Each new mass shooting in the U.S. reignites debate over the country’s treatment of gun rights as virtually sacrosanct. Americans own more guns than anybody else on earth, even adjusted for population. (Yemenis are second.) Firearms are involved in the deaths of more than 33,000 people in the U.S. annually, about two-thirds of which are suicides. Guns are also integral to the story of the nation’s founding. The National Rifle Association, the dominant pro-gun group, has been on a decades-long winning streak, convincing courts and lawmakers to loosen gun restrictions and to prevent the passage of new ones.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- October 2, 2017
Revolution returns to Europe -- Spengler, Asia Times
Spain Can Blame Only Itself for Catalonia's Resistance -- Therese Raphael, Bloomberg
Spain versus Catalonia – An epidemic of insanity -- Martin Muno, DW
Kim Jong Un
Declares Korean War Is Back On -- Gordon G. Chang, Daily Beast
What can actually trigger war on the Korean Peninsula? -- Alexander Gillespie, Al Jazeera
Abadi wins ISIS war, Maliki wins elections: Time for US to shift policy on Kurdistan -- Osamah Golpy, RUDAW
Can Communists Be Good Capitalists? -- Michael Schuman, Bloomberg
What Happens When America First Collides with the Chinese Dream? -- Angela Poh & Ong Weichong, National Interest
Rohingya crisis splits Asean on religious lines -- Nile Bowie, Asia Times
Will Merkel and Macron ever agree on eurozone reform? -- Dalibor Rohac, CapX
German businessmen in Russia – more than Gerhard Schröder -- Ilya Koval, DW
NATO Should Pivot to the Black Sea, End Russia’s Free Ride -- Harlan Ullman, Observer
How Venezuela’s resistance movement — and the country’s democracy — reached a breaking point during one week in July. -- Christian Borys, Longreads
What Puerto Rico Needs -- Simon Johnson, Project Syndicate
Trump Stands Up to the Castro Regime -- Mike Gonzalez, Daily Signal
What can actually trigger war on the Korean Peninsula? -- Alexander Gillespie, Al Jazeera
Abadi wins ISIS war, Maliki wins elections: Time for US to shift policy on Kurdistan -- Osamah Golpy, RUDAW
Can Communists Be Good Capitalists? -- Michael Schuman, Bloomberg
What Happens When America First Collides with the Chinese Dream? -- Angela Poh & Ong Weichong, National Interest
Rohingya crisis splits Asean on religious lines -- Nile Bowie, Asia Times
Will Merkel and Macron ever agree on eurozone reform? -- Dalibor Rohac, CapX
German businessmen in Russia – more than Gerhard Schröder -- Ilya Koval, DW
NATO Should Pivot to the Black Sea, End Russia’s Free Ride -- Harlan Ullman, Observer
How Venezuela’s resistance movement — and the country’s democracy — reached a breaking point during one week in July. -- Christian Borys, Longreads
What Puerto Rico Needs -- Simon Johnson, Project Syndicate
Trump Stands Up to the Castro Regime -- Mike Gonzalez, Daily Signal
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