This is the First Edition of  10 Weekly Reading Recommendations published every Friday,

These articles are a new series to present high quality news reporting and analysis outside the American mainstream to introduce new perspectives to current events.

International News:

1. Der Spiegel, August 10, 2017: “Can the German-Turkish Relationship be Saved? ”

2. South China Morning Post,  August, 14, 2017: “China’s economy loses steam as Xi takes aim at debt  ”

3.  BBC News, August 14, 2017: “North Korea crisis: South’s leader in plea to avoid war”

4. Project Syndicate, August 16, 2017: “The End of Asia’s Strategic Miracle?”

5. The Chosun Ilbo, August 17, 2017: “N.Korean Missile Engines Supplied by Russia ”

United States News: 

1. The Conversation, August 16, 2017: “Why state-level single-payer health care efforts are doomed”

2. The National Interest, August 17, 2017: “Charolettesville: Trump’s Self Inflicted Wound”

3. Five Thirty Eight, August 18, 2017: “Trump’s Populism Isn’t Popular — But That’s On Him, Not Bannon”

4. BBC News, August 18, 2017: “Google’s stance on neo-Nazis ‘dangerous’, says EFF”

5. The National Interest, August 18, 2017: “Bannon’s Pugnacious Restraint May Be Missed”

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