John Campbell, The Hill: The fall of an African tyrant
Following its overnight move against the presidency of Robert Mugabe last week, the military controls Zimbabwe’s capital of Harare, and it thus far faces no significant opposition in other parts of the country. It has placed Mugabe and his wife, Grace, under house arrest. The leaders of the ZANU-PF youth league, whose spokesmen had pledged “to die” for Mugabe have been arrested, as has the finance minister, Ignatius Chombo, while other cabinet ministers are on the run.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 19, 2017
The rise and fall of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe -- Sonia Gallego, Al Jazeera
Hope comes to Zimbabwe and Africa at last -- Michael Holman, Financial Times
What is a coup? These 40 African countries could help explain -- Yomi Kazeem, Quartz
Pipedreams and Policy: The Problem with Hoping for North Korea’s Collapse -- T.S. Allen, Modern War Institute
South China Sea Code of Conduct: Is Real Progress Possible? -- Lee YingHui, Diplomat
Will US, EU turn the heat on Hun Sen? -- David Hutt, Asia Times
A Vision for India’s Future -- Jacob Shapiro, RCW/Geopolitical Futures
Russia, Turkey, Iran meeting to discuss Syria strategy -- M.K. Bhadrakumar, Asia Times
How to Avoid an ISIS 2.0 in Iraq -- Michael O'Hanlon & Sara Allawi, National Interest
Are Hamas drones really a threat to Israel? -- Shlomi Eldar, Al-Monitor
Why Saudi-Israeli normalisation could be dangerous -- Ibrahim Fraihat, Al Jazeera
It's Never Wise to Bet Against a Saudi Oil Minister -- Julian Lee, Bloomberg
EU courts trouble with Kosovo scandal -- Valerie Hopkins, Politico.eu
Mladic trial to end, where will next war crimes court start? -- Mike Corder, AP
Putin Isn’t Interested in Helping America -- Jonah Goldberg, NRO
How Trump is reshaping US policy on Cuba -- Melanie Zanona, The Hill
Chile's Democracy Enters a Rough Patch -- Jonathan Bernstein, Bloomberg
Would Rupert Murdoch break up his empire? -- BBC
