Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 5, 2018

James Holmes, National Interest: The 'Forceful, Yet Magnanimous' Foreign Policy of George H. W. Bush

President Bush held office during a time of tectonic change, as four decades of cold war drew to an end.

Rest your oar, shipmate.

President George H. W. Bush went to his reward Friday night after a life well lived. Let's canvass historians and philosophers of old to see what they might take from reviewing his legacy as a man and a statesman.

Start with the Greek-turned-Roman historian Plutarch. Plutarch’s enduring fame comes mainly from his “ Parallel Lives ,” capsule biographies of famous Greeks and Romans. He would pair up a Greek and Roman—say, Pericles, the first citizen of classical Athens, with Fabius “the Delayer,” who drew out Rome’s war against Hannibal for years until Rome was ready to seize the offensive—in order to compare and contrast their virtues and vices.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 5, 2018

Former President George W. Bush Eulogizes His Father At George H.W. Bush State Funeral -- George W. Bush

Houthis: Only a political solution can end the war in Yemen -- Faisal Edroos, Al Jazeera

The Saudi Economy Moves Closer to Russia and China -- Michael B. Greenwald, National Interest

Asia buoys Iran as US sanctions hit -- Barbara Slavin, Al-Monitor

Cracks, confusion and the US-China trade war truce -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times

How the US can prevent a China-dominated Asia -- Brendan Taylor, The Interpreter

Blood on the tracks of Widodo’s Papuan highway -- John McBeth, Asia Times

A U.S. Ambassador Reflects on Afghanistan -- Ronald Neumann, National Interest

Is North Korea Exerting 'Asymmetric Leverage' Over China? -- The Diplomat

Europe hasn’t won the war on terror -- Petter Nesser, Spectator

France: In praise of the Gilets jaunes -- Brendan O'Neill, Spectator

Macron’s crisis in France is a danger to all of Europe -- Natalie Nougayrède, The Guardian

These 5 Numbers Explain Why the French Are in the Streets -- The New York Times

Mexico Begins an Era of Uncertainty Under AMLO -- Paul Imison, WPR

Is This It?: A Trump-Hater’s Guide to Mueller Skepticism -- T. A. Franck, Vanity Fair