip, or will the Israelis now have to pay a political price?
Trump's shift on Jerusalem — the issue long considered perhaps the most complex in any negotiations — is an attempt to shake things up after decades of failed efforts by his predecessors in the White House.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 13, 2017
Under Putin, Russia increases clout in the Middle East -- AP
Victory over Islamic State declared, worry is now guerrilla warfare -- Jonathon Gatehouse, CBC News
The Master of Chaos vs. the Iranian Nuclear Agreement -- John Nixon, The Cipher Brief
Tillerson Wants to Talk. But does Kim? And Does Trump? -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times
Why South Korea again wants nukes of its own -- Franck Chen, Asia Times
Could Russia and Japan Finally Settle Their Island Dispute? -- Dave Majumdar, National Interest
China-Australia tensions break into the open -- Erin Cook, Asia Times
For India and China, Southeast Asia Is a Battleground -- Kamran Bokhari, Geopolitical Futures
17 Oligarchs Who Are Shaping Eastern Europe -- von Natalia Sergheev & Christian-Zsolt Varga, Ostpol
Russia’s reform will have to wait for Putin’s exit -- L. Todd Wood, The Washington Times
It's So Embarrassing When U.S. Clients Feud -- Ted Galen Carpenter, National Interest
Destroyer of Worlds: Taking stock of our nuclear present -- Harper's Magazine
The Rise of the Global Cyberattack -- Tom Uren, The Strategist
Bitcoin Is a Bit of a Miracle at Any Price -- Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg
Bought Apple Stock in 1980? Held It? Don't Brag -- Joe Nocera, Bloomberg
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