Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 24, 2018

Gordon Watts, Asia Times: How China’s economic rise killed off 3.4 million US jobs

Economic Policy Institute report reveals the depth and scale of the employment shift fueling today’s trade war

Scything through heartland America, the human toll has been immense. More than 3.4 million jobs in the United States have been lost since China joined the World Trade Organisation 17 years ago.

At least 1.3 million jobs have disappeared in the past decade, fueling the trade war between Beijing and Washington and adding US$100 billion to the US deficit.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 24, 2018

Who is winning the U.S.-China trade war? Look at the stock markets -- Paul Solman, PBS

China can’t afford to lose war on debt -- Chris Taylor, Asia Times

China’s Coming Financial Crisis and the National Security Connection -- Stephen Joske, War On The Rocks

The Saudis' dangerous game of truth or dare -- Jack Devine, The Hill

Turkey and the Khashoggi saga: How Erdogan played his cards right -- Jeffrey A Stacey, Al Jazeera

Erdogan a threat to US effort to contain Iran -- Stephen Bryen, Asia Times

Bowing to the Saudis Is a Presidential Tradition That Goes Back to FDR -- Ronald Radosh, Daily Beast

Jamal Khashoggi: How Pakistan 'ignored' journalist's murder to secure Saudi loan -- Shamil Shams, DW

Staying in Afghanistan is the Definition of Insanity -- Charles V. Peña, National Interest

Africa's new debt crisis -- Daniel Pelz, DW

Brexit hasn’t happened yet—and Britain is already poorer -- Terence Huw Edwards, Christian Soegaard & Mustapha Douch, Quartz

Why the West Should Care About the Turmoil in Armenia -- Wes Martin, National Interest

Is Vladimir Putin Irrational? -- Noah Rothman, Commentary

Is Trump’s nuclear stance a grand plan or a reckless gamble? -- Andrew Foxall, CapX

Lose the Merchant Marine, lose the war -- James R. Holmes, The Hill