Monday, April 1, 2019

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 1, 2019



Al-Monitor: Intel: How Turkey's local elections mark rebuke for Erdogan's one-man rule

Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) appears to have lost control of city hall in Ankara and is neck and neck with the opposition in Istanbul, according to preliminary results from Sunday's municipal elections. In the capital, Mansur Yavas, candidate of an alliance led by the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), has taken the lead. Meanwhile in Istanbul, Turkey's largest city and its commercial hub, opposition candidate Ekrem Imamoglu reportedly leads former Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, according to the latest data provided by Turkey’s official Supreme Election Board.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 1, 2019

Is Turkish poll shock the beginning of the end for Erdoğan? -- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

Turkey elections pave way for bad economic choices -- Dasha Afanasieva, Reuters

Political outsider tops Ukraine election -- Bohdan Nahaylo, Asia Times

Gloves Come Off As Zelenskyy, Poroshenko Look Ahead To Ukraine Runoff -- Christopher Miller, RFE

China Is Capitalizing on the West's Mayhem -- Leland Lazarus & John Brunetti, National Interest

Q&A: What’s in a name for Japan emperor’s new era? -- Mari Yamaguchi, AP

Misinformation Is Endangering India’s Election -- Snigdha Poonam and Samarth Bansal, The Atlantic

Why Russia Is Standing By Sudan's Bashir -- Marcel Plichta, World Politics Review

Why Broken Brexit Could Be A Disaster For Britain's National Security -- Zak Doffman, Forbes

Brexit options: Stick close to EU? Crash out? Think again? -- Jill Lawless, AP

Will Trump Really Close the Southern Border? -- Hunter DeRensis, National Interest

The real costs of Russiagate -- Stephen Cohen, RT

Venezuelans Protest Power Cuts That Put Maduro in a Bind -- Jose Orozco, Bloomberg

The Kremlin Prepares to Defend Venezuela’s Maduro Regime by All Means -- Pavel Felgenhauer, RCD

Hanover fair: No industrial revolution without 5G -- Andreas Becker, DW

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