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Suzanne Maloney, Lawfare: As Trump Moves to Cut Off Iran’s Oil Revenues, What’s His Endgame?
Maximum pressure, meet minimum patience. The Trump administration took another dramatic step toward disrupting the status quo in and on Iran with the abrupt halt of all waivers for U.S. sanctions targeting Iranian oil exports. The decision places Washington on a collision course with China, India, and Turkey—whose continuing crude imports from Iran would be subject to U.S. penalties after May 2—and appears designed to push Iran’s leadership to the brink.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 25, 2019
Trump Doesn’t Want a “Better” Deal With Iran -- Fred Kaplan, Slate
Kim Jong Un's 'long yet necessary road' toward reaffirming alliances -- Soo Kim, The Hill
Kim-Putin summit proves anti-climactic -- Andrew Salmon, Asia Times
What Russia thinks about North Korea’s nuclear weapons -- Anastasia Barannikova, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
A U.S. Alliance with North Korea? -- Leon V. Sigal, National Interest
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China and India look to cooperate despite belt and road disagreements -- Ananth Krishnan, SCMP
The U.S. Can’t Make Allies Take Sides Over China -- Michael Schuman, SCMP
What do we know about the Sri Lanka attackers? -- Hannah Ellis-Petersen, The Guardian
Nearly 27 Years After Hindu Mob Destroyed A Mosque, The Scars In India Remain Deep -- Lauren Frayer, NPR
The Arab Spring’s Second Chance -- Ishac Diwan, Project syndicate
The 10 African strongmen who left power since 2011 -- France 24
In Armenian Holocaust, Echoes of Genocides Past and Future -- Carl M. Cannon, RCP
Facebook's luck may soon run out -- Daniel Howley, Yahoo
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