Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 10, 2017

Norman A. Bailey, Asia Times: Seismic upheavals in the Middle East

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