Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 16, 2017

Noah Barkin, Reuters: Davos elites struggle for answers as Trump era dawns

DAVOS, Switzerland - The global economy is in better shape than it's been in years. Stock markets are booming, oil prices are on the rise again and the risks of a rapid economic slowdown in China, a major source of concern a year ago, have eased.

And yet, as political leaders, CEOs and top bankers make their annual trek up the Swiss Alps to the World Economic Forum in Davos, the mood is anything but celebratory.

Beneath the veneer of optimism over the economic outlook lurks acute anxiety about an increasingly toxic political climate and a deep sense of uncertainty surrounding the U.S. presidency of Donald Trump, who will be inaugurated on the final day of the forum.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 16, 2017

Iraqi Christians: Will they go home? -- Kristen Chick, CSM

Uncertainty Fills the Taiwan Strait -- Noah Feldman, Bloomberg

History Revised As China Nationalism Rises -- Gerry Shih, RCD

Strategy for handling North Korea nukes: tailored deterrence --

Michael Raska, Asia Times

At Davos, expect Chinese president Xi Jinping to get philosophical -- Zheping Huang, Quartz

What Happens When Trump’s Tirade War With China Becomes a Trade War? -- Brendon Hong, Daily Beast

What is Russia's endgame in Libya? -- Barbara Bibbo, Al Jazeera

Why Putin Would Want the Cyprus Talks to Fail -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

New US-Russian Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty 'Possible Under Three Conditions' -- Sputnik

Don’t Bet on Enduring Republican Reset With Russia -- Daniel Twining, Yale Global Online

Time for a European Nuclear Deterrent? -- Doug Bandow, National Interest

Watch out, Europe. Germany is top of Russian hackers’ list -- Natalie Nougayrède, The Guardian

The Treasure Guardian: Keeping the Kremlin Jewels Safe -- Anna Mongayt, Moscow Times

U.S. election was just practice for Putin’s cyberforces -- Konrad Yakabuski, The Globe and Mail

Is America Becoming a Third World Country? -- Anatol Lieven, National Interest

Cyberwar Has Gone Public, and That's Dangerous -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg