Kevin Sullivan, RealClearWorld
While this certainly wouldn't be the first time that the popular cleric has wrapped himself in the Iraqi flag, al-Sadr has gone out of his way in recent weeks to pose first and foremost as an Iraqi federalist.
Morning Joe
JEFFREY SACHS: Well, [Hillary Clinton] has been actually the lead agent of every war that we're in and the kind of wars that have created more and more chaos. When we get glimpses of what has really happened, for example, in the two-part New York Times story last month about Libya...the President was very reluctant. The Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates said, "We don't need another war."
Nahal Toosi, Politico EU
Turkey’s president has heard the growing chorus of American criticism directed his way. But he’s still confident he’s doing everything right.
Harry Lambert, New Statesman
The Chancellor’s record on debt is worse than that of the last Labour government.
George Osborne, Con. Home
Over the next seven days, we’re taking transformative steps to support decent, hardworking people and the businesses that they work for and run.
Tom Beattie, Progress
As I write this it has become clear that nationalisation of UK steel, even as a temporary measure while new buyers are sought, has been ruled out by the government. This simply is not good enough.
F. Erixon, Spectator
There is a debate to be had over EU trade policy. But what should worry those who want freer trade for Britain is that Boris and his group are talking nonsense – not on a marginal issue, but one that they have promoted as a central cause for leaving the EU.
Emma Love, Conde Nast Traveller
'Helsinki is a low-key city, it's subtle,' she says. 'It's about being near the water and breathing the air.'
Dan Snow, BBC
This find "has the potential to change history" says Douglas Bolender, an expert on Viking settlement who has spent 15 years tracking the Vikings across the north Atlantic. "Right now the simplest answer is that it looks like a small activity area, maybe connected to a larger farm that is Norse." He is excited and can't wait to see what further excavation reveals. He's hoping that seeds or other organic matter that can be carbon dated will be unearthed.
Economist
The referendum is not binding, but the Dutch government will have to respond to the outcome. Rejection would hobble European diplomacy and suggest that the EU is too fractured to maintain a common foreign policy in the face of Russian interference in Ukraine. And it would send a signal to Ukrainians that however much they want to be part of Europe, many Europeans want no part of them.
D De Luce & R Standish, FP
NATO and U.S. officials say Russia is blurring the line between conventional and nuclear war. In a speech to the Munich Security Conference in February, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Russia’s threats and exercises of its nuclear forces were “aimed at intimidating its neighbors,” while U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said at a November 2015 forum that “Moscow’s nuclear saber-rattling raises questions about Russian leaders’ commitments to strategic... Читать дальше...
Ariel Cohen, National Interest
Small countries like Albania could help America stabilize Europe.
Michael Weiss, DB
According to the leaked emails, Pavlov sought, in retaining Goldsmith and Debevoise, to stave off any EU sanctions list and also to respond directly to allegations made against him by William Browder, the CEO of Hermitage Capital. Browder, relying on evidence uncovered by Magnitsky, accused Pavlov of being consigliere to the organized crime syndicate responsible for raiding Hermitage Capital’s offices, stealing three of its subsidiary companies, and perpetrating a 0 million tax... Читать дальше...
Soili Semkina, EU Observer
For quite some time we have played the blame game. At some point it was the euro, the trouble of all troubles. When Finland had its own currency, it could devalue it and overnight exports were relatively cheaper. The traditional export sector, the wood industry, increased its competitiveness and the economy would be up and running.
Henry Sokolski, The Bulletin
What’s at stake is nothing less than a race to stockpile plutonium in East Asia that could end very, very badly.
Josh Rogin, B. View
It’s going to become increasingly difficult to explain to Eastern Europeans how the U.S. and NATO are buttressing the eastern flank if most of the investment continues to end up elsewhere. The Russians are steadily reinforcing their side of the line but NATO is still struggling to adapt.
Christine Nikol, RealClearWorld
Where exactly is PiS taking Poland?