Thursday, December 6, 2018

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 6, 2018



Upfront Aljazeera: Do the Houthis have a plan for peace in Yemen?

We challenge the Houthi-backed Yemeni FM Hisham Sharaf, and speak to Francis Fukuyama about 'identity politics'.

In this week's UpFront, we ask Hisham Sharaf, the Houthi-backed foreign minister in Sanaa, about their quota of responsibility in the crisis and the civilian casualties in the ongoing war in Yemen.

And in a special interview, we ask Francis Fukuyama, whose latest book is titled Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment, if identity politics are really damaging democracy.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 6, 2018

Renewed Hope for Peace in Yemen -- The New York Times

US is enabling war that has made Yemen a hell on earth for civilians -- Chris Murphy, CNN

Yemen After a Saudi Withdrawal: How Much Would Change? -- Daniel Byman, Lawfare

Optimism in China after US trade thaw but hard work just starting -- Katrina Yu, Al Jazeera

Why Huawei arrest deepens conflict between US and China -- Paul Wiseman and Frank Bajak, AP

Meng’s arrest could plunge US, China into high-tech Cold War -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times

Putin threatens new arms race with US -- Pete Kasperowicz, Washington Examiner

A Standing Army for the EU? -- Richard M. Reinsch II, NRO

No leader, lots of anger: can France's 'yellow vests' become a political force? -- Michel Rose & Luke Baker, Reuters

What France's Unrest Means -- Scott B. MacDonald, National Interest

Don’t mess with France’s masses: Lesson for kings, president -- Thomas Adamson, AP

Can Macron survive France's 'yellow vest' revolution? -- David A. Andelman, Reuters

The Yellow Vests Expose How Fragile Emmanuel Macron's Hold on France Really Is -- Vivienne Walt, Time

Is It Time to Bury Merkel's Legacy? -- Emily Schultheis, The Atlantic

What Pearl Harbor Still Has to Teach Us -- Peter Zwack, National Interest

Mikhail Gorbachev: George H.W. Bush and I Ended a War Together. But Peace Is Now in Jeopardy -- Mikhail Gorbachev, Time

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