Monday, October 15, 2018

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 15, 2018

Murad Sezer / Reuters

Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic: Saudi Arabia Does a Big Favor For Iran

With its alleged hand in the disappearance of a dissident journalist, the kingdom stands accused of the sort of actions it usually calls out the Islamic Republic for carrying out.

When the Trump administration talks about “severe punishment” for a country in the Middle East, it is generally referring to Iran, a country whose regional influence troubles both its Arab neighbors as well as the United States. Yet on Sunday, President Trump used those words to describe what could happen to Saudi Arabia— arguably the closest U.S. ally in the Muslim world— if investigations determine that the regime is complicit in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, the dissident journalist.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 15, 2018

Saudi ‘Davos’ under threat as more business leaders drop out -- Alison Tahmizian Meuse, Asia Times

America and Saudi Arabia in the Wake of the Khashoggi Affair -- Mohammed Ayoob, National Interest

US, Saudi Arabia on economic collision course -- Wesley Dockery, DW

What price does Donald Trump place on a foreign journalist potentially killed by America's biggest arms customer? -- John Barron, ABC NEws Online

Turkey Is Not Exactly a Model Citizen, Either -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg

This Is How Sanctions Are Impacting Iran -- Adam Lammon, National Interest

Koreas plan to reconnect road and rail links -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times

China is trying to erase the Uighurs and their culture -- Rukiye Turdush, Al Jazeera

Trump, perennial problems, nudge Japan away from China -- William Pesek, Asia Times

Germany at a crossroads after Bavarian poll debacle -- Rob Mudge, DW

Russia, Ukraine, and the battle for religion -- Andrew Wilson, European Council on Foreign Relations

How criminals used Canada's casinos to launder millions -- Ashifa Kassam, The Guardian

Mapped: America's Absent Ambassadors -- Elizabeth Miles & Robbie Gramer, FP

The world’s most promising countries were basket cases a few years ago -- Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald

The World Keeps Not Ending -- Kevin D. Williamson, National Review

1 comment:

Anon #87 said...

Khashoggi was a top Muslim Brotherhood member.
This is why the Radical Chic Leftist WaPO and the DC Deep State loved him.

So what if KSA agents killed Khashoggi.
He was at best a terrorist apologist. At worst, a intel agent and secret leader of the MB in SA.
To top it all off, he was still foolish enough to still be a subject of Saudi Arabia.


Not my circus, not my monkeys.