Wednesday, March 7, 2018

U.S. Trade War; Italian Election Results; New Cold War; Talks with North Korea; Xi Jinping's Power Grab; Sierra Leone Votes
Quote of the Week:
 
"Hit the Chevy with a levy, tax your whisky and rye. "
-- London's City A.M. front page headline , Tuesday, March 6, about EU retaliation to President Trump's new trade tariffs. 
U.S. Headed Towards an International Trade War?
"Trump's Steel Tariffs More Political War than Trade War" Kenneth Rapoza -- Forbes, March 6, 2018

"Time for a Trade War?" Peter Zeihan -- RealClear World, March 6, 2018

"EU Pledges to Fight Back on Trump Tariffs as Trade War Looms " Milan Schreuer -- The New York Times, March 7, 2018

"The Risks of U.S. Steel and Aluminum Tariffs" James McBride -- Council on Foreign Relations, March 6, 2018

"The Post-American World Economy" Adam Posen -- Foreign Affairs, March/April, 2018
Italian Election Results... Or Not
"Five Scenarios for Italy's Next Government" Jacopo Barigazzi -- Politico Europe, March 5, 2018


"The Italian Implosion" Rachel Donadio -- The Atlantic, March 6, 2018
Is the New Cold War About to Turn Hot?
" Putin on the Nukes " Steven Pifer -- Brookings, March 2, 2018  

"Putin's 'Invincible' Missile Is Aimed at U.S. Vulnerabilities" Neil MacFarquhar and David Sanger -- The New York Times, March 1, 2018

"Russia's Military Posture: Ground Forces Order of Battle" Catherine Harris and Frederick Kagan -- Institute for the Study of War, March 7, 2018 [Report]
North Korea Agrees to Talks
" Kim to Trump: Let's Make a Deal " Keith Johnson and Dan de Luce -- Foreign Policy, March 6, 2018

"It's Time for Trump to Test North Korea" Ashish Kumar Sen -- Atlantic Council, March 6, 2018 

Xi's Power Grab
"Fear-Mongering Over Xi's Term-Limit Removal" Ken Moak -- Asia Times, March 5, 2018

"What Xi Jinping Wants with All That Power" Zheping Huang -- Quartz, March 5, 2018

"Can You Bribe Tyrants into Freeing Their Countries?" Michael Brendan Dougherty -- National Review, March 7, 2018

"How the West Got China Wrong" Editorial Board -- The Economist, March 1, 2018
Sierra Leone Goes to the Polls
"Sierra Leone Hopes Its Election Can Move Nation Past Its Misfortunes" Jaime Yaya Barry -- The New York Times, March 6, 2018
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