International Affairs - Interesting Items

Trump’s Business Ties in Persian Gulf Raise Questions by DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/17/world/middleeast/trumps-business-ties-in-persian-gulf-raise-questions-about-his-allegiances.html

Related:

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/qatar-and-the-gulf-arab-boycott-by-barak-barfi-2017-06

Why migration from west Africa may start to slow

http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21723417-west-africans-now-realise-migrating-europe-not-easybut-some

Countering China’s High-Altitude Land Grab

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/countering-china-himalayan-land-grabs-by-brahma-chellaney-2017-06

Helmut Kohl – a significant figure in modern European history – has died

http://www.dw.com/en/former-german-chancellor-helmut-kohl-dies-aged-87/a-18626424