Kersten Knipp, DW: A US pullback from Syria is a terrible idea
Donald Trump has said he wants the US military out of Syria. That would be a fatal misstep, writes Kersten Knipp. The US president would be handing the region over to players that would create even greater chaos.
Whatever you may say about US President Donald Trump, he knows how to leave observers guessing. His latest foreign policy rumination was to pull American troops out of Syria.
The statement came just days after John Bolton's appointment to the role of national security adviser and former CIA Director Mike Pompeo to secretary of state. Neither man is known for dovish diplomacy; to the contrary, they stand for robust foreign policy, including use of military force. How do their joining the Trump administration square with the idea to pull US troops and advisers out of Syria?
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 3, 2018
Russia, Turkey and Iran Are Planning Syria’s Future Without the U.S. -- Cristina Maza, Newsweek
Palestinian Casualties Are No Accident for Hamas -- Eli Lake, Bloomberg
Israel's Gaza nightmare -- Ben Caspit, Al-Monitor
Trump’s new national security team likely spells disaster for the Iran nuclear deal. What happens next? -- Suzanne Maloney, Brookings
China's Financial Opening Isn't Quite What It Seems -- Andrew Polk, Bloomberg
Shadow banking warning highlights China’s ‘debt time bomb’ -- Gordon Watts, Asia Times
Trade spat sees China take on US in ‘game of chicken’ -- Asia Times
The global implications of Trump's trade war -- Richard Javad Heydarian, Al Jazeera
Angola Needs a New Strategy for Globalization -- Aubrey Hruby, RCW
Gas, pipeline dreams and gunboat diplomacy in Mediterranean -- Chase Winter, DW
Vladimir Putin, the Most Influential Man in the World -- David Brooks, New York Times
Why the Marshall Plan Worked — and Why It Won’t in Today’s Warzones -- Benn Steil, Defense One
The French Way of War (on the Rocks) -- Usha Sahay, War On The Rocks
‘Star Wars’ missile defense is back, but not how it should be -- Doug Tsuruoka, Asia Times
Ex-Agent Suing CIA for Killing Parts of Her Memoir -- Tatyana Bellamy-Walker, Daily Beast
