Putin Craves Brexit
Garry Kasparov, The Guardian
An EU without Britain is exactly what the Russian president wants: a weakened institution with less power to confront his assaults on Europe's borders
Garry Kasparov, The Guardian
An EU without Britain is exactly what the Russian president wants: a weakened institution with less power to confront his assaults on Europe's borders
Michael Collins Dunn, MEJ
They're going to tell you that Sykes-Picot created the modern borders of the Middle East (only a few of them), that it is being overturned by ISIS (even less so), that it was ever really implemented /imposed (only in a limited sense), and that all the problems of the Middle East stem from it (a bit more arguable), not to mention that the whole reason that the Middle East is such a clusterfu mess today is because of Sykes-Picot (even more arguable).
Robert Zaretsky, RealClearWorld
The appalling churn of events in the Middle East has blasted to smithereens not just untold human lives, but also stories we had long told ourselves about the region. Chief among these fictions is...
Amb. Robert S. Ford, RealClearWorld
The new administration will labor to keep Iraq together as Iraqi Kurds push for independence and the national government struggles to maintain cohesion amid economic hardship and challenges to local governance.
Nuray Mert, Worldcrunch
Why was President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's supposed ally forced out of the Prime Minister post? The answer lies in the particular ambitions of this Turkish leader.
Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch
In brief, the Global War on Terror sledgehammer strategy has spread jihadi terror from a tiny corner of Afghanistan to much of the world, from Africa through the Levant.
Alex Brummer, Daily Mail
It is enough to make you want to leave the country, not just the EU. The Prime Minister thinks Brexit could lead us into another war. Mark Carney, warns of a danger of a âÂÂtechnical recession'.
Simond DeGalbert, WOTR
The constraints on U.S. power in the region made visible during the Obama years are here to stay. The U.S.-led security architecture is increasingly contested in Asia and Europe, requiring constant U.S. attention and resources. The U.S. fiscal predicament remains unsolved. Foreign interventionism is under attack by the presumptive Republican candidate, and by a prominent Democratic candidate even if the general public continues to support an active U.S. role in world affairs. Читать дальше...
Haytham Mouzahem, Al-Monitor
Alawite doctrine differs in many ways from Sunni and Shiite Islam, but Alawites believe they should be respected and accepted as an independent Muslim sect.
Jenna Johnson, Wash. Post
A pair of confusing interviews have obscured the mogul's persistent support of a ban.
Rania Khalek, The Intercept
Trump expressed a rarely heard appreciation for the "other side to this story," and implied that casualties inflicted by the U.S. military in the Middle East were far higher than reported.
Elias Groll, For. Pol.
Blending gumshoe investigations with high-tech research, Pittsburgh has become a hotbed of the Justice Departmentâ??s fight against international hackers.
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic
Impeachment has always been political. But how political is too political?
Kyle Haddad-Fonda, China File
In May 2016, the Emirates airline inaugurated its new direct service to the Chinese city of Yinchuan. Yinchuan joins Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou as destinations served by Emirates, meaning that a passenger who boards a plane in Dubai is now able to fly nonstop to China's first, second, third, or 71st most populous urban area.
Ferdinand Mount, London Rev. of Books
The Leavers don't seem to have much clue about what is to happen afterwards. Curious, considering so many of them have spent their adult lives agitating for this moment. Their approach appears to be a version of Napoleon's battle strategy: âÂÂOn se dégage, et puis on voit.'
Konrad Yakabuski, Globe and Mail
Despite the U.S. President's optimistic pledge to rid the world of nuclear arms, the risk of nuclear confrontation has risen around the globe