Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 22, 2017

Stephen Chan, CNN: Those coming after Robert Mugabe are not good men

(CNN)The resignation of Robert Mugabe, after the intervention of the army and then the move to impeach him, ends his 37 years in power -- which included his physical and intellectual degeneration over the last decade.

Even his own party saw he had lost the capacity to function as a modern president in perilous economic times. Accordingly, the impeachment motion in Parliament was put forward by his own party, and seconded by the opposition.

But those coming after Mugabe are not good, clean men. Some have real blood on their hands. The need for reinvention will include their own transformation into Western-friendly pragmatists. The era of ideology is over, and the rhetoric of nationalism will need to be replaced by the hard work of rebuilding.

Read more ....

Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- November 22, 2017

Mnangagwa: More of the same for suffering Zimbabwe? -- AFP

History suggests Zimbabwe’s military coup will turn violent -- Rut Diamint, Salon

Zimbabwe's Emmerson Mnangagwa returns — What's next? -- Chloe Lyneham, DW

After Mugabe, African leaders wonder what next -- Katharine Houreld, Reuters

How Saudi Arabia has overreached on Iran, Lebanon -- Mohamad Bazzi, Reuters

US must prepare for Iran’s next move in Syria -- Josh Rogin, Gulf Times

Newly Declassified Documents Prove America's North Korea Strategy Has Failed -- Daniel DePetris, RCD

North Korea crisis: This is the diplomatic solution that needs to be on the table -- Michael Fuchs, USA Today

Dealing With North Korea -- Paul Cook, RCD

Trump's Coming Hard Line on China -- Ely Ratner, The Interpreter

Vietnam and the Philippines – America’s Trump Cards? -- Thomas Bodine & Karl Friedhoff

Islamic State’s new frontline in the Philippines -- Bong S Sarmiento, Asia Times

Germany Wins, Merkel Loses -- Ullrich Fichtner, Speigel Online

Ratko Mladić will die in jail. But go to Bosnia: you’ll see that he won -- Ed Vulliamy, The Guardian

Google Is Filtering News for the Wrong Reason -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg