WORLD ROUNDUPTop Signs You’re Heading for a Quagmire | The Truth and the Lies About Islam in Europe | What Happened to al-Qaeda?, and more
· Top Signs You’re Heading for a Quagmire
· The Truth and the Lies About Islam in Europe
· Gulf Tankers Are Running Out of Ways to Export Oil: ‘These Waters Aren’t Safe’
· Energy Markets Rattled After Saudi Pipeline Attacks
· Discarding an Old Map and Seeing Africa with Fresh Eyes
· What Happened to al-Qaeda?
· Will a Finnish Fence Make Russia a Good Neighbor?
Top Signs You’re Heading for a Quagmire (Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy)
Failed wars are predictable, if you know what to look for.
The Truth and the Lies About Islam in Europe (Economist)
Islam poses no serious danger. But Islamism and the fear of Islam do.
Gulf Tankers Are Running Out of Ways to Export Oil: ‘These Waters Aren’t Safe’ (Lisa Friedman, Jenny Gross, and Rebecca F. Elliott, New York Times)
Ship operators already faced severe risks in navigating the region, and now the danger is higher as Houthi militias assert control in the Red Sea.
Energy Markets Rattled After Saudi Pipeline Attacks (Gregory Schmidt, New York Times)
The price of U.S. diesel fuel hit a new high over mounting fears that fighting in the Middle East could further threaten oil supplies.
Discarding an Old Map and Seeing Africa with Fresh Eyes (Howard W. French, Foreign Policy)
The continent offers solutions to some of the West’s most vexing problems.
What Happened to al-Qaeda? (Graeme Wood, The Atlantic)
Twenty-five years after 9/11, analysts can’t decide if the terrorist organization is all but defunct or more threatening than ever.
Will a Finnish Fence Make Russia a Good Neighbor? (Peter Suciu, National Interest)
Finland has completed construction of a fence along its Russian border. Officials hope it will stop “instrumentalized immigration” and prevent a potential Russian invasion.
