Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 7, 2018

Patrick Duddy, National Interest: Unless Latin America Acts, Venezuela's Crisis Will Get Worse

The long-standing policy of non-intervention must finally be called into question for the good of the region.

Venezuela is collapsing, and the repercussions may be forcing many Latin American countries to reevaluate their longstanding embrace of the principle of non-intervention. It is about time. New thinking on what to do about the disaster unfolding in Caracas is urgently needed.

Venezuela’s president has announced that he intends to lop five zeroes from the national currency. The International Monetary Fund is predicting inflation could reach 1,000,000 percent by the end of the year. Food and medicine are in short supply. Violent crime is out of control. The situation is astonishingly bad and will not improve if all the region and world does is proclaim its disapproval, and call on Nicolas Maduro to restore democracy and permit the distribution of international humanitarian assistance.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 7, 2018

Foreign powers, or hoax: who's behind Venezuela 'drone attack'? -- Joe Parkin Daniels, The Guardian

Analysis: with drone attacks, the era of joystick terrorism appears to have arrived -- SCMP/Washington Post

How the EU plans to get around US sanctions on Iran -- Bernd Riegert, DW

For the Syrian regime, Idlib is crucial to taking back control of the country – and even Ankara won't be able to stop it -- Faisal Al Yafai, The National

Putin man in the middle between Assad, Erdogan over Idlib -- Al-Monitor

China is Waging a Maritime Insurgency in the South China Sea. It's Time for the United States to Counter It. -- Patrick M. Cronin, National Interest

Beijing busy in the South China Sea -- Christopher Bodeen, Navy Times

China’s new woes unravel Xi’s personality cult -- Xuan Loc Doan, Asia Times

China's Moment of Truth -- Minxin Pei, Nikkei Asian Review

Khan faces huge test as Pakistan teeters on debt crisis -- F.M. Shakil, Asia Times

Europe’s Trade Coup -- Daniel Gros, Project Syndicate

Zimbabwe’s Dubious Election -- New York Times editorial

Eritrea-Ethiopia Peace: Seismic Shifts in a Strategic Zone -- Carol Pineau, CSIS

Colombia's peace deal: Where is the peace? -- Alan MacKenzie, DW

Unfortunately, Others Will Follow Nicaragua’s Path in Latin America -- Oliver Stuenkel, America's Quaterly

The murky world of the darknet (Video) -- DW