Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 25, 2020

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National Interest: Belarus At the Eye of the Storm

In a webinar, leading experts discuss the political upheaval in Belarus.

The rapidly developing situation in Belarus could potentially trigger the most significant shift in the European status quo since events in Ukraine in 2014. How likely is regime change in Minsk? Could Russia realistically take military action to forestall it? Might an incipient struggle for predominance in Belarus spark a wider confrontation between the United States, Europe, and Russia?

For the United States, Russia and the European Union, Belarus—and the fate of its President Alexander Lukashenko—has become an unexpected flashpoint. To discuss the situation, the Center for the National Interest hosted four prominent speakers. To hear the discussion you can use the link here:

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- August 25, 2020

Why Russia Is Getting Ready to Invade Belarus -- John Herbst, National Interest

Lukashenko's desperate measures -- Juri Rescheto, DW

Belarus' Soviet-era economy still propped up by Moscow -- Nik Martin, DW

We Are The Witnesses: Stories From Protesters In Belarus Of Police Torture And Abuse -- RFE

The Eastern Mediterranean tinderbox: Why Greek-Turkish rivalries have expanded -- Jonathan Marcus, BBC

Turkey starves Syria’s northeast of water as virus death toll mounts -- Amberin Zaman, Al-Monitor

Read more: https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2020/08/turkey-starves-water-syria-northeast-coronavirus-hasakeh.html#ixzz6WAY07ZNy

Why Is Australia Turning Its Back On China? -- Vanand Meliksetian, OilPrice.com

Xi Jinping's Geopolitical Cataclysm -- Richard Javad Heydarian. National Interest

How to Stop China From Imposing Its Values -- Anthony Vinci, The Atlantic

How the US uses the dollar payments system to impose sanctions on a global scale -- Karen Yeung, SCMP

The case for bringing Japan into the Five Eyes -- Grant Newsham, Asia Times

How Ramaphosa’s Failures Left South Africa Vulnerable to a Pandemic -- James Hamill, WPR

The Poisoning of Navalny -- George Friedman, GPF