Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 8, 2021

 

Anna Borshchevskaya, Washington Institute: How Russia Is Responding to Joe Biden’s Syria Airstrike 

The omissions in Moscow’s statements on the U.S. operation are as revealing as the predictable hyperbole and hypocrisy. 

By any objective measure, strikes against secondary facilities in retaliation for targeting key state assets show restraint. Such were President Joe Biden’s February 25 airstrikes in eastern Syria against facilities of Iran-backed Shia militias, ordered after earlier rocket attacks by Iran-backed militias against the U.S. embassy in Baghdad and American troops stationed at Erbil airport. But now Russian officials predictably rush to express outrage at perceived American aggression and unilateralism. 

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 Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- March 8, 2021 

Biden’s China Challenge -- Christopher Smart, Project Syndicate 

What is behind the rise in Saudi-Houthi tit-for-tat attacks? -- Al Jazeera 

10 years on, no peace after war in Syria -- AFP 

Syria's Idlib: What future for the rebel holdout? -- AFP 

EXPLAINER: What’s happened so far at China’s annual congress -- AP 

What Could Cause a US-China War? -- Joseph S. nye, Jr., Project Syndicate 

Hunger Games salute: The symbol of protest against Asia’s military regimes -- BBC 

India's Government Focuses on Internal Migrants -- Neeta Lal, The Diplomat 

What's causing vaccine delays in some Asian countries? -- BBC 

Anger and collective trauma scar Ethiopia's Tigray region -- Maria Gerth-Niculescu, DW 

Senegal protests: The country is ‘on the verge of an apocalypse’ -- BBC 

Explainer on Senegal: Why protests are shaking one of Africa's most stable democracies -- Edward McAllister, Reuters 

Now there’s no doubt Meghan and Harry had to leave -- Zoe Williams, The Guardian 

Meghan and Harry's nauseating two-hour Oprah whine-athon was a disgraceful diatribe of cynical race-baiting propaganda designed to damage the Queen as her husband lies in hospital - and destroy the Monarchy -- Piers Morgan, Daily Mail 

Saudi Arabia's Bold Plan to Rule the $700 Billion Hydrogen Market -- Bloomberg 

Will the real financial bubble please stand up? -- Thomas P. Vartanian, The Hill