Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 30, 2018

Warren Strobel & Pete Schroeder, Reuters: Experts question Trump decision to hold off on Russian sanctions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision not to impose sanctions on Russia for now, under a law overwhelmingly passed by Congress, represents a missed opportunity to deter the Kremlin’s aggressive behavior, former U.S. officials and Russia specialists said on Tuesday.

The Trump administration late on Monday said it would not immediately impose sanctions under the law, designed to punish Moscow for meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Russia denies doing so.

The administration also published a list of Russian oligarchs who could be sanctioned, as required by the law.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 30, 2018

Trump Is Doing As Little As Legally Possible to Comply With Congress' Russia Sanctions -- Joshua Keating. Slate Magazine

'The Kremlin List': Why Russian oligarchs shrugged -- Washington Post

The Russia 'sanctions list' won't have worried anyone in Moscow -- Richard Connolly, CNN

Yemen’s war within a war: What does new fighting mean? -- Maggie Michael, AP

Saudi Arabia: Has the Ritz-Carlton corruption crackdown achieved its goals? -- Wesley Dockery, DW

Trump Needs to Defend the Syrian Kurds From Turkey’s Attacks -- John A. Tures, Observer

Three views on Turkey's Syria intervention -- Julien Barnes-Dacey, European Council on Foreign Relations

Iran’s regional allies keep close eye on protest aftermath -- Al-Monitor

Kim Jong-un has blown his inheritance on missiles and needs help from South Korea -- Josh Robbins, IBTimes

In the Trump Era, Vietnam Is Less Sure of Its Bet on U.S. Ties -- Joshua Kurlantzick, WPR

Q&A: China has 'no interest in global domination' -- USA Today

No, China Doesn't Want Confrontation in the South China Sea -- James Holmes, National Interest

Taliban attacks cast doubts on US' Afghan strategy -- Waslat Hasrat-Nazimi, DW

Under threat, Sweden rediscovers its Viking spirit -- Charlie Duxbury, Politico

Blockchains Will Change the Way the World Votes -- Phillip Meylan, CSIS