Obama’s Palestinian Legacy in the Making – Rachel Ehrenfeld – Being caught taking a leaf out of the Palestinian blood-libel against Israel, the Obama administration had to retract its statements, which in essence repeated the Palestinians’ false accusations that the wave of Palestinian violence against Israelis is Israel’s fault…continue…
How Putin Sees America – Stephen Bryen – I am not a Kremlinologist, and Kremlinology sort of went out of fashion with the collapse of the Soviet Union. But I always enjoyed the speculation that Kremlin-watchers were so good at. Who lined up on top of reviewing stand in Red Square during military parades; who was missing; who said what to whom? These and countless other outward signs were diagnosed and re-diagnosed ad nauseam, but sometimes the Kremlin-watchers got it right…continue…
State Dept: Nuke Deal Allows Iran Ballistic Missile Development – Omri Ceren – The administration’s campaign on the Iran deal involved commitments that Iran would not be allowed to: increase its military threat to American allies, make progress on its ballistic missile program, or violate U.N. sanctions. Now Iran has conducted a test that: puts Israel in range of a missile likely designed with a nuclear payload in mind, makes progress on its ballistic missile program, and violates U.N. sanctions…continue…
For Palestinians, Conflict With Jews Is Existential in Nature – Yossi Kuperwasser – The large number of knife attacks is a product of the long-running educational war conducted by the Palestinian leadership, including both Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas. The current terror wave proves again that the Palestinians see the conflict with the Jews as a religious, nationalist and existential in nature. The terror outbreak is rooted in the Palestinians’ demand that Jews be barred from Jerusalem’s Temple Mount and Muslims allowed unrestricted access to the site…continue…
Would Turkey’s Military Stand By? – Rachel Ehrenfeld and Norman Bailey – Saturday’s double suicide bombings in Ankara that killed and wounded hundreds of Kurds and supporters of the opposition to Turkey’s Islamist president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) who rallied for peace, suspiciously looks as if it was steered by him. His meek reaction to the bombing did not help, nor did the blackout on the media…continue…
News & Analysis
Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ to Return to German Bookstores – NBC News
Palestinians, Israel
Spotlight on Global Jihad (October 9-15, 2015) – The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center
Oslo boomers: Palestinians born after 1993 accords set a teen terror trend – JNS
The Palestinian Intifada Turns into a Religious War – Fiamma Nirentsein
Iran
US confirms Iran tested nuclear-capable ballistic missile – Jerusalem Post
Iran Winning the Underground Arms Race – Daily Beast
Syria, etc.
Turkey’s Unwillingness to Take on ISIS Has Come Back to Haunt It – Behlul Ozkan
Nolo conttendere: The Danger of Not Competing. Withdrawing from a contest isn’t always cost free. Allies are always watching – Jakub Grygiel
To Save Iraq, Arm the Kurds – Aliza Marcus and Andrew Apostolou
Obama’s Foreign Policy: Inadvisable – Eliot Cohen
Russia, etc.
Moscow’s Airstrikes in Syria Accompanied by Widespread Counter-Terrorist Operations inside Russia – Paul Goble
Russia’s Muslims Helping to Fund Anti-Asad Forces in Syria, Maltsev Says – Paul Goble
America Without a Strategy. Central Asian Officials Say They’re Worried About Taliban’s Spread – The American Interest
Ten Years after Nalchik, ‘Nowhere in the North Caucasus has the Problem of Terrorism been Resolved,’ Expert Says – Paul Goble
Latin America
The Coming Turmoil in Latin America. What happens when the region’s new middle class discovers its progress isn’t permanent? – Moises Naim
The Iraq of Latin America – Michael J. Totten
Cyber
Cyberwar Ignites a New Arms Race. Dozens of countries amass cyberweapons, reconfigure militaries to meet threat – Wall Street Journal
US cybersecurity sprint slows to a stroll following huge data breach – George Russell
Miscellaneous
The 1980s Called Again. Havana and Moscow reunite in Syria – James Taranto
Suspected ‘honor killing’ stokes German fears about customs, crimes of Middle Eastern refugees – Benjamin Weinthal
Henry Kissinger: Good or Evil? 10 historians assess the controversial statesman’s legacy – Politco
The long, sordid tale of corrupt UN leadership – Benny Avni
CRS Reports
Russian Compliance with the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty: Background and Issues for Congress – Amy F. Woolf Specialist in Nuclear Weapons Policy – October 13