Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 2, 2018

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Joshua Pollack Editor, Defense One/Nonproliferation Review: Netanyahu and Iran’s Atomic Archive: What’s New and What’s Not

Among the new bits: Tehran's nuclear planners envisioned an arsenal so small as to make Kim Jong Un giggle.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is nothing if not a showman. No world leader makes more effective use of props and visual aids, from the literal red line he drew on a cartoon bomb diagram at the United Nations in 2012 to the fragment of an Iranian drone he brandished at the Munich Security Conference this February. Few are so comfortable delivering public remarks in English, never mind someone who is not even a native speaker. Love him or hate him, the man has talent.

But speaking on Monday in a televised address from the Kirya—Israel’s Ministry of Defense—Bibi outdid himself. “Tonight,” he declared, “we’re going to show you something that the world has never seen before.” Striding across a stage, he revealed a collection of papers and CD-ROMs, representing a cache of documents recently snatched out of Iran by Israeli intelligence.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- May 2, 2018

Netanyahu's theatrics help push Trump towards Iran deal withdrawal -- Julian Borger, The Guardian

Untangling the Myths of U.S. 'Red Lines' in Syria -- Christopher J. Bolan, RCD

North Korea: Is There a Pathway to a Deal? -- Rensselaer Lee & William Severe, FPRI

5 Things to Watch For in North Korea's Peace Negotiations -- Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi, National Interest

Afghanistan Takes a Bloody Path to Pursue Peace -- Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic

The US and Afghanistan: can’t win the war, can’t stop it, can’t leave -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

Japan to host summit with China and Korea on May 9 -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

China threatens Taiwan, but how far will Beijing go? -- Robert E. McCoy, Asia Times

How the Beijing Elite Sees the World -- Martin Wolf, Financial Times

Why is Burundi holding a referendum? -- Al Jazeera

Armenia’s Bad Week for Autocrats -- Viken Berberian, New York Review of Books

Who is Armenian opposition leader Nikol Pashinyan? -- Al Jazeera

The Fracturing of the Transatlantic Community -- Andrew A. Michta, The American Interest

Cyber Adversaries: It's Not Just Russia -- Joel Weickgenant, RCP

Evidence for Optimism -- Philip Delves Broughton, Weekly Standard