The recent severe earthquake in Iran near the Iraqi border reminded the world that the Middle East is subject to physical upheavals. As if to mimic nature, geo-political and social upheavals are following at a dizzying pace. At the moment (and next week things may have changed again) three unfolding developments are creating new realities for statesmen, soldiers, diplomats, businessmen and intelligence operatives to deal with as best they can, which is not very good.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 10, 2017
There Was No Peace Process For Trump to Destroy -- Roger Cohen, New York Times
Does Saleh's Death Signal the End of the Yemen War? -- Gerald Feierstein, National Interest
Inside view of an Islamic State hostage -- Bong S Sarmiento, Asia Times
href="http://ift.tt/2y8V9Bw">The next battle in Syria -- Mona Alami, Al-Monitor
We Now Have Evidence Russia Seems Pleased with Its Military in Syria -- Nicholas J. Myers, National Interest
Yazidis caught in 'political football' between Baghdad, Iraqi Kurds -- Raya Jalabi, Reuters
US wants world to isolate North Korea, so what’s that mean? -- Matthew Pennington, AP
Dynamism by design: China as digital giant -- Kai-Fu Lee and Jonathan Woetzel, Asia Times
Hunting the corruption hunters in Ukraine -- Bernd Johann, DW
Only One Side Compromised for This Brexit Breakthrough -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Legacy Of Communism: 100 Years. 100 Million Lives. Think Twice. -- Laura M. Nicolae, Harvard Crimson
Is Trump the WTO's biggest threat? -- Andrew Walker, BBC
An Expert's Guide to Navigating the World of Bitcoin -- Elaine Ou, Blommberg
Bitcoin: 'I'm part of a crazy wave' -- Lucy Hooker & Josh Cheetham, BBC News
Star Wars' Gross Galactic Product Problem -- Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg
We Now Have Evidence Russia Seems Pleased with Its Military in Syria -- Nicholas J. Myers, National Interest
Yazidis caught in 'political football' between Baghdad, Iraqi Kurds -- Raya Jalabi, Reuters
US wants world to isolate North Korea, so what’s that mean? -- Matthew Pennington, AP
Dynamism by design: China as digital giant -- Kai-Fu Lee and Jonathan Woetzel, Asia Times
Hunting the corruption hunters in Ukraine -- Bernd Johann, DW
Only One Side Compromised for This Brexit Breakthrough -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Legacy Of Communism: 100 Years. 100 Million Lives. Think Twice. -- Laura M. Nicolae, Harvard Crimson
Is Trump the WTO's biggest threat? -- Andrew Walker, BBC
An Expert's Guide to Navigating the World of Bitcoin -- Elaine Ou, Blommberg
Bitcoin: 'I'm part of a crazy wave' -- Lucy Hooker & Josh Cheetham, BBC News
Star Wars' Gross Galactic Product Problem -- Stephen L. Carter, Bloomberg
