Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Commentaries, Editorials, Analysis -- August 29, 2018



Michael P. Dempsey, Council on Foreign Relations: Keep an Eye on Syria’s Idlib Province, Says Former Acting Spy Chief

President Obama’s primary intelligence briefer shares thoughts about U.S. national security, emerging trends, and hotspots.

After being away from Washington for a year, former acting Director of National Intelligence Michael P. Dempsey is now the national intelligence fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He talked about his reflections with a staffer at CFR’s Center for Preventive Action. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.

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Commentaries, Editorials, Analysis -- August 29, 2018

Russia’s fleet to counter US moves ahead of Syrian offensive -- Asia Times

No Matter Who Wins the Syrian Civil War, Israel Loses -- David Kenner, The Atlantic

Will Russia force Iran out of Syria? -- Leonid Issaev, Al Jazeera

Turkey Made a Bet Against Assad—And Lost -- Joost Hiltermann, The Atlantic

Toward A Smaller, Smarter Force Posture in the Middle East -- Melissa G. Dalton Director, Defense One

How Djibouti took the spotlight on the global stage -- SCMP

How China Is Trying to Dominate the Middle East. But will it work? -- Owen Daniels, National Interest

Xi and PLA could join North Korea’s national day parade -- Frank Chen and Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

China’s Communist Party launches crackdown on religious beliefs -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times

Macron and Merkel Are Signaling They’ve Finally Had Enough of Trump -- Richard Bravo, Birgit Jennen, and Ian Wishart, Bloomberg

Europe needs a clean break from America on security -- Paul Hockenos, CNN

Europe’s Dog Days of Summer -- Ana Palacio, Project Syndicate

Can Trump terminate NAFTA? -- David Child, Al Jazeera

The Clash of Generations and American Foreign Policy -- Trevor Thrall, William Ruger, and Erik Goepner, War On The Rocks

Inside McCain's surprise eulogy invitation to Obama -- Jeff Zeleny, CNN

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