Daniel R. DePetris, National Interest: Donald Trump's Dangerous Game with Syria
The scenes trickling out of Douma, one of the largest cities in the Damascus suburbs, are absolutely horrifying. Men, women, and children lying motionless on the ground, killed by an unknown toxic substance allegedly dropped by Syrian government aircraft in the middle of the night. Sleepless and exhausted medical workers who are already begging for resources running around, dousing people impacted by the chemical substance with water and putting oxygen masks on others suffering from exposure. Rescue workers from the White Helmets describe a confusing and chaotic situation; the Syrian American Medical Society has documented a death toll of forty-three. The Syrian Arab Red Crescent, roaming around town looking for survivors, was still finding bodies on the street the next morning.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 10, 2018
Assad is a brutal despot, but overthrowing him shouldn't be part of America's mission right now -- Los Angeles Times
Here's How Trump Could Strike Syria -- Dave Majumdar, National Interest
The West’s defeat in Syria is complete -- Dominic Green, The Spectator
Israel Wages a Growing War in Syria -- Robin Wright, The New
Yorker
Don’t be fooled: Hamas is losing -- Dexter Van Zile, Times of Israel
The Iraq War: In the beginning was the lie -- Matthias von Hein, DW
Don’t call the Saudi crown prince a religious reformer — yet -- H.A. Hellyer, The Globe and Mail
Islamist parties re-create coalition to ‘establish sharia’ in Pakistan -- Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, Asia Times
A creative solution to the US-China trade dispute -- CSM Editorial
President Xi charts out his promised land in idyllic Hainan -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times
Putin, Kremlin were unprepared for a US-EU assault -- Konstantin Eggert, DW
Russia’s anxious northern neighbors toughen up -- Reid Standish, Politico
Cuba After the Castros: Escaping a Long Shadow -- John Paul Rathbone, Financial Times
The Other Venezuela Crisis -- Jason Marczak, RCW
What should Pence do at the Summit of the Americas? -- Alvaro Vargas Llosa, The Hill
Don’t be fooled: Hamas is losing -- Dexter Van Zile, Times of Israel
The Iraq War: In the beginning was the lie -- Matthias von Hein, DW
Don’t call the Saudi crown prince a religious reformer — yet -- H.A. Hellyer, The Globe and Mail
Islamist parties re-create coalition to ‘establish sharia’ in Pakistan -- Kunwar Khuldune Shahid, Asia Times
A creative solution to the US-China trade dispute -- CSM Editorial
President Xi charts out his promised land in idyllic Hainan -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times
Putin, Kremlin were unprepared for a US-EU assault -- Konstantin Eggert, DW
Russia’s anxious northern neighbors toughen up -- Reid Standish, Politico
Cuba After the Castros: Escaping a Long Shadow -- John Paul Rathbone, Financial Times
The Other Venezuela Crisis -- Jason Marczak, RCW
What should Pence do at the Summit of the Americas? -- Alvaro Vargas Llosa, The Hill
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