Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Cyberwar; Israel's 2007 Attack on Syrian Nuclear Site; U.S.-Saudi Relationship; Putin Reelected; China Shows Its Strength; Slovakia's Political Fallout; EU-Brexit Progress

Quote of the Week:

"An American president does not lead the Free World by congratulating dictators on winning sham elections. And by doing so with Vladimir Putin, President Trump insulted every Russian citizen who was denied the right to vote in a free and fair election."

-- Senator John McCain (R-AZ), in a tweet on Tuesday. 

Cyberwar: The New Frontier 

"Beware the Big Five" Tamsin Shaw -- New York Review of Books, March 21, 2018
"The Battle for Digital Supremacy" Editorial Board -- The Economist, March 15, 2018  

"It's Time to Regulate the Internet" Franklin Foer -- The Atlantic, March 21, 2018

Israel's 2007 Attack on Syrian Nuclear Site Revealed

"No Longer a Secret: How Israel Destroyed Syria's Nuclear Reactor" Amos Harel and Aluf Benn -- Haaretz, March 21, 2018  

"Inside Syria's Secret Raid on Syria's Nuclear Reactor" Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv -- Politico, March 20, 2018

Deciphering the U.S.-Saudi Relationship 

"Fresh Prince" F. Gregory Gause III -- Foreign Affairs, March 19, 2018

"The Passive Foreign Policy President" Daniel Benaim and Brian Katulis -- The New Republic, March 21, 2018

"Saudi Crown Prince's Washington Visit Is Overshadowed by the War in Yemen" Ishaan Tharoor -- The Washington Post, March 21, 2018

"America's Role in Yemen's Agony Can End on Capitol Hill" Editorial Board -- The New York Times, March 19, 2018

The Completely Unsurprising Reelection of Vladimir Putin 

"A Thing That Makes You Go Hmmm..." Jay Nordlinger -- National Review, March 21, 2018

"How Russia Meddled in Its Own Election" Alina Polyakova -- The Atlantic, March 18, 2018

"Putin's Past Explains Russia's Future" Gregory Feifer -- Foreign Affairs, March 16, 2018

"The Middle East Needs a Steady Boyfriend" Steven Cook -- Foreign Policy, March 16, 2018
"What 'DO NOT CONGRATULATE' Says About Trump - And the Peril of Meeting Kim Jong Un" Aaron Blake -- The Washington Post, March 21, 2018

China Flexes Its Muscles

"Why Xi Jinping's Term Limits Move Makes U.S.-China Conflict More Likely" Cary Huang -- South China Morning Post, March 18, 2018

"China: It's Good to Be the Emperor" Scott MacDonald -- The National Interest, March 20, 2018 

"Playing the Taiwan Card" Daniel Lynch -- Foreign Affairs, March 19, 2018 

Political Fallout in Slovakia

"Slovakia, Still the 'Black Hole' of Europe" Mikulas Dzurinda -- Politico Europe, March 16, 2018

"Young Slovaks Buck a Trend, Protesting to Save Their Democracy" Marc Santora -- The New York Times, March 17, 2018

"Slovakia Government's Collapse Not Enough to End Protests Over Journalist's Murder" Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson -- NPR, March 20, 2018

"Springtime for Autocrats" Henri Barkey -- The American Interest, March 19, 2018

EU Moves Forward on Brexit 

"Brexit Breakthrough Offers a Moment of Clarity" Dominic Green -- The Weekly Standard, March 21, 2018

"Full Speed Ahead to Brexit?" Bart Oosterveld; Jorn Fleck; Alvero Morales Salto-Weis -- Atlantic Council, March 19, 2018

"Keeping Europe Safe After Brexit" Susi Dennison -- European Council on Foreign Relations, March 20, 2018 [Policy Brief]