Civ Watch: Monday Edition

What’s Happening In Syria? A Guide For The Perplexed – John Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Stream
Should Japan Just Convert Itself Into A Massive City-State? – M. Roberts at Mercatornet
Europe Without Europe – Glenn Arbery at The Imaginative Conservative
The Problem With Cultural Marxism – David Kurten & N. McCrae at The European Conservative
Raison d’Etat: Richelieu’s Grand Strategy During the 30 Years’ War – Iskander Rehman at TNSR
5 Times Russia Could Have Ceased To Exist – Georgy Manaev at Russia Beyond
‘Oikophobia’: Our Western Self-Hatred – Benedict Beckeld at Quillette
125 Million People Dead: If India & Pakistan Start a Tragic Nuclear War – National Interest
Is This the End of a Free Hong Kong? – The Heritage Foundation
Why The Liberal West Is A Christian Creation – John Gray at NewStatesmanAmerica
What Was The Most Bitter Russian-British War? – Boris Egorov at Russian Beyond
Advocates To Trump: Don’t Desert Christians, Yazidis, Kurds In Syria – D. Gavlak via Crux