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Curt Mills, National Interest: Rubicon Crossed: Saudis Sanctioned
The x-factor in bringing the Khashoggi tragedy to a close is whether audio or video of his assassination will be released.
“The Saudi officials we are sanctioning were involved in the abhorrent killing of Jamal Khashoggi ,” Steve Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said on Thursday, announcing sanctions on Saudi nationals and bringing the kingdom into the ranks of countries such as Iran, Russia and Venezuela. “The United States continues to diligently work to ascertain all of the facts and will hold accountable each of those we find responsible in order to achieve justice for Khashoggi’s fiancée, children, and the family he leaves behind.”
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 15, 2018
Factbox: Who are the Saudis under the spotlight over Khashoggi's killing? -- Reuters
Why Trump Will Double Down on Foreign Policy in 2019 -- Peter Harris, National Interest
America's new place in the world -- Peter Apps, Reuters
Trump May Be Isolated on the World Stage, but So Is Macron the Multilateralist -- Judah Grunstein, WPR
US drops the gauntlet on the South China Sea -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Asia Times
Imagining a New US-South Korean Security Architecture -- Richard Sokolsky and Daniel R. DePetris, 38 North
The Death of Democracy in Bangladesh -- Atif Jalal Ahmad and Michael Kugelman, National Interest
Forty Years on, Is China Still Reforming? -- Carl Minzner, China File
Israeli defense chief quits post, citing foiled ambitions in Gaza -- Shaiel Ben-Ephraim, Asia Times
Theresa May’s Brexit deal solves nothing: open warfare is about to begin -- Polly Toynbee, The Guardian
Theresa May’s Brexit deal proves one thing: the establishment always wins -- Rod Liddle, Spectator
Brexit Crisis. Theresa May in Trouble. Rinse. Repeat. -- Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic
No deal is better than this deal -- Andrew Lilico, CAPX
Why Mueller’s Russia findings won’t matter -- Lincoln Mitchell, Reuters
