Friday, August 30, 2019

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 30, 2019


DW: US-Taliban talks: DW reporters' firsthand account from Doha

Journalists are eagerly awaiting a breakthrough in the US-Taliban talks in Doha, Qatar as the two sides continue to iron out details of a deal. But reporters are faced with difficult conditions in getting the truth out.

In Qatar, foreign reporters are required to comply with a number of rules and regulations that limit their journalistic coverage. Although DW managed to get permission to cover the ongoing US-Taliban talks in the capital Doha, we were not allowed to relay anything live from the city — apart from a pre-recorded Skype report presented as live — partly because the paperwork takes a long time.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 30, 2019

Afghanistan Is Not Iraq -- Lawrence J. Korb, National Interest

To Beijing, the Hong Kong protest unrest is now a threat on a national level -- Bernard Chan, SCMP

A Reckoning over Hong Kong Is Coming and It Will Take China's Economy with It -- Carlos Roa, National Interest

Hong Kong is irreplaceable for China. That’s why the PLA hasn’t rolled in yet -- Richard Harris, SCMP

China's geopolitical ambitions extend to both Pakistan and Indian Kashmir -- Neelima Choahan and Sean Mantesso, ABC News Online

How Timor-Leste's fight for independence shaped the lives of three generations in Australia -- Anthony Stewart and Erwin Renaldi, ABC News Online

What Follows New Cambodia-Laos Border Tensions? -- P. Parameswaran, The Diplomat

Major clashes in Eastern Med unlikely -- Henri J Barkey, Asia Times

The EU Now Knows Johnson Means Business -- Iain Martin, Times of London

Mexico’s new drug war may be worse than old one -- Mark Stevenson, AP

The historic hurricanes that made landfall on Florida’s east coast -- Tom McCarthy, The Guardian

Hypersonic missiles are a deadly threat to US -- Stephen Bryen, Asia Times

The Pentagon’s New Missile Drive Is Bringing Armageddon Closer -- Michael T. Klare, Slate

Tesla's Elon Musk and Alibaba’s Jack Ma debate -- Clifford Coonan, DW

2 comments:

  1. EU Is Placing “Soft” Sanctions On Brazil Using Amazon Fires as Pretext

    I would suggest that Brazil go to war with France over these sanctions, but they might lose.
    On the other hand they would hand Germany their ass.

    All joking aside the article is interesting.

    " the EU is “suggesting” to European companies that they stop doing business with Brazil:"

    "The EU also seems oddly disconnected from being righteously outraged over the fires in Angola and the Congo, which are three times as large as the cumulative fires in Brazil (to be fair, Macron so far has thrown out a bone to Africa after being eviscerated online over his silence, but so far he’s not backing it up in any way like he has with Brazil)"

    Macron is a hypocrite.

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  2. After looking at Epstein's 'temple', IMO the thing that popped into my mind was that it was Epstein's version of a Hellfire club.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellfire_Club

    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-37609835

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-debauched-was-the-hellfire-club

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