Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 20, 2018

President Trump and first lady Melania arrive for the state dinner with China's President Xi Jinping and China's first lady Peng Liyuan at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Robert Delaney, Jodi Xu Klein, and Catherine Wong, South China Morning Post: What’s next for China-US ties as President Donald Trump begins year two at the White House?

His flip-flopping approach to relations with Beijing left everyone guessing in 2017, but no one is expecting him to behave any differently in the year ahead

A year into US President Donald Trump’s presidency, his relationship with China reflects – perhaps more than in any other area – the policy reversals that have characterised his tenure and undermined his administration’s key objectives.

As year two dawns, analysts and policymakers are forecasting further friction.

Washington’s position on some of the most pressing issues identified by the US leader, problems that require Beijing’s cooperation, has weakened: the US trade deficit with China has grown and North Korea appears to have nukes.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 20, 2018

How Donald Trump will Reverse Obama's Failed Foreign Policy Strategy -- Mike Gonzalez, National Interest

How the U.S. and Israel Can Reshape the Middle East -- James Stavridis, Bloomberg

A war with Kurds will serve Erdogan’s enemies -- Sami Moubayed, Special to Gulf News

Rakhine killings inflame Myanmar’s powder keg -- Lee Short, Asia Times

The Pakistan conundrum -- Richard N. Haass, The Strategist

Rescinding Aid to Pakistan -- Rachel Bovard, RCW

Time running down on Thailand’s junta -- Richard S Ehrlich, Asia Times

North Korea's ICBM: They Can't Turn Los Angeles into Atomic Ash (Yet) -- Dana Struckman, National Interest

A North Korea Solution: Take Kim Out of the Loop -- Tobin Harshaw, Bloomberg

Killing the Iran nuclear deal will be bad for the U.S. -- Seyed Hossein Mousavian, Reuters

Tunisian protesters get the 'seven-year-itch' -- Sarah Souli, Al-Monitor

The new European power structure -- Charles Moore, Gulf Times

Russia and the Limits of Power -- George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures

Can Countries Make Themselves Great Again? -- Victor Davis Hanson, Hoover Institute

Are cryptocurrencies sorcery? Maybe the real magic is in blockchain -- Richard Cook, Asia Times

The best way for the FCC to enable a 5G future -- Thomas W. Hazlett, Reuters