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DECEMBER 11, 2015

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L E F E V R E / G E T T Y I M A G E S

French National Front President Marine Le Pen speaks Decemberafter the results of the first round of regional elections were announce

France’s National FrontClaims Record-Breaking VictoryRichard Palmer and Brandi Davis | December 10

M L P N F (FN)

ever. Once viewed as an illegiimae, radical ringe pary, FN

has become France’s mos popular pary, claiming a hisoric vic-

ory in he firs round o regional elecions las Sunday. The elec-

ions are no ye complee, bu in he firs round o voing, FN won

28 percen o he voe, winning he majoriy in six o France’s 13

regions. The second round o voes is sill pending, se o ake place

on Sunday, bu one hing is clear: France is looking or change.

“[T]he damage has been done,” according o Poliico’s Pierre

Briançon. Wheher or no FN akes home urher wins in he

second round his Sunday, he ringe pary’s rising popular-

iy has been firmly esablished. I is ye o be seen how well his

proes-movemen-urned-poliical-pary can govern large er-

riories, bu neverheless, he hisoric win a he polls prods

observers o keep a close eye on Marine Le Pen and FN in he

lead-up o he 2017 presidenial elecions.

FN has been on he rise since Le Pen ook over he pary rom

her aher in 2011. The year beore, in he same regional elecions,

he FN won only 11 percen o he voe. Since hen, Le Pen has

worked o “deoxiy” her pary, removing hersel rom her aher’s

exremis rheoric. While sofening he pary’s image, FN is sill

saunchly naionalisic, and Le Pen remains ouspoken in her

calls or he resoraion o France’s “erriorial, moneary, legisla-

ive and economic” sovereigny—and her denunciaion o Islam.

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I’s a message ha could ake her ar in a counry brually orced

o conron is problems wih radical Muslims in is mids, while

mired in economic problems—ofen blamed on he euro.

The Naional Fron’s success in France ses a preceden or

many oher ringe exremis paries in Europe o go mainsream.

Sraor wries: “Le Pen is simply he mos visible ace o a wider

European rend: he weakening o radiional paries and he rise

o ani-esablishmen orces ha criicize boh he European

Union and he elie ha suppor i.”In Germany, he europskepic pary AD (Alernaive or Ger-

many) held only 4.7 percen o he popular voe in 2013, is firs

ever elecion campaign. Jus one year laer in he 2014 elecions,

i won up o 12.2 percen in some regions.

The German ringe pary’s success is atribued primarily o

he reugee crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Chris-

ian Democraic Union and is siser pary, he Chrisian Socialis

Union, have allen in polls rom 43 o 35 percen, due o Merkel’s

handling o he crisis.

In recen monhs, he ani-immigran Sweden Democras

have polled a around 27 percen—making i Sweden’s mos pop-

ular pary. I oo has come rom nowhere—in 2010 i won only

5.7 percen.

Spain’s ani-auseriy Podemos pary won 15 seas in he Anda-

lusia region.

In Greece, ani-auseriy Syriza pary has ransormed rom a

ringe pary o now he governing pary o he srugling counry

Similar advances o ringe paries ino mainsream poliics

can be seen in he Neherlands, Hungary and Ausria.The recen crises are reshaping Europe. Europeans—be hey

French, German, Swedish, Spanish, Danish, Greek, Hungarian or

Ausrian—are calling or change in he esablished sysem. Bu

he change hey are looking or means reurning o a much older,

deep-rooed sysem.

These European crises are remarkably similar o hose o he

1930s. Europeans were desperae or answers and sough ou rad-

ical paries or exreme soluions—jus like oday. For more on

where his rise o naionalism and ringe paries is heading, read

“Déjà Vu.”

MIDDLE EAST

THE HIGHWAY CODE AND THE PETITION TO BAN DONALD TRUMP FROM

BRITAIN | DECEMBER 11

MEDIA DISCOVERS THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL THAT TROUBLES AMERICA:

DONALD J. TRUMP | DECEMBER 10

DONALD TRUMP AND THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE UNITED

STATES | DECEMBER 9

GERMANY: ANGELA MERKEL’S COVERUP AND THE MUTABLE GERMAN |

DECEMBER 8

DECEMBER 7, 1941—A LESSON WE CAN’T AFFORD TO FORGET | DECEMBER 7

The Collapse of the PA May Already Be HereTimes of Israel | December 6

U S S S J K

oulining a poenial collapse o he Palesinian Auhoriy

(PA), laid ou Saurday a he Saban Forum in Washingon, D.C.,

sounds more han realisic.

For a change, he U.S. adminisraion, an exper a making

aal misakes in he Middle Eas, seems o read he sae o Pales-

inian affairs correcly ….

… Wha, exacly, will a PA disinegraion [or collapse] look like?

A he sar, probably he way hings happened Thursday [a Pal-

esinian opening fire on Israel Deense Forces soldiers]. Maybe

an isolaed inciden, wih a Palesinian police officer or wo who

decide o atack Israeli arges and cause many Israeli casualies.

From here, an Israeli response will ollow. Or maybe an Israeli

realiaory shooing will bring a high number o Palesinian casu-

alies.

And hen will come a grassroos demand by members o he

securiy services o ac agains soldiers and setlers.

And as happened a he beginning o he Second Iniada in

2000, we will see more and more Palesinian soldiers and police

joining he demonsraions and atacks agains Israelis. …

The securiy and economic burden on Israel will be heavy.

And, o course, in he longer erm here will be a deparure rom

he vision o wo saes, or—as hey will call i on he righ—a

sobering up. Welcome o he binaional sae.

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Iran Flouts One Rule. Why Not All?Commentary | December 8

S U.S.

ond major missile es was conduced by Iran on November

24 near is border wih Pakisan. … This missile is an improved

version o … he ype esed in Ocober and also a echnological

sep up rom is exising arsenal.

This is a serious violaion o wo [Unied Naions SecuriyCouncil] resoluions abou Iranian missiles ha were passed in

he wake o he signing o he nuclear deal. …

Wha explains Iran’s deerminaion o push ahead wih hese

ess?

One inerpreaion is ha hey are racing agains he clock o

finish all ballisic ess his year beore preparing o accep he

UN resricions. …

The problem here isn’ so much hese paricular mis-

siles, alhough hey do pose a poenially lehal hrea boh o

Israel and moderae Arab naions in he region. Raher, i is he

preceden ha has been se by an American reusal o ake Iran’s

violaions o hese agreemens seriously. …

I small rules were broken hen big ones would ollow as heIslamis regime esed U.S. orbearance or cheaing. …

The Iranians already know ha Presiden Obama never had

any inenion o reaing he deal and relaed resricions on mis-

siles as sacrosanc. The poin o he exercise wasn’ so much o

sop he Iranian nuclear program since he pac allows Teh-

ran o coninue is research and will expire in a decade anyway.

… Obama sees Iran as an ally in he srugle agains . Thaexplains his relucance o ake acion agains Iran’s Syrian ally

Bashar Assad.

Bu he reliance on Iran as an ally agains is misaken ….

… [I] misses he poin abou Iran’s role in he Middle Eas. As

Ruhie Blum noes in Israel Hayom, he U.S. is orgeing ha

Iran remains he larges and mos dangerous sae sponsor o

errorism in he world. In ha sense, hough is dangerous in

is own righ, i also providing he perec disracion or Iran as

i coninues i surrepiious effors o creae a nuclear weapon.

Wih he missile es violaions under is bel and he U.S. uter-

ing no a word in reply, Tehran is se o begin he period covered by

he nuclear deal preparing o push he envelope on all o is resric-

ions. Their pah o a bomb is assured by he ac ha he dealexpires, bu Iran may no be saisfied wih waiing or i o expire. …

ISIS’s Imminent Demise

Daniel Pipes | December 5

UN S C R ,

on November 20, sums up he consensus ha he Islamic

Sae poses a moral danger o civilizaion by calling i an “unprec-

edened hrea o inernaional peace and securiy.” There’s also a

widespread sense ha will be around or a long ime …. Per-

mi me o disagree srenuously on boh couns.

On he firs: is no exacly he equivalen o Nazi Germany.I’s a litle bug ha he powers could quash a will i hey pu heir

minds o i. I survives only because no one really akes i seri-

ously enough o figh wih ground roops, he only gauge o an

inenion o prevail.

On he second: Beween is alienaion o is subjec popula-

ion and is grauious and unresrained violence oward oreign

counries, has made enemies o nearly everyone. …

Conrary o oher analyss, I oresee ha will disappear

wihou warning and as abruply as i arose. This could ollow

on some combinaion o inernal revol, inernecine euds, eco-

nomic collapse, and exernal atack.

And when ha happy day comes, we can all ocus on he real

“unprecedened hrea o inernaional peace and securiy,” namely

nuclear weapons in he hands o Iran’s apocalypic leadership.

“Iran is king of he Middle Eas. Is influence permeaes he

governmens and poliics of every naion in he region. I is he

regional hegemon and he cenral force moivaing all of he

major roubles ha emanae from he region. And as he lead-

er of he region ha receives he mos atenion from Wesern

naions, Iran has successfully gained a massive amoun of influ-

ence in inernaional affairs.”

“Iran Is King,” Trumpet, May 2006

Iraq Asks Germany for Help in Fight Against Islamic State

Deutsche Welle | December 7

I G F M FW

Seinmeier in Baghdad on Monday, Iraqi Prime Miniser

Haider al-Abadi requesed ha Germany play a more acive role

in he figh agains he so-called “Islamic Sae.”

The [Deusche Presse Agenur] news agency repored ha

he Iraqi premier had in paricular asked he German govern-

men o provide help wih roop raining. German orces in Iraq

are currenly raining Kurdish soldiers in he counry’s auono-

mous norh.

“The hrea o errorism is no only a hrea o Iraq, bu also o

Europe,” said Abadi, speaking wih .

Seinmeier’s visi o Iraq had no been publicly announced

beore his arrival over securiy concerns. …

Seinmeier assured Abadi ha he did no ake “he asks ha

sand beore you and he inernaional communiy” lighly, add-

ing ha he had “lisened careully” o he reques. He did no

make any specific commimens relaed o he figh agains er-

ror bu did announce plans or Germany o help build five field

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hospials in he recenly liberaed erriories.

Abadi’s reques came ho on he heels o he German parliamen

signing off a major miliary suppor role in combaing [he Islamic

Sae] in Syria, assising he inernaional coaliion’s airsrikes

wih logisics and reconnaissance. The miliary campaign will also

see he deploymen o 1,200 German roops o he region. …

Western Officia ls: Iran Retreating From Syri a Fight

Eli Lake, Bloomberg View | December 10

WE TALKED ABOU T THIS

I

Russian-led miliary campaign in Syria, according o U.S. and

oher Wesern miliary officials, sugesing a fissure in wha Pres-

iden Barack Obama derided las monh as a “coaliion o wo.”

U.S. officials ell me hey are seeing significan numbers o

[Islamic] Revoluionary Guard Corps roops rerea rom he

Syrian comba zone in recen weeks, ollowing he deahs and

wounding o some o op officers in a campaign o reake Idlib

province and oher areas los his year o opposiion orces sup-

pored by he Wes and Gul Arab saes. …

In lae Ocober, Gen. Joseph Dunord, he chairman o he

Join Chies o Saff, esified here were 2,000 Iranian roops in

Syria leading he figh o save [Syrian Presiden Bashar] Assad. …

One esimae shared wih me by a senior Wesern deense offi-

cial said here were only 700 [Islamic] Revoluionary Guard Corps

members now fighing in he Russian-led offensive. …

RELATED: “AN IMPORTANT TREND TO WATCH AS ASSAD’S RULE WEAKENS IN

SYRIA”

EUROPE

TIME’ S PERSON OF THE YEAR, IRAN RETREATING FROM SYRIA,

EXGUANTANAMO DETAINEE, AND MORE | DECEMBER 11

FRENCH ELECTIONS, TURKEY VS. RUSSIA, UNIVERSITY TOMFOOLERY AND

MORE | DECEMBER 9

Adolf Hitler Was Satan-PossessedGerald Flurry,

The Key of David | December 11

God prophesies o a coming German leader who will be worse

han Adol Hiler. To undersand how his man will gain

power, we mus comprehend he unseen orce ha guided Hiler.

Europe’s Barbarians Inside the GateNouriel Roubini, Project Syndicate | November 30

BERLINI E

could make one eiher very pessimisic or consrucively opi-

misic abou Europe’s prospecs. …

Bu o all he problems Europe aces, i is he migraion cri-

sis ha could become exisenial. In he Middle Eas, Norh

Arica, and he region sreching rom he Sahel o he Horn o

Arica, here are abou 20 million displaced people; civil wars,

widespread violence and ailed saes are becoming he norm.

I Europe has rouble absorbing a million reugees, how will i

evenually handle 20 million? … Bu he soluion proposed by

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some—close he gaes o reugees—would merely worsen he

problem, by desabilizing counries like Turkey, Lebanon and

Jordan, which have already absorbed millions. …

I economic soluions aren’ ound, evenually hese regions’

conflics will desabilize Europe, as millions more desperae,

hopeless people evenually become radicalized and blame he

Wes or heir misery. Even wih an unlikely wall around Europe,

many would find a way in—and some would errorize Europe or

decades o come. …Bu Europe is no doomed o collapse. The crises ha i now

conrons could lead o greaer solidariy, more risk sharing, and

urher insiuional inegraion. Germany could absorb more

reugees (hough no a he rae o a million per year). France and

Germany could provide and pay or miliary inervenion agains

he Islamic Sae. …

And here is ligh a he end o he unnel or he eurozone. …

More risk-sharing will sar in he banking secor (wih EU-wide

deposi insurance up nex), and evenually more ambiious pro-

posals or a fiscal union will be adoped. …

The patern in Europe has been ha crises lead—however

slowly—o more inegraion and risk-sharing. … In a world o

exising and rising grea powers (he U.S., China and India) and

weaker revisionis powers (such as Russia and Iran), a divided

Europe is a geopoliical dwar.

Forunaely, enlighened leaders in Berlin—and here aremore han a ew o hem, despie percepions o he conrary—

know ha Germany’s uure depends on a srong and more ine-

graed Europe. They, ogeher wih wiser European leaders else-

where, undersand ha his will require he appropriae orms o

solidariy, including a unified oreign policy ha can address he

problems in Europe’s neighborhood. …

Merkel,TimeMagazine and Our Take on Why She Deserved the Honor George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures | December 10


G C A M P

he Year” by Time magazine oday or having he mos effec

on he world in 2015. I is a surprising bu no inappropriae

award. …

Germany is caugh beween a rock and a hard place. … [I] is

caugh beween he rock o needing an inegraed Europe, and he

hard place o having o poenially deploy subsanial resourceso mainain ha sysem. …

The economic crisis o 2008 creaed a massive hrea ha

Merkel had o handle. The European ree rade zone purchased

hal o Germany’s expors and hereore, suppored one quarer

o Germany’s economy. …

I Merkel simply le Greece off he hook, oher debors, maybe

Ialy, would be he nex. So Merkel could no permi Greece o

simply deaul. On he oher hand, i he pressure grew so grea

ha Greece los all incenive o repay he deb and decided o

proec is economy by no only leaving he euro bu also he ree

rade zone, i would se a poenially caasrophic preceden. Pu

differen, i Greece boled and deauled and did no sink ino he

bowels o he Earh, ohers migh ollow is lead. And i hey did,

Germany would lose is global marke or various reasons.

Thereore, Merkel invened a marvelous game ha i played

over and over. Firs, i ocused on Greece as i i was he only

roubled economy in Europe, making i clearer ha Greece was

uniquely a aul. … Second, i erociously atacked Greece or

he uter irresponsibiliy o anyhing Greece had ever done, care-

ully orgeting ha or every bad borrower, here is a bad lender.

She hreaened Greece wih expulsion and disaser. Then as he

las momen occurred, an agreemen was reached where Greece

would agree o all maters o concessions. Merkel could claim ha

her erociy cowed he Greeks. O course he concessions ha he

Greeks made could never be ully honored since Greek resources

were vasly ousripped by Greek debs.

Bu he ac ha he Greeks could no honor he promises hey

made simply allowed he game o be repeaed endless imes. TheGreeks were never expelled, never lef, and never acually lived

up o any promise hey made. Bu i was he momen o erociy

ollowed by capiulaion which ocused atenion. … All naions

were aware o German erociy. All o hem saw Greece crumble

in ear. … And he sheer erociy o Merkel moivaed ohers o

pay up. …

[T]he purpose o he EU was moral as well as economic. I was

inended o ame he German spiri. In a coninen sill scarred by

grandparens’ recollecions o he war, Germany’s reemergence

was no wihou concern. … Merkel escaped one rap, a he price

o passing hrough a door she never waned o pass hrough—he

door in which Germany openly managed Europe’s affairs, and did

so wih a sick as well as a carro.

Merkel deserved o be named Time’ s “Person o he Year”

because she has had he greaes impac on he world. Her man-

agemen o he European economic crisis has led Germany rom

being an uterly benign power o being an asserive and righen-

ing one. Tha is no a bad hing or mos naions o become, bu

i is a ough place or Germany o be. Merkel ook Germany here

and no one else changed he world more han she did in doing

his.

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Slippery Slope: Are German Ground Troops Inevitable in Syria?Gordon Repinski and Christoph Schult, Spiegel Online | December 8

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planes, a rigae and suppor personnel o suppor he figh

agains he Islamic Sae in Syria. Expers say [he Islamic Sae]can’ be deeaed wih airsrikes alone. Will Germany ulimaely

be orced o send in ground roops? …

In Berlin, governmen officials say any speculaion abou

ground roops is “impruden.” Tha, hough, sounds more like an

effor o choke off discussion han like a convincing argumen.

Afer all, nobody in Berlin believes ha [he Islamic Sae] can be

deeaed rom he air alone. …

The German governmen is hus ocusing on local Syrian

fighers. Bu he expers in Berlin are also noing in off-he-re-

cord conversaions ha here is litle aih ha hese orces will

be able o reconquer much o he counry.

“A he momen, we have o ocus on making sure ha he

Wes’s sraegy works ou,” says Harald Kuja, a reired our-sarGerman general. “I i isn’ successul, hen he Wes will be aced

wih he quesion o wheher i wans o send in ground roops.”

The ormer general sees parallels o he Balkans mission o

he 1990s in he curren siuaion. “We would have o send 50,000

o 60,000 soldiers under he leadership o he U.S.A. or ino

he counry,” he says. …

The risk o being aken prisoner—wheher due o a echnical

deec or o being sho down by surace-o-air missiles—is one

ha will plague German Air Force pilos rom he firs day o heirdeploymen. Bu wha would happen hen? …

Former Deense Miniser Franz Jose Jung [says]: “We can

handle ha ourselves. The Bundeswehr successully carried ou

hese kinds o rescue operaions in Aghanisan.” The implica-

ions, hough, are clear: German boos on Syrian ground.

German paricipaion in a ground orce would be very likely

in he even o a ceasefire in Syria. “I could imagine a German

deploymen on Syrian soil wihin he ramework o a peace

agreemen wih Syria and wihin he scope o a Unied Naions

resoluion backing his peace,” says Jürgen Hard, oreign-policy

spokesperson or conservaives in parliamen. …

Should an agreemen be reached, Germany would no lon-

ger be able o avoid he quesion o ground roops—even i heIslamic Sae weren’ ye deeaed. … Were Germany o back

away rom sending roops, he U.S. and France would no likely

show much undersanding—paricularly given how ofen Sein-

meier and Deense Miniser Ursula von der Leyen have spoken in

recen years abou waning Germany o ake on a greaer role in

he inernaional communiy. …

German Minister Says Troops Are ‘Staying’ in Afghanistan

Radio Free Europe | December 6

G D M U L

German roops in he norhern Aghan ciy o Mazar-e-Shari

on December 6, a rip ha comes afer Berlin’s recen decision o

enlarge is miliary deploymen in he war-orn counry.

“The basic message mus be: We’re saying,” he miniser

old reporers beore her fligh landed in Mazar-e-Shari, where

1,500 roops rom 21 counries are saioned, mos o hem

German.

Germany is o increase is personnel in Aghanisan rom

850 o 980 and exend is raining missions or Aghan soldiers

hrough 2016.

Las week, announced ha is roop levels in Aghani-

san will remain largely unchanged hrough nex year, despie

earlier plans o reduce i. …

Judy Asks: Is Marine Le Pen Stoppable?

Carnegie Europe | December 9

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quesion rom Judy Dempsey on he oreign and securiy pol-

icy challenges shaping Europe’s role in he world. …

Ulrike Guéro | Founder and direcor of he European Democ-

racy Lab a he European School of Governance

The shor answer is: probably no—or a leas, no easily. For

quie a while, France’s ar-righ Naional Fron has esablished

somehing ha could be called a Volkspartei—a large people’s

pary gahering beween 30 and 40 percen o he voe in many

areas, and more han 50 percen in some consiuencies. Since

2012, he Naional Fron has gained some 15 percenage poins in

is elecoral perormance. This increase has been due o he dra-

maic economic downurn France has experienced since Euro-

pean auseriy policies were inroduced ….

Devasaed regions are cheap prey, no only or Le Pen, bu

even more or her young and beauiul niece, Naional Fron

member Marion Maréchal-Le Pen. Boh women are porraying

hemselves as modern Joan o Arcs rescuing he French Repub-

lic—rom Muslims as much as rom he euro. Wheher observers

like i or no, his seems o work in a counry wih an ailing poli-

ical sysem. …

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Gianni Riota | Member of he Council on Foreign Relaions

Yes, and Donald Trump can be sopped oo. Bu will hey be

beore i is oo lae? …

Afer World War , Europe and France whiewashed heir

wors sories. The Vichy regime, ani-Semiism, and orure in

Algeria were phooshopped by a narraive gloriying la Répub-

lique, social values, harmony and culure. …

Marine Le Pen will no goose-sep ono he srees. Bu Euro-

peans are sill fighing he ghoss deeaed by heir ahers, and

hey are losing he war heir children will keep on fighing.

German Angst vs. the Islamic State

Sumi Somaskanda, Foreign Policy | December 7

F I P, G

unexpecedly ound isel on high aler. Germans, who have

long el insulaed rom he error ha has sruck allies around

he world, are finally wondering i hey could be nex.

The growing error hrea is already saring o affec policy in

Berlin. Las week, he German governmen agreed o send non-

comba roops o assis in he figh agains he Islamic Sae in

Syria. Bu he growing ears o a srike on German soil have also

revived a long-running debae over how o keep he counry sae,

while proecing a culure o civil liberies deeply rooed in is

20h-cenury hisory. …

I’s oo soon o ell i Germans’ deep aversion o surveillanceand srong securiy will shif in he wake o he Paris atacks. Bu

hey did se Germany on edge. …

The laes ediion he Islamic Sae’s English-language magazine,

Dabiq, which liss Germany as one o he “crusader” naions allied

agains he Islamic Sae, is a chilling reminder o de Maizière’s

repeaed warning ha Germany is in he “crosshairs o inerna-

ional errorism.” German auhoriies have sared emphasizing

he hrea rom homegrown Islamis exremism, which is hisor-

ically seen as a smaller problem here han in Briain or France.

According o he Federal Criminal Police Office, or , around

1,000 Germans are considered par o he Islamis error scene, and

420 are believed o be a risk o naional securiy. …

A home, ear and uncerainy are now on he rise. A poll con-

duced a ew days afer he Paris atacks revealed ha some 60

percen are worried Germany will be atacked. And a survey con-

duced by he marke research group Inraes-Dimap las monhshowed 91 percen o Germans are on board wih addiional secu-

riy measures, ranging rom increased police presence o ideniy

checks. For a counry usually wary o such measures, hose num-

bers are sriking. …

Polish Deputy Defense Minister Says Poland Considering Request for U.S. N ukes

Jack Caravelli, Washington Free Beacon | December 7

P D D M T S

Polish media oule Polsa ha his counry is considering a

reques or access o he nuclear sharing program. Szakow-

ski did no ideniy wha ypes o nuclear weapons Poland mighreques.

Shorly afer he remarks were repored, he Polish Deense

Minisry issued a saemen denying i was conemplaing such

a reques. …

Under he nuclear sharing program, however, has

based nuclear weapons a various imes in Ialy, Germany, Bel-

gium, Turkey and he Neherlands. A he November 2010 LisbonSummi all 28 members agreed ha as long as here were

nuclear weapons in he world, he alliance would mainain is

own nuclear weapons capabiliies. …

ASIA

Russia, China Object to UN North Korea Human Rights MeetingVoice of America | December 8


C R U

Saes rom calling a meeing o he Unied Naions Securiy

Council on human righs in Norh Korea his week, bu hey are

expeced o sop i rom passing any puniive resoluions.

The Securiy Council is made up o five permanen members

wih veo righs: he Unied Saes, China, Russia, France and

Briain; as well as 10 non-permanen members eleced or wo-

year erms.

Las year he 193-member UN General Assembly voed o

send o he Securiy Council a resoluion o reer Norh Korea

o he Inernaional Criminal Cour based on a UN Commission

o Inquiry ha documened is nework o poliical prisons and

widespread human violaions ha include orure, enslavemen

rape and murder.

The Securiy Council debaed he measure bu declined o call

a voe given he near cerainy ha Norh Korea’s allies Russia

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and China would veo i. … I is unlikely ha a Thursday’s mee-

ing China and Russia will agree o suppor he resoluion o reer

Norh Korea o he Inernaional Criminal Cour. …

“One analys recognized from he beginning ha he UN would

be, no jus a failure a peacekeeping, bu a caalys o conflic.

‘Already I see he clouds of World War III gahering a his

conference,’ heologian Herber W. Armsrong said a he or-

ganizaion’s inaugural meeing in 1945. ‘I do no see peace being

germinaed here, bu he seeds of he nex war!’ … Mr. Arm-

srong knew ha he Unied Naions would no—could not —

bring peace o his world. How did he know? By looking ino

God’s Word, which reveals he naure of man. The Aposle Paul

said, ‘And he way of peace have hey no known’ (Romans 3:17).

Mr. Armsrong learned, hrough he Bible, ha peace would

never come on he Earh by mankind; i could only be possible

by Jesus Chris, upon His reurn wih His world-ruling govern-

men o usher i in (Revelaion 20:4-6; Isaiah 2:2-4; 9:6-7; 11:1-9).”

“Do Russia and China Deserve to Sit on the UN Human RightsCouncil?” theTrumpet.com, Nov. 19, 2013

Russia Launches Syria Submarine Strikes Ahead of Talks Agence France Presse | December 9

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in Syria or he firs ime rom a submarine saioned in he

Medierranean, racheing up is bombing campaign in he war-orn counry.

The srikes came wih Syria’s splinered opposiion due o

begin Saudi-organized alks in Riyadh on Wednesday or di-

ficul discussions on orming a unied ron in poenial alks

wih Presiden Bashar Assad o end he counry’s years-long

conflic.

Moscow’s laes srikes hi “300 arges o differen kinds” in

he pas hree days and helped Syrian Special Forces recover he

black box o he Russian warplane downed by Turkey las monh

Deense Miniser Sergei Shoigu said. …The Russian Deense Minisry said i had upped he inensiy

o is srikes in Syria since Saurday, dropping 1,920 bombs over

he pas our days.

Puin said Tuesday ha he Calibre missiles launched rom

he submarine could be equipped wih nuclear warheads—bu

said he hoped hey would “never be needed in he figh agains

errorism.” …

Russia Offers Turkish Slot to India

Russia and India Report | December 9

R I

Turkey in he Russian marke, Russia’s visiing depuy prime

miniser, Dmiry Rogozin, old journaliss in New Delhi. …

Kim Jong-un’s Uncle Defected to U.S. Amid N. Korean Power Struggle

Korea Times | December 9

I N K,

means excludes you rom danger.

The uncle o curren leader Kim Jong-un, Lee Kang, decided o

come ou o he woodwork Wednesday.

He admited ha his amily deeced o he U.S. ou o ear ha

he would become vicimized during a poliical power srugle

leading up o he deah o ormer leader Kim Jong-il.

Kang and his wie, who is he siser o Kim Jong-un’s moher,

cared or he curren dicaor nearly 20 years ago while he sud-

ied in Swizerland.

Afer moving back o Norh Korea as Kim became an adul, he

couple el he need o ge ou while hey could.

“My wie chose he U.S. o find ways o rea her siser [who

had been dealing wih breas cancer], and I did so or ear o wha

hose in power can do,” Lee old Yonhap News.” …

He deeced more han a decade beore Kim Jong-il passed.

Since hen, Kim Jong-un came ino power and has shown no

signs o running a more compassionae regime.

In ac, he’s been cied as he mos brual dicaor he Commu-

nis naion has ever seen in erms o he sheer number o public

execuions he has issued during his rule. …

Lee currenly runs a laundry service in he U.S. while

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coninuing o cover up his ideniy.

“Afer he deah of Kim Jong-il in December 2011, his son Kim

Jong-un ook up he reins of Norh Korea. Many analyss

hough he ransiion would rigger a reversal in he coun-

ry’s rogue behavior. Afer all, he young Kim Jong-un had

received a Wesern educaion, and was an ouspoken fan of

Michael Jordan and James Bond films. Opimisic Weserners

said ha wha litle informaion was available abou Jong-un

suggesed ha he migh abandon he inernal oppression and

exernal belligerency ha had marked he reigns of his faher

and grandfaher. Bu Jong-un is desperae o prove himself

worhy o his naion’s hard-line miliary, and i is now clear

ha, under his rule, nuclear Norh Korea is more aggressive,

more unpredicable and more dangerous han ever.”

“North Korea Threatens U.S. Again” theTrumpet.com, Oct. 14, 2013

U.S. General ‘Concerned’ About Russia, China’s Development of Space Weapons

Washington Free Beacon | December 9

T U.S. A F S C T

ha he is concerned abou Russia and China using anisa-

ellie weapons o creae hazardous debris in space, ollowing

repors ha boh counries esed hose ypes o weapons in he

las wo monhs.

Gen. John Hyen, commander o he Air Force’s Space Command,

old reporers afer a Capiol Hill Club even ha he is “concerned

abou any poenial hrea ha would creae debris in space” ….

… U.S. officials and Americans mus recognize ha space is a

“conesed environmen now,” he said …. “Our culure likes space

as a benign environmen,” he said. “Bu ha’s no he world ha

we live in.”

China Concerned About U.S.-Singapore Military TiesValueWalk | December 8

T U.S. S

increase bilaeral deense links beween he wo saes. …

Organized a he Penagon, he meeing marks a new milesone

in he U.S.-Singapore relaionship. …

Addressing he issue a a press gahering, Chinese Foreign

Minisry spokeswoman Hua Chuying said, “I hink his kind o

increase in miliary deploymen by he Unied Saes and pushing

regional miliarizaion does no accord wih he join long-erm

ineress o he counries in his region.” …

India, Russia to Sign Defense Pact for Su-30 Fleet

ValueWalk | December 9

T he delivery o spare pars and supplies o help mainain

India’s Su-30MKI flee. …

The discussion o improve deense serviceabiliy and echnical

cooperaion beween Russia and India is no a new one; Moscowand New Delhi have been working on a long-erm deense coop-

eraion process since 2006 and reached a echnical assisance

agreemen in 2012. …

SCO Members Meet on Security Cooperation

ECNS | December 7

M S C O

zaion () member saes held a meeing on securiy coop-

eraion December 5 o 7. …

They agreed o srenghen miliary cooperaion in various

secors o deal wih he complicaed and unsable inernaional

securiy siuaion.

Founded in 2001, he consiss o China, Russia, Kazakh-

san, Kyrgyzsan, Tajikisan and Uzbekisan, wih poenial mem-

bers including India and Pakisan.

India No. 1 Choice for Global Tech R&D

Times of India | December 9

I N.

corporaions] o esablish produc engineering and R&D cen-

ers ouside heir home counries, and he growh o hese cen-

ers in India is oupacing he average global growh.

India accouned or $12.3 billion, or 40 percen, o he oal o

$31 billion o globalized engineering and R&D in 2015, according

o a sudy by consuling firm Zinnov. …

Zinnov, which has been ocused on his space since i was

ounded over a decade ago, finds ha 69 percen o all new off-

shore echnology ceners his year were se up in India. …

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India accouned or $7.8 billion, or 21.6 percen, o he oal ousourced engineering and R&D services o $36 billion in 2015. …

China to Sign Nuclear, Aviation Deals With Russia

Reuters | December 8

C R ,

space deals nex week during a visi o China by Russian

Prime Miniser Dmiry Medvedev, a senior Chinese diploma said

on Tuesday. …

ANGLOAMERICA

What You Should Know About ChristmasStephen Flurry,

Trumpet Daily | December 11

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ave you ever wondered wha God hinks abou Chrismas?

Follow Sephen Flurry

Ex-Guantanamo Detainee Now al Qaeda Leader in YemenThomas Joscelyn, The Long War Journal | December 9


A Q A P ()

video eauring a ormer Guananamo deainee, Ibrahim

Qosi, who is also known as Sheikh Khubayb al-Sudani.

In July 2010, Qosi pleaded guily o charges o conspiracy and

maerial suppor or errorism beore a miliary commission.

His plea was par o a deal in which he agreed o cooperae wih

prosecuors during his remaining ime in U.S. cusody. Qosi was

ranserred o his home counry o Sudan wo years laer, in July

2012.

Qosi joined in 2014 and became one o is leaders. Qosi

and oher commanders discussed heir ime waging jihad a

lengh in he video, iled “Guardians o Sharia.”

Islamic scholars ensure he “correcness” o he “jihadis proj-

ec,” according o Qosi. And he war agains America conin-

ues hrough “individual jihad,” which al Qaeda encourages rom

abroad. Here, Qosi reerred o al Qaeda’s policy o encouraging

atacks by individual adherens and smaller error cells. Indeed,

’s video celebraes jihadiss who have aced in accordance

wih his call, such as he Kouachi brohers, who sruck Charlie

Hebdo’s offices in Paris earlier his year. The Kouachi brohers’

operaion was sponsored by .

The al Qaeda veerans shown in he video emphasized he

imporance o ollowing he advice o recognized jihadis ideo-

logues. Alhough ’s men do no menion he Islamic Sae by

name, hey clearly have Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s group in mind.

Al Qaeda has criicized he Islamic Sae or ailing o ollow he

eachings o widely respeced jihadis auhoriies, mos o whom

rejec he legiimacy o Baghdadi’s sel-declared “caliphae.”

Qosi’s appearance marks he firs ime he has sarred in jihad-

is propaganda since he lef Guananamo. His personal relaion-

ship wih Osama bin Laden and ime in American deenion

make him an especially high-profile spokesman.

A leaked Join Task Force Guananamo () hrea

assessmen and oher declassified files documened Qosi’s exen-

sive al Qaeda dossier. In he hrea assessmen, daed Nov. 15,

2007, U.S. inelligence analyss described Qosi as a “high” risk o

he U.S. and is allies. …

While deained a Guananamo in 2003, Qosi was asked why he

sayed rue o bin Laden or so many years. According o ,

Qosi explained i was his “religious duy o deend Islam and ul-

fill he obligaion o jihad and ha he war beween America and

al Qaeda is a war beween Islam and agression o he infidels.”

Qosi made i clear in ’s new producion ha he hasn’

changed his opinion in he 12 years since.

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Russia’s Dollar Exit Takes Major New StepF. William Engdahl, New Eastern Outlook | December 5

F C R F

undersood, as do oher naions, ha he role o he U.S. dollar

as he world’s major reserve currency is heir economic Achilles’

heel. So long as Washingon and Wall Sree conrol he dollar, and

so long as he bulk o world rade requires dollars or setlemen,

cenral banks like hose o Russia and China are orced o sock-pile dollars in he orm o “sae” U.S. reasury deb, as currency

reserves o proec heir economies rom he kind o currency war

Russia experienced in lae 2014 when he aply-named U.S. Trea-

sury Office o Terrorism and Financial Inelligence and Wall Sree

dumped rubles amid a U.S.-Saudi deal o collapse world oil prices.

Now Russia and China are quiely heading or he dollar exi

door.

Russia’s sae budge srongly depends on oil expor dollar

profis. Ironically, because o he role o he dollar, he cenral

banks o China, Russia, Brazil and oher counries diamerically

opposed o U.S. oreign policy are orced o buy U.S. reasury deb

in dollars, de aco financing he wars o Washingon ha aim o

damage hem.Tha’s quiely changing. In 2014, Russia and China signed wo

mammoh 30-year conracs or Russian gas o China. The con-

racs specified ha he exchange would be done in Renminbi

and Russian rubles, no in dollars. Tha was he beginning o an

acceleraing process o de-dollarizaion ha is underway oday.

On November 27, Russia’s Cenral Bank announced ha i

was including he Chinese renminbi ino he cenral bank’s offi-

cial reserves or he firs ime. As o Dec. 31, 2014, official Cenral

Bank o Russia reserves consised o 44 percen U.S. dollars, and

42 percen euros wih he Briish pound slighly more han 9 per-

cen. The decision o include renminbi or yuan ino Russia’s offi-

cial reserves will increase he use o he yuan in Russian financial

markes, o he derimen o he dollar. …Bu he acions o Russia and China o replace he dollar as

mediaing currency in heir muual rade, a rade whose volume

has grown significanly since U.S. and EU sancions in March

2014, are no he end o i.

Gold is abou o make a dramaic reurn o he world moneary

sage or he firs ime since Washingon unilaerally ripped up

he Breton Woods Treay in Augus 1971. …Since ha ime, rumors have persised ha, in ac, he gold

chambers o For Knox are bare, a ac ha, were i o be verified

would spell curains or he dollar as reserve currency. …

Ino his dynamic, he cenral bank o Russia has been add-

ing o is official gold reserves in dramaic ashion in recen

years. Since he growing hosiliy wih Washingon, he pace has

become ar more rapid. From January 2013, Russia’s official gold

has expanded by 129 percen o 1,352 ons as o Sep. 30, 2015. …

Today is a differen era o be sure. Russia has ar and away

replaced Souh Arica as he world’s hird-larges gold-mining coun-

ry in erms o annual ons mined. China has become number one.

Wesern media have made much o he ac ha since U.S.-led

financial sancions, Russian cenral bank reserves o dollars haveallen significanly. Wha hey do no repor is ha a he same

ime he cenral bank in Russia has been buying gold, los o gold

Russia’s oal reserves in U.S. dollars have allen recenly under

sancions by some $140 billion since 2014 parallel wih he 50

percen collapse in dollar oil prices, bu holdings o gold are up by

30 percen since 2014 as noed. Russia now holds as many ounces

o gold as he gold exchange-raded unds do. In June alone, i

added he equivalen o 12 percen o global annual gold mine pro-

ducion according o seekingalpha.com. …

A Russian-Chinese alernaive o he dollar in he orm o a

gold-backed ruble and gold-backed renminbi or yuan, could sar

a snowball exi rom he U.S. dollar, and wih i, a severe decline

in America’s abiliy o use he reserve dollar role o finance herwars wih oher peoples’ money.

Nearly Half of Youth Say ‘American Dream’ Is Dead: Harvard Poll

Bloomberg | December 10

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hal o hose ages 18 hrough 29 believing he “American

Dream” is more dead han alive, a naionwide survey released

Thursday by Harvard Universiy’s Insiue o Poliics shows.

Reflecing he sour mood o he overall elecorae, 48 per-

cen o hose asked “For you personally, is he idea o he Ameri-

can Dream alive or dead?” responded “Dead.” Those who picked

“Alive” accouned or 49 percen.

While he race or ehniciy o he poll’s respondens didn’ sig-

nificanly impac he resuls, he level o educaion o hose ques-

ioned did play a role in deermining he answer. Fify-eigh per-

cen o college graduaes said he dream was alive or hem

personally, compared o 42 percen o hose no in college or who

had never enrolled in college.

“I is disurbing ha abou hal o he larges generaion in

America doesn’ believe he American dream is here or hem

personally,” said John Della Volpe, he insiue’s polling direc-

or. “Tha rusraion, I hink, is ied ino a governmen hey don’

rus and hey don’ hink is working or hem.” …

A srong majoriy—66 percen—o poenial Democraic pri-

mary voers in he age group said he ac ha Sanders is a sel-de-

scribed democraic socialis made “no difference” in heir likeli-

hood o suppor his candidacy.

Among young Republicans, billionaire Donald Trump is

backed by 22 percen, closely ollowed by reired neurosurgeon

Ben Carson a 20 percen. …

Overall, a majoriy o 56 percen o hose in he age group say

hey would preer a Democra o win he Whie House in 2016, a

ne increase o 5 percenage poins since he insiue released a

similar poll in April. …

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Those 18 o 29 mos value inegriy, level-headedness and

auheniciy—no experience—in a uure presiden, he poll

shows.

The survey o 2,011 Americans ages 18 o 29 was aken Ocober

30-November 9. I has a margin o error o plus or minus 2.8 per-

cenage poins on he ull sample.

Britain Is No longer a Christian Country and Should Stop Acting as If It Is, Says Judge

John Bingham and Steven Swi nford, Telegraph | December 7

B C acing as i i is, a major inquiry ino he place o religion in

modern sociey has concluded, provoking a urious backlash

rom minisers and he Church o England.

A wo-year commission, chaired by he ormer senior judge

Baroness Buler-Sloss and involving leading religious leaders

rom all aihs, calls or public lie in Briain o be sysemaicallyde-Chrisianized.

I says ha he decline o churchgoing and he rise o Islam

and oher aihs mean a “new setlemen” is needed or religion in

he UK, giving more official influence o non-religious voices and

hose o non-Chrisian aihs. …

Chinese Devaluation Is a Bigger Danger Than Fed Rate Rises

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, Telegraph | December 2

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he dollar. I China devalues in earnes, i will be an earh-

quake.The world has had a year o brace or moneary lifoff by he

U.S. Federal Reserve. A near cerain rae rise nex week will come

almos as a relie.

Emerging markes have already endured a dollar shock. The

currency has risen 20 percen since July 2014 in expecaion o

his momen, based on he Fed’s rade-weighed “broad” dollar

index.

The ighening o dollar liquidiy is wha caused a global man-

uacuring recession and an emerging marke crash earlier his

year, made worse by China’s fiscal cliff in January and is erraic,

sop-sar effors o wind down a $26 rillion credi boom. The

shakeou has been painul: Hopeully he dollar effec is largely

behind us.The cenral bank governors o India and Mexico, among oh-

ers, have been urging he Fed o sop dihering and ge on wih

i. Presumably hey have hough long and hard abou he conse-

quences or heir own economies.

I is a sae be ha Fed chie Jane Yellen will give a “dovish

seer.” …

Such a bias owards easy money may conain he seeds o is

own desrucion i i orces he Fed o slam on he brakes laer.

Bu ha is a drama or anoher day.

The greaer risk or he world over coming monhs is ha

China sops rying o hold he line agains devaluaion and sends

a wave o corrosive deflaion hrough he global economy.

Fear ha China may join he world’s currency wars is wha

hauns he elie banks and unds in London. …Bank o America expecs he yuan o reach 6.90 nex year, se-

ing off a complex chain reacion and a urher downward spiral

or oil and commodiies. Daiwa ears a 20 percen slide. My own

view is ha a all o his magniude would se off currency wars

across Asia and beyond, replicaing he 1998 crisis on a more dan-

gerous scale. …

The [Reserve Bank o Ausralia] said Chinese exporers

are rying o keep heir oreign earnings in dollars and large dis-

crepancies are building up under “errors and omissions.” There

has been a “reducion in he willingness o China’s oreign suppli-

ers o receive paymen in (yuan),” i said. …

Wheher China has an over-valued currency is a holy debaed

quesion. …Wha is clear is ha China has suffered a major currency

shock. The yuan has been srapped o he rockeing dollar

hrough is peg a a ime when i needed a weaker exchange rae

and his has been made worse by Japan’s devaluaion game nex

door and by crumbling currencies in Russia and Eas Asia. …

Premier Li Keqiang has so ar resised devaluaion, knowing

ha his would draw ou he agony, would lead o Japanese-syle

“zombie” companies on lie-suppor, and would play ino he

hands o vesed ineress and pary dinosaurs he aims o deea. …

The sabiliy o he yuan and he world currency sysem ress

on hin poliical ice.

TW IN BRIEF

Gun sales blasing records: A record number o firearm-re-

laed background checks were processed in November,

making i he sevenh consecuive monhly record. The Federal

Bureau o Invesigaion processed 2,243,030 firearm background

checks during he monh—an asonishing 236,111 more han he

previous record se in 2012. I rends hold or December, 2015 will

become a record year or gun sales. Second Amendmen advo-

caes noe ha sales surge afer violen atacks ake place and

when poliical rheoric abou resricing guns escalaes. In Oco-

ber, police sumbled upon a massive cache o 10,000 guns when

police execued an unrelaed search warran a a Souh Carolina

home. According o auhoriies, he owner was a gun hoarder

who was no involved in illegal gun rafficking. Over he pas 17

years, he agency has processed 222 million background checks

or gun purchases. During his ime, 2.4 million gun purchases

have been blocked.

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