Trump declared that the American embassy in Israel would be moved to Jerusalem. All the Arab and Muslim countries protested. But I feel like I don't understand exactly what is at stake for them. Were they hoping for a different final status for Jerusalem? Does this American move decrease their negotiating power somehow?
At the same time, Putin announced that he will run in Russia's 2018 elections. Everyone expects him to win. But I have a feeling he won't complete his term in office. The Prime Minister is supposed to be next in the line of succession, so will competition for that position become the real struggle in Russian politics?
A columnist for SAAG suggests an "Indo Pacific Treaty Organization" on the model of NATO, in order to contain China and China's allies. It has a kind of historical plausibility. But for now, India plays both sides - it's in BRICS (which subsumed the older IBSA), and in the "Quadrilateral" with Japan, Australia, and America.
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