Commentaries, Analysis And Editorials -- July 7, 2017



Matthew Rojansky, National Interest: This Is How the G-20 Summit Helped Trump and Putin Claim Victories

Don't anticipate a swift improvement in the largely dysfunctional U.S.-Russia relationship. For Putin, the dysfunction is useful for domestic politics.

The much anticipated first face-to-face meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has taken place on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. The two presidents met for over two hours, with only translators and their respective chief diplomats—Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov—joining them. Despite its length, the meeting’s narrow agenda, which Tillerson himself called transactional, also underscores the continuing dysfunction in U.S.-Russia relations.

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Commentaries, Analysis And Editorials -- July 7, 2017

The Trump-Putin Meeting: No More than Baby Steps -- Nikolas K. Gvosdev, National Interest

Iran’s Collision Course With the G20 Summit -- August Hanning, RCD

The Saudi-American-Iranian-Russian-Qatari-Syrian Conundrum -- Dilip Hiro, RCW

Netanyahu’s bad call on the Western Wall -- Noga Tarnopolsky, Reuters

Kyrgyzstan: A Bellwether for China-Russia Relations -- Stratfor

Chinese, Russian media lock arms to challenge Western press -- Zi Yang, Asia Times

US must have stomach for sanctions on Pyongyang and Beijing -- Grant Newsham, Asia Times

The Rubicon Is Crossed in North Korea -- Charles Krauthammer, NRO

What Is Stopping a War With North Korea? -- Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic

Author Fiston Mwanza Mujila: 'Europe has the wrong idea about Africa' -- Sabine Kieselbach, DW

The myth of Britain’s decline -- Robert Tombs, Spectator

Now is the summer of Britain’s discontent -- John Lloyd, Reuters

Spain's Looming Constitutional Crisis: Why America Should Care -- Dave Marti, National Interest

Argentina's Mauricio Macri Should Be Getting Nervous -- Mac Margolis, Bloomberg

Scariest Thing About Cyberwarfare: No Rules of Engagement -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg

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