Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 7, 2017

Shadi Hamid, The Atlantic: The Jerusalem Announcement Won't Really Hurt America's Arab Alliances

Don’t make the mistake of assuming that Muslim-majority countries are in any real sense “pro-Muslim.”

Most Arab countries won’t care much about Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, which might seem counterintuitive. The official announcement, though, comes at an important and peculiar time, when Arab regimes—particularly Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Egypt—find themselves more aligned than ever with Israel on regional priorities. They all share, along with the Trump administration, a near obsession with Iran as the source of the region’s evils; a dislike, and even hatred, of the Muslim Brotherhood; and an opposition to the intent and legacy of the Arab Spring.

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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 7, 2017

Trump Teaches Palestinians About the New Middle East -- Zev Chafets, Bloomberg

Humiliation – the only path to peace for the Middle East -- Spengler, Asia Times

Donald Trump: What past US presidents have said about recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital

-- ABC News Online

Intifadas: What you need to know -- Darko Janjevic, DW

Ali Abdullah Saleh’s Death Is a Turning Point in Yemen -- Bart Marcois, Ops Lens

Yemen: War Without End? -- Isaac Kfir, RCD

Strategy shift begins to yield results for Saudi Arabia and its allies -- Hassan Hassan, The National

Understanding the North Korea threat -- Joseph S. Nye, RCD

The Korean Peninsula’s Year in Review -- Robert E. Kelly, RCD

So long, US; howdy, Russia -- David Hutt, Asia Times

After IS, Libya yearns for normality -- Amira Fathalla BBC

7 contenders in the Catalan election -- Diego Torres, Politico

The Death of the INF Treaty Could Signal a U.S.-Russia Missile Race -- Steven Pifer, Sputnik

How the Kremlin Tried to Rig the Olympics, and Failed -- Julia Ioffe, The Atlantic

How Portugal became the cool kid on the euro bloc -- Javier Martín del Barrio, El Pais

Digital Gold: Top 5 Cryptocurrencies to Watch Out For Besides Bitcoin -- Sputnik