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Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic: All the Ways Russia Enables Assad
From airstrikes to diplomacy and propaganda
As the United States seemed moving closer to striking government targets in Syria Wednesday morning, Donald Trump opened the day with a series of harsh tweets. But rather than threatening the Syrian regime directly, he opened up by threatening Russia.
Moments later, a Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said “smart missiles should fly towards terrorists not the legitimate government that has been fighting international terrorism on its territory for several years.”
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 11, 2018
How the West might strike Syria -- AFP
The Extraordinarily High Stakes in Syria -- Noah Rothman, Commentary
Trump Threatens Syria Before Allies Are on Board -- Christopher Dickey & Spencer Ackerman, Daily Beast
The Syrian reality show -- Spengler, Asia Times
Can the U.S. Respond to the Syria Chemical Weapons Attack without Risking Escalation? -- Sam Heller, Crisis Group
Turkey's ever-closer ties with Russia leave US lacking key ally on Syria -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian
It’s time for Trump to pull out of the Iran deal -- Michael Makovsky, Reuters
Lavrov-Ri talks show depth of Russia-North Korea ties -- DW
The Peril of North Korea’s Charm Offensive -- Khang Vu, RCD
Xi vs Trump: Who has the better hand in potential trade war? -- Christopher Bodeen, AP
US-China trade war will kill jobs, opportunities and hope -- Jack Ma, SCMP
End of a corruption era? Lula’s jailing sends a strong signal to South America -- Robert Rotberg, Special to The Globe and Mail
How Does the Global War on Terror End? -- Willis Krumholz, RCD
The 3 Questions Mark Zuckerberg Hasn’t Answered -- Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic
Why hating Facebook won't stop us from using it -- Jess Kimball Leslie, Reuters
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