Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 21, 2019

Kim and Trump moments before their historic handshake [File: Kevin Lim/The Straits Times]

Tom Benner, Al Jazeera: Hosting a Trump-Kim summit: The Singapore experience

Singapore case offers key lessons for Hanoi in dealing with security issues, diplomatic protocol and huge media influx.

Singapore - At first it was on, then off, and then on again - in the end, Singapore had just two weeks to get everything ready for the much-anticipated, first encounter between a sitting US president and North Korean leader.

That such a strategically complex and delicate event came off as seemingly flawless - despite the short lead - offers lessons to Vietnam's Hanoi, the site of the second summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un on February 27-28.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- February 21, 2019

Trump's big challenge at the upcoming North Korea summit -- James Jay Carafano, Fox News

War with China? It’s already under way -- Michael Klare, Asia Times

Vietnam’s new view of an old war -- David Hutt, Asia Times

Russia eyes Oman as mediator for regional crises -- Kirill Semenov, Al-Monitor

Jaw-Jaw: China’s Great Power Disease -- Edward Luttwak and Brad Carson, War On The Rocks

What the West gets wrong about China’s big economic ideas -- Josephine Ma, Kinling Lo, Zhenhua Lu, and Su Xinqi, SCMP

Where Libya's revolution began, many now yearn for a strong hand -- Ulf Laessing, Reuters

Timothy Ash: Q&A on Ukraine’s March 31 presidential election -- Timothy Ash, Kyiv Post

Not Even Trump Can Drive Europe Into Russia's Arms -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

How the Balkans solved a Balkan problem -- Katerina Kolozova, Al Jazeera

On Venezuela, Bernie Sanders proves socialism's choking immorality -- Tom Rogan, Washington Examiner

War Weary: Why Washington Needs to Bring Its Troops Home -- Doug Bandow, National Interest

Why Trump's Policies Will Solidify America's Geopolitical Power Status -- Ahmed Charai, National Interest

Smollett reactions epitomize polarized state of US politics -- David Crary, AP

Doomsday preppers head underground as bunker economy enters mainstream society -- Elle Hardy, ABC News Online